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  "id": 16961784,
  "title": "Jamie Dornan On “Pressure” Of Taking Over Aragorn Role In ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’, Not “Trying To Outdo” Viggo Mortensen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/jamie-dornan-on-pressure-of-taking-over-aragorn-role-in-the-lord-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T21:21:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/jamie-dornan-pressure-aragorn-lord-of-the-rings-1237207547/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As Jamie Dornan visits Middle-earth for his next role, he’s not attempting to fill Viggo Mortensen’s boots for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. The Golden Globe nominee, who takes on the role of Aragorn for the upcoming Andy Serkis-helmed prequel, opened up about the “pressure” of playing the J.R.R. Tolkien character, […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Jamie Dornan Says There’s ‘Pressure’ to Taking Over Aragorn Role in ‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’: I’m Not ‘Trying to Outdo’ Viggo Mortensen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/jamie-dornan-says-theres-pressure-to-taking-over-aragorn-role-in-lord",
        "published": "2026-10-28T15:02:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "Lord of the Rings’ New Aragorn Actor Officially Opens up on Role’s Immense Pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/lord-of-the-rings-new-aragorn-actor-officially-opens-up-on-roles",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:05:14.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}