A few days after Ian McKellen said that he would like to return as Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s new live-actionLordof the Rings movies, his co-star Orlando Bloom has expressed his interest in doing the same.
Peter Jackson started my whole career: Orlando Bloom
When asked by Variety if he was interested in returning to the franchise, the actor said, “Oh, man, those things are amazing. Yeah. I don’t know how they’d do it. I guess with AI you can do anything these days. But, if Pete [Peter Jackson] says jump, I say, ‘how high?’ I mean, he started my whole career.”
The new movie is slated to come in 2026 with Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, directed by Andy Serkis, who will reprise his role of Gollum/Sméagol. Original franchise director Jackson is on board to produce along with his partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
Orlando Bloom on Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Orlando called filming the film a magical time in his life and said, “I really don’t know what [they are planning]. I did speak to Andy [Serkis] and he did say they were thinking about how to do things. I was like, ‘How would that even work?’ And he was like, ‘Well, AI!’ and I was like, ‘Oh, OK!’ It was a pretty magical time in my life, and it’s one of those things where there’s not a downside to it.”
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Earlier, McKellen had stated in September, “I’ve just been told there are going to be more films and Gandalf will be involved and they hope that I’ll be playing him. When? I don’t know. What the script is? It’s not written yet. So they better be quick!”