Viggo Mortensen criticises movie franchises as “predictable” and “not usually well-written”
nme.comVanity Fair, Mortensen was asked why he never made another franchise film after starring in Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings as Aragorn.He said that while he has nothing against franchises per se, he says many aren’t well written enough to capture his attention.He explained: “I don’t really look for or avoid any kind of genre or any size budget.
I just look for interesting stories. It doesn’t matter to me what the genre is or what the budget is or who’s making them. I would never do a movie just because so-and-so is directing it.
It has to be about the story. And if I think I’m right for the character, that always comes first.”“That goes for franchises,” he continued. “If somebody came to me with X movie, the third part or the ninth part, and I thought it was a great character and I wanted to play that character and I thought I had something to contribute, I’d do it.
I’m not against it.“But they’re not usually that good. I mean, to me, they’re not usually that well-written. They’re kind of predictable.
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