Adrien Brody regrets turning down a role in Lord Of The Rings
The actor would later star in Peter Jackson's King Kong in 2005

No one felt sillier while watching Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring in 2001 than Adrien Brody. In an interview with GQ, where he looks back at some of his most iconic roles, Brody reveals that he turned down a role in the epic fantasy franchise.
“I remember going to see Lord Of The Rings in the theater with an ex-girlfriend. And she turned to me and said, ‘You passed on Lord Of The Rings?!’” Brody recalls in the video. “I remember feeling so stupid. But I don’t think I would have gotten the role of Jack in Peter’s [King Kong]. I don’t think that would have translated.”
Brody reveals he fumbled the bag while analyzing his performance as Jack Driscoll in Jackson’s King Kong (2005). Brody, who is 6'1, says he is unsure what his character would have been in LOTR—but possibly, it was a taller-than-average hobbit.