Hobbit Casting Rumor: Tennant, McAvoy and Radcliffe in Running For Bilbo Baggins?
Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2009 by Russ Fischer
When Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro get The Hobbit going before cameras soon, Ian Holm, who played Hobbit hero Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, won’t be back in big rubber feet. Casting Bilbo is a big deal; any actor chosen will have to hold his own against a horde of effects while still putting across a lot of character. Now three names are increasingly being rumored as options for Jackson and del Toro: Dr. Who‘s David Tennant; Wanted‘s James McAvoy; and Harry Potter‘s Daniel Radcliffe. Musing about the options and probability of all three after the break. Read More »
