{"id":31673,"date":"2009-04-13T05:23:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T10:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=31673"},"modified":"2010-10-23T18:11:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T23:11:13","slug":"casting-the-hobbit-via-torns-message-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/04\/13\/31673-casting-the-hobbit-via-torns-message-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting \u2018The Hobbit,\u2019 via TORn\u2019s message boards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The
\n“The Hobbit,” has to be cast but that just leaves more time for fans to speculate, guess and suggest regarding the casting of the two-films planned by producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro.<\/p>\n

There are a few givens. According to the decision makers, as many of the main characters that appear in both Jackson’s LOTR trilogy and GDT’s Hobbit films will be cast using existing actors from those roles as possible. And while media outlets trying to create news about the film have asked any actor they can find if they will appear, the list of sure crossovers are relatively small.<\/p>\n

Ian Holm, approaching 80 years old, has stated that he is too old to play Bilbo because of the physical demands of the role and the required relocation to New Zealand. So the search for the main character is on. Most readers will be familiar with characters like Gandalf that belong to actors such as Ian McKellen so they will not be rehashed here because there is no debate about who will fill the role. <\/p>\n

Read inside to find lists of names with links to help fans become familiar with many of the offered suggestions.<\/p>\n

Some roles are open to speculation such as Aragorn’s role from the LOTR appendices that might be used to flesh out parts of the two-movie set planned for December 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n

While a few suggestions have likely been missed here and there, we present a conglomoration of suggestions from TheOneRing.net’s message boards. Check back soon on our “The Pollantir” section of our message boards for some unscientific voting. Please forgive any errors.<\/p>\n

\"Balin
Balin from LOTRO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Balin<\/strong>
\n\tBrian Blessed<\/a>
\n\tKenneth Branagh<\/a>
\n\tBrian Cox<\/a>
\n\tNeil Flyn<\/a>
\n\tDominic Purcell<\/a>
\n\tAngus Macfadyen<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bard\"
Bard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bard<\/strong>
\n\tRichard Armitage<\/a>
\n\tChristian Bale<\/a>
\n\tGerard Butler<\/a>
\n\tJim Caviezel<\/a>
\n\tDaniel Craig<\/a>
\nHenry Iain Cusick<\/a>
\nSirDennisC (message boards)
\n\tJack Davenport<\/a>
\n\tJohnny Depp<\/a>
\n\tMichael Fassbender<\/a>
\n\tRalph Fiennes<\/a>
\nIoan Gruffudd<\/a>
\n\tMartin Henderson<\/a>
\n\tHugh Jackman<\/a>
\n\tDoug Jones<\/a>
\n\tThomas Kretschmann<\/a>
\n\tDaniel Day Lewis<\/a>
\nDavid O’Hara<\/a>
\n\tGary Oldman<\/a>
\nClive Owen<\/a>
\nAdrian Pasdar<\/a>
\n\tGuy Pearce<\/a>
\nJames Purefoy<\/a>
\n\tDominic Purcell<\/a>
\nToby Stephens<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Beorn\"
Beorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beorn<\/strong>
\n\tBrian Blessed<\/a>
\nRussell Crowe<\/a>
\n\tLawrence Fishburne<\/a>
\n\tNick Frost<\/a>
\n\tChristopher Guest<\/a>
\n\tGary Lewis<\/a>
\n\tLiam Neeson<\/a>
\n\tRon Perlman<\/a>
\n\tPete Postlethwaite<\/a>
\n\tGeoffrey Rush<\/a>
\nGuy Sprung<\/a>
\n\tRay Stevenson<\/a><\/p>\n

Bert<\/strong> (Troll)
\n\tTim McInnerny<\/a>
\n\tRay Winstone<\/a><\/p>\n

Bifur<\/strong>
\n\tAlfred Molina<\/a>
\n\tHugh Laurie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"bilbo\"<\/p>\n

Bilbo Baggins<\/strong>
\nLiam Aiken<\/a>
\n\tHugh Bonneville<\/a>
\n\tMartin Freeman<\/a>
\nPaul Giamatti<\/a>
\n\tRyan Gosling<\/a>
\n\tTom Hollander<\/a>
\n Bob Hoskins<\/a>
\nMichael Hurst<\/a>
\n\tEddie Izzard<\/a>
\n\tToby Jones<\/a>
\nShia Lebouef<\/a>
\nWilliam H. Macy<\/a>
\n\tTobey Maguire<\/a>
\n\tJames McAvoy<\/a>
\n\tSam Neil<\/a>
\n\tSean Pertwee<\/a>
\n\tReece Shearsmith<\/a>
\nMichael Sheen<\/a>
\n\tDavid Tennant<\/a><\/p>\n

Bofur<\/strong>
\n\tMark Hamill<\/a><\/p>\n

Bombur<\/strong>
\n\tJack Black<\/a>
\n\tJorge Garcia<\/a>
\n\tPaul Giamatti<\/a>
\n\tRichard Griffiths<\/a>
\n\tJonah Hill<\/a>
\n\tOliver Platt<\/a><\/p>\n

Dain<\/strong>
\n\tJames Cosmo<\/a>
\n\tTimothy Spall<\/a>
\n\tRay Winstone<\/a><\/p>\n

Dori<\/strong>
\n\tDara O\u2019Briain<\/a>
\n\tTom Waits<\/a><\/p>\n

Drogo<\/strong>
\n\tRobbie Coltraine<\/a>
\n
\nDwalin<\/strong>
\n\tBrenden Gleeson<\/a><\/p>\n

