During an interview with the Daily Beast, Viggo Mortensen revealed that he was offered the role of Logan for the "X-Men" movies. That was before he bagged the role of Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings."
"I was flattered. I remember going to that meeting with the director, Bryan Singer, with my son who was a total comic book expert. He was about 10 at the time," he shared. "Henry came, and Singer showed us all these models and storyboards, and Henry was instructing the director, saying, 'Oh, you're going to change this thing right here.' I believe it coincided with another project, and I couldn't do it," he added.
The first "X-Men" movie was released in 2000 so the project that he was referring to is most probably "28 Days." The 56-year-old actor starred as Eddie Boone alongside Sandra Bullock and Dominic West in the comedy drama that was also released in 2000.
Apart from almost becoming Wolverine, Viggo Mortensen was also offered a lead role in "Man of Steel."
"I was offered two different parts in the last Superman movie they made, but I wasn't available to do that either," he told the Daily Beast. He was most probably busy shooting "The Two Faces Of January," "Jauja" and "Far From Men."
The Danish American actor also revealed that he was offered the role of The Huntsman in "Snow White and the Huntsman" but he didn't accept the role so it was given to Chris Hemsworth.
"When they offered it to me, it was a different story and seemed more justified to be called 'Snow White and the Huntsman.' The movie they ended up making should have been called 'Snow White and the Wicked Witch,'" he said.
Viggo Mortensen has turned down several mainstream roles that most actors would love to have. Does he prefer indie films?
"I don't have anything against working on big-budget movies and getting paid well," he said. "I'm looking for stories that I like; movies that I'd like to see in the movie theater."
