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Adrien Brody says he turned down a Hobbit role in The Lord of the Rings
Adrien Brody says he turned down a Hobbit role in Peter Jackson’s 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
He recalled in a 2022 interview that he was looking for something different and did not know exactly which character he might have played.
He regretted the decision after seeing the film at a cinema with a former girlfriend, who reminded him he had turned it down.
The film was the first in Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and became a major box-office success, earning nearly $900 million worldwide.
The film was highly popular with audiences, receiving an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 from AlloCiné viewers.
Brody later won the best actor Oscar for The Pianist and worked with Jackson on King Kong in 2005.
He said he might not have appeared in King Kong if he had taken the Lord of the Rings role.
Adrien Brody says he turned down a role as a Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
He said he was looking for something else at the time and later regretted the decision after watching the film.
Brody recalled that his former girlfriend asked him about turning down the role while they watched the film in a cinema.
The film, directed by Peter Jackson, was released in 2001.
Brody later worked with Jackson on King Kong, released in 2005.
- Who
- Adrien Brody, who says he turned down the role.
- What
- He declined an unspecified Hobbit role in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
- When
- He discussed the decision in a 2022 interview with GQ. When he turned down the role is not stated.
- Where
- He recalled watching the film in a cinema with a former girlfriend. The location is not stated.
- Why
- He said he was looking for something else at the time.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released in cinemas.
Brody discussed turning down the role in an interview with GQ.
Brody worked with Peter Jackson on King Kong.
- Role
- An unspecified Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Film release
- 2001
- Interview
- GQ, 2022
- Later collaboration
- King Kong, 2005
- Film rating
- 4.5 out of 5 on AlloCiné
What people are saying
I don't know exactly what my character would have been, but it was a Hobbit. At the time, I was looking for something else.
I felt so stupid.
You turned down playing in The Lord of the Rings?!
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