The rumormongering has been going at it for weeks (months... years, really) as to whom might be cast as the young Bilbo Baggins in the film version of The Hobbit. Del Toro and Jackson both have said that we won't hear anything until next year, but I found the following baseless rumor better than some of the others. Via DH:
I know that when it comes to Mr. McAvoy I'm supposed to take on my patented schoolmarmish scowl and say something about how everyone else seems to love him but I haven't been able to go there yet, not for a lack of trying - those bulbous eyes do haunt me - but here I will say I think McAvoy is a terrific choice. And this would put him in the running to be our generation's Christopher Lee or something, his having already partaken in that other fantasy stalwart, The Chronicles of Narnia series, as the creepily sorta sexy Mr. Tumnus.
Other names being bandied about, according to DH, are Daniel Radcliffe (perhaps) and Jack Black (dear god NO)... anybody got any suggestions of their own? Who would you cast?
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"The Daily Express reports that Scottish hunk and acclaimed 29-year-old thespian James McAvoy ("Atonement," "The Last King of Scotland") is the favourite to play the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro's "The Hobbit".
According to the dubious British tabloid, "A number of names have been doing the rounds, including Daniel Radcliffe and Jack Black, but James (McAvoy) is the one the film's bosses really want. They're expected to have talks soon so hopefully it could be confirmed in the not too distant future."
I know that when it comes to Mr. McAvoy I'm supposed to take on my patented schoolmarmish scowl and say something about how everyone else seems to love him but I haven't been able to go there yet, not for a lack of trying - those bulbous eyes do haunt me - but here I will say I think McAvoy is a terrific choice. And this would put him in the running to be our generation's Christopher Lee or something, his having already partaken in that other fantasy stalwart, The Chronicles of Narnia series, as the creepily sorta sexy Mr. Tumnus.
Other names being bandied about, according to DH, are Daniel Radcliffe (perhaps) and Jack Black (dear god NO)... anybody got any suggestions of their own? Who would you cast?
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