The Hobbit : Dream Cast - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

zxcvbn · 12-23-2007, 11:50 AM

STW, you have a point, but us poor fans need something to tide us over while we wait for news of the film's development. What can we do but speculate idly?

Here's more:

Balin: Bill Nighy

Saruman: Sir Christopher Lee(If he's still alive, and they'd better shoot his scenes first)

Sauron the White · 12-23-2007, 12:08 PM

zxcvbn... my apologies for looking like I am trying to rain on your parade ... and I do not mean to do that. There are exercises like this going on all over the boards that discuss Tolkien or film related topics. It is a favorite pasttime and certainly gives people something neat to do.

I wonder if you went back to the pre-LOTR casting days and read the posts in such a thread on something like torn or torc , what would you find. How many people do you think would have picked Viggo Mortensen for Aragorn? How many picked Ian McKellen for Gandalf? I wish I had a dollar for all the Sean Connery suggestions then I could buy a new car.

But have fun and maybe somebody will come up with a real gem beyond the obvious. Maybe you will even convice me

Quempel · 12-23-2007, 01:53 PM

As long as Jack Black doens't get cast as Bilbo.

Lalwendë · 12-23-2007, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Quempel

As long as Jack Black doesn't get cast as Bilbo.

Hey I think Jack Black's funny. But yes, not as Bilbo!

OK - if not Ian Holm as Bilbo (and note, the guy is not all that old [how rude!]) then I think Martin Freeman has the right tone and can do the little Englishman to a tee. Of course, Ian McK as Gandalf and Andy Serkis as Gollum. Etc.

Some more choices for my Dream Cast:
David Tennant voicing Smaug, Ray Winstone as Beorn, Johnny Depp for Thranduil (why not?

), Richard Armitage as Bard, Gordon Kennedy (currently in Robin Hood) or Philip Glenister (yes, Gene Hunt) as Thorin. For the rest of the Dwarves, an assortment of interesting faces older and younger as appropriate - which could include Jack Black if he could drop his Hollywood accent! Though he'd probably be far too expensive of course and I suspect Jackson would do some scouring of British telly for ideas again.

Sauron the White · 12-23-2007, 05:46 PM

Rude? Rude? Since when is giving a factual bit of information considered rude. You may want to not that Mr. Holm was born in 1931 making him 76 as of now and he will be 78 when they need him for filming. Plus the man has had some admitted health problems over the last couple of years.

Rude? Sorry. Let me be polite. Ian Holm is only 45 and in great health and has the same genetic make-up that Dick Clark did. Oh yeah, there is this painting in his attic....

Lalwendë · 12-24-2007, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sauron the White

Rude? Rude? Since when is giving a factual bit of information considered rude. You may want to not that Mr. Holm was born in 1931 making him 76 as of now and he will be 78 when they need him for filming. Plus the man has had some admitted health problems over the last couple of years.

Rude? Sorry. Let me be polite. Ian Holm is only 45 and in great health and has the same genetic make-up that Dick Clark did. Oh yeah, there is this painting in his attic....

Yes but my own dad is 74 and that's not so old at all! He hates being counted as "an old man", even if he is.

Sauron the White · 12-24-2007, 12:29 PM

Lalwende ... no offense intended towards your father. At 74 he is in the prime of life compared to where people used to be fifty years ago. My remarks were geared for the standard applied to actors where age is not always considered an asset. Pity the poor actress who is considered over the hill and washed up once she hits forty.

Gwathagor · 12-27-2007, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sauron the White

Rude? Rude? Since when is giving a factual bit of information considered rude. You may want to not that Mr. Holm was born in 1931 making him 76 as of now and he will be 78 when they need him for filming. Plus the man has had some admitted health problems over the last couple of years.

Rude? Sorry. Let me be polite. Ian Holm is only 45 and in great health and has the same genetic make-up that Dick Clark did. Oh yeah, there is this painting in his attic....

Ian Hom is not too old to be cast as Bilbo. The Ring kept his appearance relatively unchanged, so that the Bilbo we see in The Fellowship of the Ring is essentially the same in appearance as the Bilbo of The Hobbit.

Gwathagor · 12-27-2007, 02:03 PM

I would probably cast Brian Blessed as Beorn. Anyway, Oliver Reed is dead.

12-23-2007, 01:53 PM	#3
Quempel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In a flower Posts: 97	As long as Jack Black doens't get cast as Bilbo. __________________ Lurking behind Uncle Fester

12-27-2007, 02:03 PM	#9
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	I would probably cast Brian Blessed as Beorn. Anyway, Oliver Reed is dead. __________________ Stories and songs.

12-23-2007, 11:50 AM	#1
zxcvbn Wight Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In front of my PC Posts: 164	STW, you have a point, but us poor fans need something to tide us over while we wait for news of the film's development. What can we do but speculate idly? Here's more: Balin: Bill Nighy Saruman: Sir Christopher Lee(If he's still alive, and they'd better shoot his scenes first)

12-23-2007, 12:08 PM	#2
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	zxcvbn... my apologies for looking like I am trying to rain on your parade ... and I do not mean to do that. There are exercises like this going on all over the boards that discuss Tolkien or film related topics. It is a favorite pasttime and certainly gives people something neat to do. I wonder if you went back to the pre-LOTR casting days and read the posts in such a thread on something like torn or torc , what would you find. How many people do you think would have picked Viggo Mortensen for Aragorn? How many picked Ian McKellen for Gandalf? I wish I had a dollar for all the Sean Connery suggestions then I could buy a new car. But have fun and maybe somebody will come up with a real gem beyond the obvious. Maybe you will even convice me

12-23-2007, 05:46 PM	#5
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Rude? Rude? Since when is giving a factual bit of information considered rude. You may want to not that Mr. Holm was born in 1931 making him 76 as of now and he will be 78 when they need him for filming. Plus the man has had some admitted health problems over the last couple of years. Rude? Sorry. Let me be polite. Ian Holm is only 45 and in great health and has the same genetic make-up that Dick Clark did. Oh yeah, there is this painting in his attic....

12-24-2007, 12:29 PM	#7
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Lalwende ... no offense intended towards your father. At 74 he is in the prime of life compared to where people used to be fifty years ago. My remarks were geared for the standard applied to actors where age is not always considered an asset. Pity the poor actress who is considered over the hill and washed up once she hits forty.