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“I Actually Cried”: Jamie Dornan on Winning Aragorn and Wrapping “The Hunt for Gollum”
Some roles are jobs. Aragorn, for Jamie Dornan, was a dream, and he does not mind admitting it made him cry.
“I cried. I actually cried,” Dornan told Entertainment Tonight when he learned he had won the role of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. The Northern Irish actor called the part a dream and an honor, and confirmed that filming has wrapped: he finished shooting in New Zealand about three weeks ago.
Dornan plays a younger Aragorn, then known as Strider, the Ranger of the North, in a story set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, drawn from Tolkien’s appendices, in which Gandalf asks Aragorn to hunt down Gollum before Sauron’s servants can learn where the One Ring went. Andy Serkis directs and returns to play Gollum through motion capture.
The production, which began filming in July, mixes beloved returning faces with new ones. Ian McKellen is back as Gandalf, Elijah Wood as Frodo and Lee Pace as Thranduil, while newcomers include Leo Woodall, Kate Winslet and Anya Taylor-Joy. Warner Bros. revealed the full cast at CinemaCon in April, and the film is scheduled to open in theaters on December 17, 2027.
Dornan steps into a role defined for a generation by Viggo Mortensen, who declined the studio’s offer to return. The new Aragorn has been gracious about the shadow he works in: in an interview with L’Officiel last month, Dornan acknowledged the pressure of following Mortensen and said Aragorn will always be Viggo to him.
Known worldwide for Fifty Shades of Grey and The Tourist, Dornan called the shoot an incredible experience and said he hopes audiences welcome the film into a world many people care deeply about. Middle-earth returns to the big screen next December, with a new king, who knows exactly what the crown means.
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Yellowjackets Stars Come Home to Los Angeles for Final Season Premiere Ahead of November 20 Return
The wilderness story that became one of television’s most talked about dramas took its final bow at home, as the Yellowjackets cast, creators and guest stars gathered on the Paramount Lot in Los Angeles for a homecoming premiere celebrating the fourth and final season, ahead of the season premiere on Friday, November 20, exclusively on Paramount+ with the Premium Plan.
Tonight, Paramount+ staged a homecoming like no other in Los Angeles, celebrating the final season of Yellowjackets with a star-studded celebration on the Paramount Lot.
Cast guests included Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Sophie Nélisse, Sophie Thatcher, Liv Hewson, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jenna Burgess, Samantha Hanratty, Nia Sondaya, Kevin Alves, Warren Kole and Sarah Desjardins. Creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, plus guest stars Sam Braun, Devon Sawa, Dulé Hill, Steven Kruger and Elijah Wood also walked the red carpet.
Premiere attendees were also treated to a first look at the final season’s gripping debut episode in a packed theater on the Paramount Lot.
The evening ended with a surprise Yellowjackets-themed drone show, reminding guests that what began in the wilderness is far from over.
The fourth and final season of Yellowjackets premieres Friday, November 20, exclusively on Paramount+ with the Premium Plan.
ABOUT YELLOWJACKETS S4
Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, the series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving that the past is never really past and what began out in the wilderness is far from over.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Co-Creators/Showrunners/Executive Producers: Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson
Executive Producers: Drew Comins of Creative Engine, Jonathan Lisco, Jeff W. Byrd, Sarah L. Thompson, Ameni Rozsa and Julia Bicknell.
Cast: Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey, Emmy nominee Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Warren Kole, Kevin Alves, Sarah Desjardins, Nia Sondaya, Jenna Burgess, and two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank. Guest starring are June Squibb, Elijah Wood, Molly Ringwald, Devon Sawa, Sam Braun, Dulé Hill and more.
Format: Scripted Series | 10 Episodes
The series is produced for SHOWTIME by Lionsgate Television. Yellowjackets is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
All previous seasons of Yellowjackets are available to watch now with the Premium plan on Paramount+.
PHOTO CREDIT: PARAMOUNT+
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