{"id":44141,"date":"2011-05-06T04:11:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T09:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=44141"},"modified":"2011-05-06T04:16:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T09:16:37","slug":"sylvester-mccoy-talks-radagast-casting-besides-other-hobbit-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/05\/06\/44141-sylvester-mccoy-talks-radagast-casting-besides-other-hobbit-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester McCoy Talks Radagast Casting (Besides Other Hobbit Stuff)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Den of Geek<\/a><\/strong> has a great new interview with Sylvester McCoy<\/strong> who’s been cast in the role of the Wizard Radagast the Brown<\/strong> in The Hobbit<\/strong>.\u00a0A few excerpts follow:<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading off next to New Zealand to do\u00a0The Hobbit, then! This must be the biggest adventure of all now?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I think it is, yeah. I think it\u2019s a big one. I\u2019ve had quite a lot of wonderful adventures in my life, and this one, I\u2019m so excited.<\/em><\/p>\n

When did you first hear, then, that you were close to landing a part inThe Hobbit? Because the rumour mill had been going for a while.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Well, last summer, Peter Jackson, Fran, and Phillippa flew over, and invited me for tea. So they got me a car, and drove over for tea. I thought it was more auditioning, because I\u2019d screentested for it. But when I got there, they said would you play the part? Would I? No! Of course not!<\/em><\/p>\n

They knew you from before\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Well, they saw my screentest for Radagast The Brown, and Guillermo del Toro, who was going to direct it, he\u2019d okayed it. He was keen that I play the part. I didn\u2019t know this, but I got it from the screentest. It wasn\u2019t until I went to see them for tea that I knew. They were asking my permission to be in it!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more Hobbit-related bits in the interview, and trust us, you’ll want to read all of them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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