Viggo Mortensen offered HOBBIT cameo but...!

Viggo Mortensen revealed in a recent interview that he was offered a cameo as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, but don’t get your hopes up for him to appear.  Here is what he had to say in the interview with Movies.com via CBM:

"At one point, the producers asked if I would do it and I said sure if Aragorn is supposed to be in the bridge story because he's not in The Hobbit. I would rather do it than see someone else do it, but I've never been asked and they're shooting the movie. I'm not in it unless it there is some last-minute plan they have, but I thought I would have heard of it by now."

Before you say that is impossible because of Aragorn’s age, remember that his character is a Dunedain. In the LOTR universe, Dunedain’s have unnaturally long lifespans so it could be possible. Mortensen goes on to reveal that he has basically given up on the cameo:

"Orlando Bloom and Cate Blanchett shot something, but they're elves and don't change as rapidly. As you know, Aragorn is half elf and also lives a couple hundred years or more and he could be in a bridge, but I have to assume it isn't going to happen. That was an important period in my life and I will always be grateful that the trilogy was so successful and gave me a lot of new opportunities. I never would have gotten A History of Violence, no matter how much David (Cronenberg) wanted me, had it not been for my newfound notoriety."

I would love to see Aragorn in the film, What are your thoughts?