{"id":45198,"date":"2011-06-16T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T22:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=45198"},"modified":"2011-06-16T17:47:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T22:47:34","slug":"deadline-com-report-luke-evans-cast-as-bard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/06\/16\/45198-deadline-com-report-luke-evans-cast-as-bard\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline.com Report: Luke Evans cast as Bard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2011\/06\/luke-evans-to-play-bard-in-the-hobbit\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45199 alignright no-lazyload\" title=\"lukee_20110616221810\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lukee_20110616221810-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>News is just hitting via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2011\/06\/luke-evans-to-play-bard-in-the-hobbit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline.com <\/a>that Luke Evans has been cast as Bard in the upcoming The Hobbit movies:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>EXCLUSIVE TO DEADLINE.com<\/strong>: Luke Evans has bagged the role of Bard in\u00a0<em>The Hobbit<\/em>, a last major part that Peter Jackson hadn&#8217;t cast in a production that&#8217;s underway in New Zealand. Bard the Grim is\u00a0 a skilled archer, and the heir of King Girion of Dale. The king was killed by the talking dragon Smaug. The character plays a greater role in the second film, and is somewhat reminiscent of the action-hero exploits of Viggo Mortensen&#8217;s Aragorn, I&#8217;m told.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think of the choice? Does he have the &#8216;Bard&#8217; look? Sound off! For the complete article, including a summary of his past work, jump on over to Deadline.com! 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