{"id":32462,"date":"2009-06-11T09:17:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=32462"},"modified":"2009-06-11T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T14:20:16","slug":"hugo-weaving-confirmed-to-return-for-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/06\/11\/32462-hugo-weaving-confirmed-to-return-for-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Weaving confirmed to return for &#8216;The Hobbit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/248px-elrond11-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elrond - Hugo Weaving\" title=\"Elrond - Hugo Weaving\" width=\"100\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32465 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/248px-elrond11-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/248px-elrond11.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>Thanks to TORn message board member <a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?username=Theodred;\">Theodred<\/a> for digging up this great scoop! In the following BBC Radio 5 Simon Mayo interview, &#8216;Hobbit&#8217; director Guillermo del Toro confirms that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/lotr-movies\/lotr-cast-news\/weaving\/\">Hugo Weaving<\/a> will be cast in the upcoming &#8216;Hobbit&#8217; films. While he does not specifically say he is returning as Elrond, when speaking of Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen and Weaving he says, &#8220;<em>&#8230;as the roles they originated in the trilogy<\/em>.&#8221; I think we can make a good assumption that means Elrond! Take a moment to listen to the Simon Mayo broadcast over at BBC &#8211; the Hobbit casting talk is around the 02:10:55 point. Enjoy! [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b00l1xpz\/Simon_Mayo_09_06_2009\/\">BBC Radio<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to TORn message board member Theodred for digging up this great scoop! 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