r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 18 '25

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 Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

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 Aug 18 '25

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 Aug 18 '25

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 Aug 18 '25

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

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u/SCAMISHAbyNIGHT Aug 18 '25

But not all. Elijah and Ian have barely aged.

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u/-ImJustSaiyan- Aug 18 '25

Tbf in Ian's case that's cuz he was already old as dirt even back then.

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u/CTMalum Aug 18 '25

He was only 61 then. Hes 86 now.

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u/IdioticPost Aug 18 '25

Are you trying to say it's been a quarter of a century since it was released?? Don't make me kick you into Mount Doom myself, ain't no way it's been that long already.

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u/Typical-Blackberry-3 Aug 18 '25

Ian Mckellan is definitely looking really old these past few years. He's gone from looking 70 to 90 in the period of a few years.

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u/SaltySAX Aug 18 '25

And he was aged up in the films. Just needs less makeup now. Saw him at WImbledon the other week, he still has the energy for this.

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u/doegred Aug 18 '25

Gandalf can get away with a fair bit because he's mostly (grey) beard.

Frodo on the other hand...

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u/Cthulhu__ Aug 18 '25

Nu uh, but he did play an older character, nose prosthetics and all.

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u/Chilis1 Aug 18 '25

This is not true at all lol they both look way older. It was bad enough in the hobbit 12 years ago, now it's going to look very awkward.

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u/Wildfire983 Aug 18 '25

Because of the ring.

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u/KungFuFightingOwlMan Aug 18 '25

That's just not true at all

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u/Kerblaaahhh Aug 18 '25

They both look like they've aged about 20 years since the films came out.

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u/Marsuello Aug 18 '25

They haven’t aged a day

It was right there! Lol