{"id":28684,"date":"2008-04-18T06:58:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T11:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=28684"},"modified":"2008-04-18T07:00:36","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T12:00:36","slug":"blast-from-the-past-uma-couldve-been-eowyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/04\/18\/28684-blast-from-the-past-uma-couldve-been-eowyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast from the Past &#8211; Uma could&#8217;ve been Eowyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/moviesblog.mtv.com\/2008\/04\/17\/lord-of-the-rings-what-if-uma-thurman-as-eowyn\/\" title=\"Uma Thurman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/umathurman.jpg\" alt=\"Uma Thurman\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" class=\"attachment wp-att-28680 alignright no-lazyload\" \/><\/a>It was a refreshing &#8216;blast from the past&#8217; this morning when we noticed the MTV Movie Blog relaying the story of Uma Thurman turning down the role of Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (BTW &#8211; She regrets the decision). 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