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Hugh Grant will be playing the villain in the Chris Pine D&D movie, which also stars Fast & Furious' Michelle Rodriguez, Jurassic World's Justice Smith and Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page, according to Deadline.

According to ComicBookMovie, his character name is Forge Fletcher, and the cast will be joined by I Am Not OK With This actor Sophia Lillis playing a character called Doric.

In recent years, Hugh Grant has played villains in Paddington 2, and The Undoing.

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[Zardnaar]

I don't think it had to with any cast members, even Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, or any of those well known. It was made in NZ with a few Americans, some established British talent and a host of cheaper Australian and New Zealand locals filling out the cast.

Similar opinion right place, time, script, director etc and cast (overall).
And yeah at the time it was cheaper to film here.

 

[Gammadoodler]

Similar opinion right place, time, script, director etc and cast (overall).
And yeah at the time it was cheaper to film here.

More than any of that, it was a legitimate Lord of the f-ing Rings movie, planned as a big budget trilogy, not some low-budget made for TV dreck that fantasy fans had been getting forever.

It was a license to print money and I thank my lucky stars that it was good, because it 100% did not have to be good to be successful.

 

[Mort]

It was a license to print money and I thank my lucky stars that it was good, because it 100% did not have to be good to be successful.

Sadly true,

As demonstrated by the fact that the following Hobbit trilogy was nowhere near the same quality (any of the the films) but still made just about the same amount of money.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Most Americans, sure.

But why continue to insist that only Americans matter for a global film?

Lord of the Rings made twice the money internationally as it did domestically.

Fellowship of the Ring was around the time that Hollywood was starting to see that global box office was as important as the US box office. Since then, quite a few movies have gotten sequels based on global receipts that would have never been green lit based only on US ticket sales. Not much before the beginning of this century, you could have films that were major hits in the US that were barely even released in other countries.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The globalization shift is also what changed the content Hollywood produces. The harder something is to translate, either literally or culturally, the less likely it is to get money now.

Action movies built around established brands everyone knows, especially if it's a sequel to a worldwide hit = easy
Almost everything else = dramatically harder, especially if it can't be filmed on an indie budget

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Sadly true,

As demonstrated by the fact that the following Hobbit trilogy was nowhere near the same quality (any of the the films) but still made just about the same amount of money.

The first film in a sequence (Fellowship of the Ring, Iron Man, Star Wars ANH) has to be good. After that it's possible to coast on past success.

 

[hopeless]

I think its safe to say what some of us call A Lister's isn't what that person considers A Listers.
Don't waste your time arguing Christopher Lee will always be a a big deal to those of us that remember him so move on.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I don't think it had to with any cast members

I don't think it would have been as good, and therefore as successful, without Vigo. Recasting Aragorn was 100% correct decision.

 

[Zardnaar]

I think its safe to say what some of us call A Lister's isn't what that person considers A Listers.
Don't waste your time arguing Christopher Lee will always be a a big deal to those of us that remember him so move on.

I don't think it would have been as good, and therefore as successful, without Vigo. Recasting Aragorn was 100% correct decision.

None of the cast really went on to be megastars.

Thought Vigo might have. They all got roles but yeah.

Had a thought. To be successful at fantasy last 30 odd years you need.

1. Sex and violence. Nudity.

2. Filmed in NZ.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

None of the cast really went on to be megastars.

Thought Vigo might have. They all got roles but yeah.

What mattered was Vigo was good. How famous he was was irrelevant.

"Megastars" are a liability.