{"id":46853,"date":"2011-08-01T11:16:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=46853"},"modified":"2011-08-01T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:16:31","slug":"welsh-movie-actor-lands-role-in-blockbuster-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/08\/01\/46853-welsh-movie-actor-lands-role-in-blockbuster-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh movie actor lands role in blockbuster The Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/luke-evans.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/luke-evans-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Luke Evans\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-45208 no-lazyload\" \/><\/a>WELSH movie hunk Luke Evans has landed the biggest role of his career after being cast in The Hobbit. 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