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http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22632


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[Lenitas]

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[Ancalagon]

I'm a little disappointed, I guess its just always nice to see the same actors playing the same roles, I never liked when sequels/pre-quels used different actors .. You develop a "connection" with these characters and making the transition from the old to the new isn't always easy..

I guess for the most part we can be happy that most of the actors in LOTR will be returning - That's is a good thing.

I'm sure the NEW Bilbo character actor will be well thought out and will work out just fine...

[Grey Pilgrim]

Good gracious me, this wont do at all..... Smaug with all due respect the headline on your home page is slightly mis-leading old friend. It is not that Ian Holm wont be playing Bilbo again, but rather that he will not be playing Bilbo of 50 years or so earlier from LOTR (in shire reckoning of course). Based on what I have read repeatedly in the past, GDT aims to still have Holm play the older Bilbo, and appear in the movie somewhere in that capacity. For my part I think it would be great if the Hobbit movie opened up with Ian Holm narrating in the beginning the way that Cate Blanchett did in FOTR. They could also have the end of the movie showing Ian Holm as Bilbo (made to look as much as possible like he did in FOTR), narrating the tale to a young Frodo (Elijah Wood with the same magic of make-up applied to look younger then he did in FOTR).

Whatever they decide, rest assured that all signs point to Ian Holm playing Bilbo in SOME capacity, just not as the lead character who appears for the majority of the film. But he wont be appearing as the Mayor of Laketown or some nonsense of that nature.
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[Smaug]

You're right, this was misleading. I have changed it. Sorry for the confusion.
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I hope it's someone good. I wish we didn't have to wait an entire year to know. I heard someone mention Martin Freeman once, I would really enjoy him.
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[Thorongil]

Martin Freeman would be a nice Bilbo. He did a good job as Arthur Dent in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
But of course replacing Ian Holm is not easy.
When I think of young Bilbo the picture of the FOTR intro where Bilbo lies in that tunnel under the misty mountains and picks up the ring always comes into my mind.
I think that was Ian Holm too? Why not using the make-up of that scene and let Holm play the role.
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[Spidersbane]

I'm ashamed. Well, I can just hope now that Bilbo will look good.
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[Evenstar]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Ian Holm HAS to be Bilbo. I would be sooooo disapointed if he wasn't.
I have heard a lot of people on the web saying that Ian Holm is too old to play Bilbo. All they need to do is make him look like he did in FOTR. Remember that Gandalf said "You haven't aged a day."
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[Hobbit guy]

I'm glad that they have made their choice, and I'm glad they have not announced it because it would cause to much controversy to early in my opinion for people who won't agree with the actor. I am hung up with suspence though, and i hope the first cholice is a good one. I'm sure they picked whatever is the best, it is hollywood you know, the film makers (especially the ones we speak of) are very particular about what goes into their movies, and I'm sure the great mind like Peter Jackson and Guilermo Del Toro together have cooked up the best actor for the job, it most likely will be an actor we don't know much of.

And Evenstar, your exactly right about him and the make up working well, but he is to old. He's not going to be jumpin around mirkwood killing spidersr and goblins in the misty mountains, and it would loose the feel if he wasn't. I'm just saying we all wished he could play Bilbo, we really do, but there is so much other talent out there that is young and that looks and acts like Bilbo in every respect, hopefully they just choose the right gujy for the job.

[Evenstar]

[Hobbit guy]

Well i thought you would know that Ian McKellan (the one who plays Gandalf) is eight years younger than Ian Holm. Saruman (christopher Lee) is very old! but he does'nt appear slashing enemies to often in the journies that go on in the stories right!? He certainally dosn't do anything in the hobbit other then appear in the council in the appendices and scare off the necromancer (which has more magic than slashing swords around dosn't it?). I'm saying Bilbo is a big big part and we don't need a 67 year old doing it! That all I'm saying, i love Ian Holm, but he dosn't really have the age enough to do it! Sorry to have to make a brutal opinion if you found it that way.

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