Viggo Mortensen on his The Hateful Eight Regret

Quentin Tarantino is currently in the throes of his putting his new film, The Hateful Eight, together. The movie sees him follow up Oscar-winning Django Unchained with another western, and as always Tarantino has attracted quite the cast. Channing Tatum, Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen and Jennifer Jason Leigh are all on board.

One man who isn't, though, is Viggo Mortsensen. The Lord Of The Rings star had been linked with the film, and in a new interview with Grantland, the actor admitted that he and Tarantino "did meet" about the project.

"All of last fall, I travelled non-stop," he said. "I was on a plane every two days to promote Jauja and Far From Men. I knew as a producer and an actor that I needed to do that for those movies to have a chance to be seen."

And unfortunately, those promotional duties clashed with when Quentin Tarantino wanted to shoot The Hateful Eight. Mortensen revealed that he did audition for Reservoir Dogs, and that Tarantino remembered that. And he added that "I wish [the film] had worked out."

Mortensen was chatting while promoting the Jauja, which is in theaters now. 

Grantland.