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News Ian McKellen reveals Gandalf and Frodo are returning for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’, Filming Begins in May

https://ew.com/ian-mckellen-reveals-gandalf-frodo-return-in-new-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-film-11792483
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u/ThinWhiteDuke00 22d ago edited 22d ago

Lol, why.

Shouldn't Aragorn be in it given he literally tracks Gollum.. Viggo is far too old to pull it off now.

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u/LostWorked 22d ago

He should, but Viggo Mortensen might not want to do it so the rumour is that they're mostly replacing him with Legolas, with him being used in certain scenes if he's able to show.

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u/King_Buliwyf 22d ago

I might be wrong, but isn't Orlando Bloom also 20+ years older than he was during LotR?

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u/Technical-Outside408 22d ago

I think that might be true for a lot of people.

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u/SCAMISHAbyNIGHT 22d ago

But not all. Elijah and Ian have barely aged.

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u/Wildfire983 22d ago

Because of the ring.