Viggo Mortensen Recalls Why He Turned Down The Wolverine Role In ‘X-Men’ & Took His Young Son To The 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.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Speaking to Backstage in a new interview, the Spider-Man actor was asked about bad auditions. “I’ve had quite a few,” he admitted.

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 one of his biggest regrets from his career.

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.

Try and picture Jason Biggs instead of Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby on “How I Met Your Mother”, because it almost happened.

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.

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.

Viggo Mortensen is opening up about his decision to turn down the role of Wolverine in the X-Men franchise and what happened in his meeting with director Bryan Singer.

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.

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.