Actor Hugo Weaving's performance as Elrond in the Lord of the Rings franchise may be legendary, appearing in six movies and making the Elf a fan-favorite character, but he has no interest in ever reprising the role. Speaking to GamesRadar+ recently about his current project Slow Horses, in which he delivers a terrifying performance as the villainous Frank Harkness according to our Slow Horses season 4 review , we asked him if he would ever return to Middle-earth in the wake of new movies being announced. Earlier this year, it was revealed that prequel The Hunt for Gollum is in the works as part of a new batch of movies that are the first live-action Lord of the Rings films to be released since The Hobbit trilogy.
While Weaving's co-stars have expressed their desires to return, including Gandalf himself Ian McKellen and Aragorn star Viggo Mortensen , the Elrond star admits his time in Middle-earth is over. As he reveals: "Personally, I’ve had enough of that. It was great being in New Zealand on and off over a ten year period.
I did then go back and work with the same team [director Peter Jackson and writer Fran Walsh] on a project called Mortal Engines which was going to be their next big franchise, but it died on its arse. So, I’ve had enough of Middle-earth I don’t imagine anyone would ask me to do it again." Continuing, Weaving added that even if he wanted to return, he's unsure how that would work given that Elrond is an immortal being.
He says: "Elrond is meant to b.