Who Should Play Beorn in The Hobbit?

[Macalaure]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

But it could make also a fine action-movieish (?) introduction to show Beorn shifting shape in an introductory action-scene!

Oh no! The introductory/prologue scene needs to be how Gollum loses the Ring in his cave without noticing it (perhaps while choking one of the more witless orcs from behind?). Putting myself into somebody who has only seen the LotR on screen, this is something I'd like to know about and see, and I can't think about a different time in the movie where it could be placed.

Besides, I'm seconding Lalaith on Vinnie Jones.