Now Viggo has spoken out, telling GQ: “Sure. I don’t know exactly what the story is, I haven’t heard. Maybe I’ll hear about it eventually. I like playing that character. I learned a lot playing the character. I enjoyed it a lot. I would only do it if I was right for it in terms of, you know, the age I am now and so forth. I would only do it if I was right for the character. It would be silly to do it otherwise.”
Given that the Aragorn star is now 65, he’d need to be digitally de-aged for the role, unless they recast him with a younger actor.
No word yet on if Sir Ian will reprise Gandalf, but since the 85-year-old did for The Hobbit trilogy we’d hardly be surprised.
On returning as Gollum once again, Serkis said: “Yesssss, Precious. The time has come once more to venture into the unknown with my dear friends, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle Earth Peter, Fran and Philippa. With Mike and Pam, and the Warner Bros team on the quest as well, alongside WETA and our filmmaking family in New Zealand, it’s just all too delicious…”
Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum hits cinemas in 2026.
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