00:00Was it Lord of the Rings you turned down?
00:01Yeah.
00:02And they offered you 10%.
00:04Yeah.
00:04I did the math for you to eat your heart out.
00:07Oh, God.
00:08Why did you turn down Lord of the Rings number one?
00:10Because I didn't think Peter Jackson actually wanted me on the film.
00:13Because I think he was forced into talking to me.
00:16Because there was a moment in time when everybody wanted me in everything.
00:20And he's a fellow New Zealander.
00:22Right.
00:22You know?
00:23And so I can hear his voice.
00:25And I'm talking to him on the phone.
00:26And it's like, I don't think he even knows what I've done.
00:30You know?
00:31And I just knew that my instinct was that he had somebody else in mind, which turned out to be Viggo.
00:39Right.
00:39Viggo Mortensen.
00:41And he should be allowed to hire the actor that he wants.
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