{"id":41904,"date":"2011-01-26T09:57:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T14:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=41904"},"modified":"2011-01-27T04:05:11","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T09:05:11","slug":"swedish-actor-michael-persbrandt-prepping-for-beorn-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/01\/26\/41904-swedish-actor-michael-persbrandt-prepping-for-beorn-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Actor Michael Persbrandt Prepping For Beorn Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mikaelpersbrandt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"190\" \/>Our Swedish message board member <strong>macfalk<\/strong> has alerted us to a story over at Swedish website <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/nojesbladet\/film\/article8465557.ab\" target=\"_blank\">N\u00f6jesbladet<em> <\/em><\/a><\/strong>(the same that had previously broken the news that <strong>Michael Persbrandt<\/strong> had been cast in the role of <strong>Beorn<\/strong>) that talks about the Swedish actor prepping for the upcoming <em>Hobbit<\/em> films.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the English translation of the relevant bits of the article courtesy of <em>macfalk<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This spring, Persbrandt has a super-tight schedule. 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