Jamie Dornan Reveals Emotional Reaction to Casting as Aragorn in Hunt For Gollum
Jamie Dornan says he cried upon being cast as Aragorn, while Elijah Wood describes returning to the role of Frodo as surreal.
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The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 11 Nov 2026. Variety published first, on 11 November at 05:54 UTC; The A.V. Club followed 16h 09m later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 12 November at 10:09 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), Movies | Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The A.V. Club, Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyJamie Dornan Admits He ‘Cried’ When He Was Cast as Aragorn in ‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’ and Says Filming Was ‘Incredible’: ‘Hopefully We’ve Done a Good Job’
- The A.V. ClubJamie Dornan, like most of us, hopes Hunt For Gollum works out
- Movies | Hollywood ReporterJamie Dornan Reveals Reaction to Aragorn Casting in ‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’: “I Cried”
- DeadlineElijah Wood Says “Muscle Memory” Kicked In Playing Frodo On ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Set
Sources
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- Jamie Dornan Reveals Reaction to Aragorn Casting in ‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’: “I Cried” Movies | Hollywood Reporter ·
- Jamie Dornan Admits He ‘Cried’ When He Was Cast as Aragorn in ‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’ and Says Filming Was ‘Incredible’: ‘Hopefully We’ve Done a Good Job’ Variety ·
- Elijah Wood Says “Muscle Memory” Kicked In Playing Frodo On ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Set Deadline
- Jamie Dornan, like most of us, hopes Hunt For Gollum works out The A.V. Club
In this story
- Jamie Dornan
- Viggo Mortensen
- Elijah Wood
- Andy Serkis