{"id":354873,"date":"2025-12-10T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=403788"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:54:13","slug":"viggo-mortensen-will-not-reprise-his-role-as-aragorn-in-the-new-lord-of-the-rings-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/viggo-mortensen-will-not-reprise-his-role-as-aragorn-in-the-new-lord-of-the-rings-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Viggo Mortensen will not reprise his role as Aragorn in the new Lord of the Rings movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are searching for a new actor to play Aragorn in their upcoming film, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, which has raised concerns among fans<\/strong>. Many fans have a strong identification with Viggo Mortensen, who portrayed the character in the original trilogy, and this change may not be well received by the fanbase.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An actor who will have a difficult test ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>According to information from Knight Edge Media, the studio had initially considered the possibility of Mortensen returning using digital rejuvenation technology. However, <strong>that idea has been discarded due to narrative difficulties and public perception of this type of effects<\/strong>. At 67 years old, Mortensen is older than Ian McKellen during the filming of the original trilogy, and the impact of his age on the characterization of a young Aragorn is considerable.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"El Se\u00f1or de los Anillos: La Comunidad del Anillo (Trailer espa\u00f1ol)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iFOucwxKRFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Lord of the Rings: Gollum&#8217;s Hunt will begin production in May 2026, with a scheduled release on December 17, 2027. Andy Serkis, known for his role as Gollum, will take on the direction of the project, while Peter Jackson will be involved as a producer. <strong>The film faces continuity challenges, as the time elapsed since the release of The Fellowship of the Ring has been significant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The casting of a new Aragorn involves a monumental responsibility, given that the character has become an icon of modern cinema thanks to Mortensen&#8217;s portrayal. Auditions for other actors are underway, although no names have been revealed.<strong> The plot of this new installment is set before the events of The Fellowship of the Ring, making fidelity to the original character even more crucial<\/strong>. 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Many fans have a strong identification with Viggo Mortensen, who portrayed the character in the original trilogy, and this change may not be well received by the fanbase. An actor who will have a difficult test ahead According to information from Knight Edge Media, the studio had initially considered the possibility of Mortensen returning using rejuvenation technology [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":354877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[19385,4380,19386,14432,9942,19387,13759,19388,12595,6597],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-354873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aragorn","tag-el-senor-de-los-anillos","tag-el-senor-de-los-anillos-la-caza-de-gollum","tag-gollum","tag-ian-mckellen","tag-knight-edge-media","tag-la-comunidad-del-anillo","tag-recasting","tag-viggo-mortensen","tag-warner-bros-2","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354881,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354873\/revisions\/354881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354873"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=354873"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=354873"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=354873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}