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Post by sohmerwood on Oct 22, 2010 16:09:04 GMT -5
Perplexed Tolkien geek here : They announced the cast of the Hobbit recently and Richard Armitage is in the cast. Some of you may recall fantasy casting discussions of this film a year or more back and a couple mentioned Hugh would be great as Bard the Bowman, so when I saw Armitage, I thought, "hmm, good choice for Bard." But no, he will be playing Thorin the Dwarf King! Anyone else familiar with Armitage having a "what the..?!" moment?
Talk about needing some extreme angle shots!
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Post by latone on Oct 22, 2010 16:56:58 GMT -5
My secret Tolkien geek dream was Hugh playing Thranduil in Hobbit (the king of Mirkwood elves and Legolas's father). Bard seemed to me as a typecast for him and not that interesting. That wouldn't been going to come true anyway, but as they are now starting in February, with Wolverine, no chances, sigh...
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Post by ladyt220 on Oct 22, 2010 17:31:01 GMT -5
Perplexed Tolkien geek here : They announced the cast of the Hobbit recently and Richard Armitage is in the cast. Some of you may recall fantasy casting discussions of this film a year or more back and a couple mentioned Hugh would be great as Bard the Bowman, so when I saw Armitage, I thought, "hmm, good choice for Bard." But no, he will be playing Thorin the Dwarf King! Anyone else familiar with Armitage having a "what the..?!" moment? Talk about needing some extreme angle shots! Oh, trust me, I WTF'd quite heartily, but then the guy who played Gimli was 6'1" so the height isn't really an issue. Hobbits are a little shorter than Dwarves, and Martin Freeman isn't exactly short to start with. With all the forced perspective and over-sized sets it'll look fine in terms of comparative height, I'm just assuming there's gonna' be a LOT of padded armour to get the width. Either that or eating a lot of pies... Aiden Turner's in it as well. Luv him too. |
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Post by sohmerwood on Oct 23, 2010 8:27:49 GMT -5
Aidan Turner is quite lovely. It would be fun to see him, one day, playing an actual human being.
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Post by ladyt220 on Oct 23, 2010 9:15:44 GMT -5
Aidan Turner is quite lovely. It would be fun to see him, one day, playing an actual human being. Did you not see him in that Desperate Romantics thing? Period drama, he played Dante Rosetti, lots of romping with nude models... |
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