Actor Hugo Weaving played Elrond in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, but could he come back for the next set of fantasy films that are in the works?
Speaking to GamesRadar, Weaving said fans should count him out. “Personally, I’ve had enough of that,” he said. Weaving explained that he had a fun time filming the trilogies in New Zealand, but said he has “had enough of Middle-earth.” Not only does he not have interest in coming back, Weaving said, “I don’t imagine anyone would ask me to do it again.”
Beyond The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Weaving starred in the movie Mortal Engines, from Lord of the Rings veteran Christian Rivers, Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh. The movie was a dud, however. Weaving said this was supposed to be the team’s next big franchise, “but it died on its arse.”