Viggo Mortensen Explains Why He Turned Down Wolverine Role, Reveals What Happened in Bryan Singer Meeting

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentLance Henriksen has played more than 250 roles in the past 50 years. But Variety’s Peter Debruge wrote that the actor “gives the performance of his career” in “Falling,” the writing-directing debut of Viggo Mortensen.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have named another new youngster in their squad for Thursday's Europa League second leg match with Real Sociedad in the form of midfielder Ethan Galbraith.United go into the game with the La Liga side with their spot in the Last-16 all but guaranteed after a 4-0 mauling in Turin last week, with a Bruno Fernandes brace and goals from Marcus Rashford and Daniel James securing the win.

Demi Lovato is sharing it all.On Wednesday, the 28-year-old singer dropped the first trailer for her upcoming docuseries,, and revealed some major health issues during the virtual Television Critics Association press tour.After her near-fatal overdose in 2018, Lovato told TCA reporters that she was left with brain damage and is still dealing with the aftermath to this day.«I don't drive a car because I have blind spots in my vision,» Lovato revealed.

Brian Conley has joined the cast of EastEnders, after previously turning down offers from the BBC soap. Comedian Brian, 59, will head to Albert Square as Sonia Jackson’s long-lost father Terry Cant.

Dave Grohl has revealed that he turned down becoming Tom Petty‘s drummer because it would have been too “sad” to sit behind the kit so soon after Kurt Cobain‘s death.Appearing on The Howard Stern Show on Friday (February 12), the Foo Fighters frontman recalled performing with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1994 – just months after Cobain died.“We had so much fun and we all got along so well,” Grohl remembered of the collaboration, explaining that he was

American Pie star Jason Biggs has revealed that he turned down the starring role of Ted Mosby in How I Met Your Mother.Ted was eventually played by Josh Radnor in the hit sitcom, which ran for nine seasons between 2005 and 2014.“I was offered the role, yes,” Biggs confirmed while speaking on SiriusXM’s The Covino & Rich Show.“I was offered the role and it’s probably my biggest regret, you know, on passing.

Jason Biggs is opening up about the biggest regret of his career. Appearing on SiriusXM’s "The Covino and Rich Show," the "American Pie" star, 42, revealed why turning down the role of Ted Mosby in "How I Met Your Mother" was his biggest career regret.

The contentiously-received 2019 Best Picture Oscar-winner “Green Book” had its fair share of dispiriting controversies and embarrassing dramas surrounding its release, including claims of historical accuracy, and various, deeply tone-deaf and insensitive gaffes from those involved in the film.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Joséphine Jobert has revealed she almost didn't accept the offer to return to BBC's Death in Paradise.  Speaking to HELLO! in an exclusive interview and photoshoot for this month's digital cover, the actress, who plays DS Florence Cassell in the show, admitted that she initially "wasn't sure" about going back.

Viggo Mortensen has revealed how his young son shut down X-Men director Bryan Singer in a meeting about taking on the role of Wolverine.   The Lord of the Rings star has often spoken about turning down the part of Wolverine in Singer’s 2000 blockbuster X-Men, but the actor gave further details surrounding his decision during a recent appearance on MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast.

“X-Men”‘s Wolverine almost took a different route when Viggo Mortensen was nearly cast in the role.

Lord Of The Rings actor Viggo Mortensen has revealed why he turned down the opportunity to play Wolverine in the X-Men franchise.Mortensen, who met with director Bryan Singer about potentially taking on the role of Wolverine in 2000’s X-Men, has explained what put him off playing the adamantium clawed superhero.“The thing that bothered me at the time was just the commitment of endless movies of that same character over and over,” he told the Happy Sad Confused podcast.“I was nervous about that.

An Oscar nomination is a huge feather in the cap of any filmmaker. Even though many would never gauge their success based on awards recognition, there’s a reason why directors are always excited when they get nominated for a trophy.

Despite having appeared in one of the biggest franchises of the ’00s, Viggo Mortensen has never appeared in a superhero movie (though the fantastic “A History of Violence” is based on a comicbook). That being said, it’s not for a lack of offers.

The list of actors cut out of Terrence Malick’s classic 1998 “The Thin Red Line” war movie is long and legendary (we’ve dedicated entire features to digging up nuggets of stories over the years). And actor Viggo Mortensen—cut out of early roles in films like Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” and Jonathan Demme‘s “Swing Shift”—knows a thing or two about being left on the cutting room floor.

Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen will make his feature directorial debut with Falling which makes its premiere in theaters, digital and on demand today. Mortensen went all-in with his feature debut because also wrote, starred in and composed the score for Falling to show us that he’s not just a one-trick pony (but was there any doubt?)

Viggo Mortensen is speaking out against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

An Oscar nomination is a huge feather in the cap of any filmmaker. Even though many would never gauge their success based on awards recognition, there’s a reason why directors are always excited when they get nominated for a trophy.