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- 0:00Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
- 0:03Speaker 2: When an actor is the first to embody any iconic
- 0:06Speaker 2: character on screen, like say Sean Connery in 007, or
- 0:10Speaker 2: like Hugh Jackman in Wolverine, the idea of somebody else
- 0:13Speaker 2: playing them can be a hard sell for fans at first.
- 0:15Speaker 2: But Jamie Dornan is admitting he's feeling the enormity of
- 0:19Speaker 2: following Viggo Mortensen in the role of Aragorn in the
- 0:22Speaker 2: upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hunt for Gollum.
- 0:24Speaker 3: Vigo starred as the pivotal figure in the original Lord
- 0:27Speaker 3: of the Rings trilogy, and he was pretty much universally praised.
- 0:32Speaker 3: And Jamie told L'Officiel, there's undeniable pressure when you're trying
- 0:36Speaker 3: to follow in those footsteps. He understands it's a super
- 0:39Speaker 3: iconic role and he'll do his best. But even for Jamie,
- 0:43Speaker 3: Aragorn will always just be Vigo.
- 0:46Speaker 1: Vigo's performance is one of Jamie's all-time favorites, and he
- 0:50Speaker 1: feels honored to try to recapture at least some of
- 0:54Speaker 1: the energy Vigo originally brought to the character, and he
- 0:56Speaker 1: stresses in no way is he trying to outdo Vigo.
- 1:00Speaker 2: But what an opportunity for an actor to inherit a
- 1:02Speaker 2: role that means so much to them personally, and Jamie
- 1:05Speaker 2: is certainly up to the task. The Hunt for Gollum
- 1:07Speaker 2: hits theaters December of 27. That's direct from Hollywood.