\"dwarves\"<\/p>\n

Dwarves (general)<\/strong>
\nJack Black<\/a>
\nBill Baily<\/a>
\nRobbie Coltraine<\/a>
\nBrian Cox<\/a>
\nRussell Crowe<\/a>
\nWarwick Davis<\/a>
\nNick Frost<\/a>
\nStephen Fry<\/a>
\nPhillip Seymour Hoffman<\/a>
\nDerek Jacobi<\/a>
\nKen Jenkins<\/a>
\nAngus Macfadyen<\/a>
\nAlfred Molina<\/a>
\nRon Perlman<\/a>
\nJonathan Pryce<\/a>
\nGeoffrey Rush<\/a>
\nTimothy Spall<\/a>
\nEthan Suplee<\/a>
\nDavid Tennant<\/a>
\nJhonny Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nFili<\/strong>
\n\tNick Frost<\/a><\/p>\n

Gloin<\/strong>
\n\tBilly Connelly<\/a>
\n\tJohn Rhys-Davies<\/a>
\n\tNicholas Lyndhurst<\/a><\/p>\n

Goblin King \/ Great Goblin<\/strong>
\nDoug Jones<\/a>
\n\tTyler Mane<\/a>
\n\tRon Perlman<\/a><\/p>\n

Kili<\/strong>
\n\tKelsey Grammar<\/a>
\n\tSimon Peg<\/a><\/p>\n

Necromancer<\/strong>
\nJames Woods<\/a><\/p>\n

Nori<\/strong>
\n\tPhil Jupitus<\/a>
\n\tKevin McNally<\/a><\/p>\n

Oin<\/strong>
\n\tStephen Fry<\/a>
\n\tKevin McNally<\/a>
\n\tDavid Jason<\/a><\/p>\n

Ori<\/strong>
\n\tAlan Davies<\/a>
\n\tNathan Lane<\/a><\/p>\n

Primula<\/strong>
\n\tZooey Deschanel<\/a><\/p>\n

Master \/ Lord of Laketown<\/strong>
\nRussell Crowe<\/a>
\n\tDustin Hoffman<\/a>
\n\tAnthony Hopkins<\/a>
\n\tAlan Rickman<\/a>
\n\tGeoffrey Rush<\/a>
\n\tStanley Tucci<\/a><\/p>\n

Radagast<\/strong>
\n\tRichard E Grant<\/a><\/p>\n

\"smaug\"<\/p>\n

Smaug (voice)<\/strong>
\nClancy Brown<\/a>
\nJames Caan<\/a>
\nGeorge Clooney<\/a>
\n\tBrian Cox<\/a>
\nMarton Csokas<\/a>
\n\tTim Curry<\/a>
\nVin Diesel<\/a>
\nSam Elliott<\/a>
\n\tJonathan Freeman<\/a>
\nMorgan Freeman<\/a>
\nBruno Ganz<\/a>
\n\tTerry Gilliam<\/a>
\n\tMark Hamill<\/a>
\nDjimon Hounsou<\/a>
\n\tAnthony Hopkins<\/a>John Hurt<\/a>
\n\tJeremy Irons<\/a>
\nJason Isaacs<\/a>
\nTommy Lee Jones<\/a>
\nBen Kingsley<\/a>
\nRobert Lindsay<\/a>
\nMeat Loaf<\/a>
\nUlrich Matthes<\/a>
\nAlfred Molina<\/a>
\nJohn Noble<\/a>
\nPeter O’Toole<\/a>
\nEdward James Elmos<\/a>
\nLeslie Phillips<\/a>
\n\tWayne Pygram<\/a>
\n Alan Rickman<\/a>
\nGeoffrey Rush<\/a>
\nRodrigo Santoro<\/a>
\n\tAndy Serkis<\/a>
\nMartin Shaw<\/a>
\n\tStellan Skarsgard<\/a>
\n\tPatrick Stewart<\/a>
\nKathleen Turner<\/a>
\n\tNicol Williamson<\/a>
\n\tMichael Wincott<\/a><\/p>\n

Spiders of Mirkwood<\/strong>
\nCindy Lauper
\nFran Drescher<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Thorin\"
Thorin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thorin Oakenshield<\/strong>
\n\tBrian Blessed<\/a>
\nJim Carter<\/a>
\n\tBilly Connelly<\/a>
\n\tBrian Cox<\/a>
\n\tKenneth Cranham<\/a>
\n\tBrenden Gleeson<\/a>
\n\tAlfred Molina<\/a>
\n\tRon Perlman<\/a>
\nDavid Hyde Pierce<\/a>
\n\tGeoffrey Rush<\/a>
\n\tPatrick Stewart<\/a>
\n\tTom Wilkenson<\/a>
\n\tRay Winstone<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom (Troll)<\/strong>
\n\tRowan Atkinson<\/a>
\n\tJason Statham<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Thranduil\"
Thranduil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thranduil<\/strong>
\n\tRichard Armitage<\/a>
\n\tPaul Bettany<\/a>
\n\tDavid Bowie<\/a>
\n\tTimothy Dalton<\/a>
\n\tJames Duvall<\/a>
\n\tRalph Fiennes<\/a>
\n\tWilliam Fichtner<\/a>
\n\tLuke Goss<\/a>
\n\tRhys Ifans<\/a>
\n\tJason Isaacs<\/a>
\n\tGuy Pearce<\/a>
\nZachary Quinto<\/a>
\n\tPatrick Stewart<\/a><\/p>\n

William (Troll)<\/strong>
\n\tVinnie Jones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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