Viggo Mortensen Hasn’t Acted in a Hollywood Franchise After ‘Lord of the Rings’ Because ‘They’re Not Usually Well-Written’ and ‘Kind of Predictable’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Viggo Mortensen was recently asked in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine why he never made another Hollywood franchise film after starring as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s iconic “Lord of the Rings” trilogy between 2001 and 2003.
The Oscar nominee said he’s got nothing against franchise fare, although he admitted that such films in Hollywood just often aren’t well-written enough to capture his attention. “I don’t really look for or avoid any kind of genre or any size budget.
I just look for interesting stories,” Mortensen said. “It doesn’t matter to me what the genre is or what the budget is or who’s making them.
I would never do a movie just because so-and-so is directing it. It has to be about the story. And if I think I’m right for the character, that always comes first.” “That goes for franchises,” he added. “If somebody came to me with X movie, the third part or the ninth part, and I thought it was a great character and I wanted to play that character and I thought I had something to contribute, I’d do it.
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