“I don’t really look for or avoid any kind of genre or any size budget.
I just look for interesting stories,” he said,as reported by Variety.
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 hasn’t happened since The Lord of the Rings, though.
“They’re not usually that good.
I mean, to me, they’re not usually that well-written.
They’re kind of predictable,” he said of franchise films.
Mortensen, of course, was never even supposed to be in The Lord of the Rings.
Director Peter Jackson cast Stuart Townsend as Aragorn and filming got underway with with the Irish actor.
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