Did you know that actress Uma Thurman came very close to starring in the “Lord of the Rings” saga? Focus on this missed meeting in Middle-earth.
Many Hollywood stars almost starred in the Lord of the Rings saga. And among them, there is a certain Uma Thurman! But if the unforgettable interpreter of Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction did not go for a trip to Middle Earth in front of Peter Jackson’s camera, it’s because she had a good reason.
“It was a long time ago, and I consider it one of the worst decisions of my career”declared Uma Thurman, in 2017, on the set of Stephen Colbert. “But I had just given birth to my first child, and I don’t know… I felt like I had to stay home… It’s definitely a regret that I have.”
At Stephen Colbert’s microphone, Uma Thurman not only said that she had refused to play in the franchise because of her recent motherhood. She directly revealed the identity of the character she would have played on screen, in this case that of Éowyn. A role ultimately assigned to actress Miranda Otto with appearances in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
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If Uma Thurman’s career did not pass through Middle-earth and the actress visibly harbors some regrets about it, she can nevertheless contemplate the glass half-filled. Because the American played shortly after the Bride in the two Kill Bills by Quentin Tarantino, which she probably would not have been able to do by committing to the film adaptations of JRR Tolkien.
Uma Thurman stars in the Hollywood comedy Stargirl, available on the Disney+ platform. We will soon see the American actress, aged 53, in the credits of the detective comedy The Kill Room, where she plays opposite Samuel L. Jackson several years after Pulp Fiction.
The trailer for “The Kill Room”, starring Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson: