Lord of the Rings’ New Aragorn Actor Officially Opens up on Role’s Immense Pressure

By Willa Rowe · Polygon · Wednesday, 28 October 2026 at 17:05 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

It can't be easy taking over a role from an actor who so perfectly portrayed the character before. Yet that is exactly what Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey, Once Upon a Time) is preparing to do. He will play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, replacing Viggo Mortensen. Dornan admitted he's feeling the pressure.

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