The Hobbit : Dream Cast

[Gwathagor]

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]

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

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

Anyway, Oliver Reed is dead.

Ah, is he? I didn't know.

[Sauron the White]

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.

Ian Holm looked and was great in Bilbo in all but a single scene - the one where he was much younger, is in the mountains and discovers the Ring. Sadly, that is the role for the entire HOBBIT movie. Holm looked badly made up in that scene. I cannot imagine a 77 year old man who has had serious health problems over the last few years performing a physically taxing role that the HOBBIT would require of him.

And Brian Blessed gets my vote for Beorn. The man is also a bit older but in great shape and is a mountain climber. Tremendous actor who could really get his teeth into that role ... sorry but I could not resist.