Jamie Dornan Feels Pressure Taking Over Aragorn Role in Lord of the Rings Prequel

The actor says he is not trying to outdo Viggo Mortensen as he prepares for the Andy Serkis-directed film.

3 publishers · 4 articles · first seen 28 Oct 2026 · updated 9d ago

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3 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 28 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 28 October at 15:02 UTC; Deadline followed 6h 19m later. The most recent article, from NME, appeared on 29 October at 12:54 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), Deadline, NME.

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