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Originally Posted by narfforc
If it was a cameo then I think maybe Gaffer Gamgee would be the best. Tolkien classed himself as a hobbit, and I think something down to earth would suit him best.
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You took the words from my mouth!
But it might be quite believable to see the prof in the role of
Bilbo too. At least that is the person I think he actually related to; the teller of tales, the one who dared to break free from the tradition around him which he himself in the end didn't do or had no chance to. I mean a romantic mind always longs for a situation where s/he would have a place to make a decision and besides WWI, Tolkien had no such choises (and going to the war was not openly his choise either if I recollect the facts right).
But surely this is obvious.
Maybe he would have been a good
Ent? You know the picture of him sitting between the roots of a giant tree. A good Ent he would have made!