A different actor is going to fill Strider’s boots.
Andy Serkis confirmed for the first time that the role of Aragorn will be played by a new actor in his upcoming The Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hunt for Gollum.
Speaking to Screen Rant, Serkis said that the role played by Viggo Mortensen in the original trilogy will be recast.
“I don’t know what’s out there at the moment, but I know there’s a lot of speculation, but let’s just say we are recasting the role and we are on the way to finding someone,” Serkis said.
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Directed by Serkis (who also reprises his motion-capture role as Gollum), The Hunt for Gollum tells of events that took place between The Hobbit trilogy and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, when Aragorn and Gandalf set out on a quest to find Gollum to
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