Benjamin Walker is best known for starring in the musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” and films such as “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and “In the Heart of the Sea,” but his next role could shape up to be his most career-defining.
The actor is a member of the ensemble cast for Amazon’s “Lord of the Rings” television series, now shooting its first season in New Zealand.
Walker recently told Collider he was initially hesitant to join the series.
What changed his mind? A phone call with showrunner J.D.
Payne that came from an unexpected place.“It was a long audition process, and then I didn’t hear from them for a few months,” Walker said.
“I mean the whole world was struggling to figure out what we were going to do next at that point.
And then one of the showrunners, J.D.
[Payne] called me and he pitched
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