# The Hobbit: Video Interview With Peter Jackson About Casting **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468 "2009-12-24T18:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468/21 "2009-12-29T02:28:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I thought Brian Cox played guys who are the villains in movies about dudes with lost memories, like X2 and Bourne Identity/Supremacy. > > Didn’t he do one more like this? He was in _The Long Kiss Goodnight_, about a dudette with lost memories. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468/22 "2009-12-29T02:33:00Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > He was in _The Long Kiss Goodnight_, about a dudette with lost memories. He was Hannibal Lecter in _Manhunter_, a villain who teased a cop with memories he’d like to lose. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468/23 "2009-12-29T15:41:47Z")
I like Martin Freeman very much and agree he could make an excellent Bilbo. If not him, I’d suggest James McAvoy, who was excellent in _Atonement, Becoming Jane_ and _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_, and who also has the look of an estimable Hobbit, I think: [James McAvoy - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McAvoy) I could easily see Brian Cox as a Dwarf - perhaps Thorin himself. In addition to a cameo by Legolas in his father King Thranduil’s hall, I’d like to see a young (age 9 or 10, I think) Aragorn, then known as Estel, in Rivendell. Perhaps he and Bilbo could have a word or two in the library. The _Plain Dealer_ of Cleveland carried a wire-service story a few months ago that both Andy Serkis (Gollum) and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) had been confirmed as returning for _The Hobbit_. Guess not…? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468/24 "2009-12-29T15:58:03Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Yes, by the end of the story Bilbo was a badass, but you have to bear in mind that he was a reluctant badass; Bilbo didn’t plan to go on the adventure with Gandalf and the dwarves. Gandalf showed up at Bilbo’s house with a dozen dwarves, and hospitality demanded that Bilbo feed them. He had no plans to go adventuring with a party of militant dwarves. True, I just like Bilbo better than Frodo. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468/25 "2009-12-29T23:26:58Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Now of course everyone knows Brian Cox as the voice of the Elder Ood. That was Brian Cox!? Wow I had no idea! I’ll listen again for him when it’s replayed on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468/26 "2009-12-29T23:36:13Z")
Wouldn’t I like to hear the voice of Hugh Laurie in this film! But which part? Troll’s voice, or perhaps voice of Smaug. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-video-interview-with-peter-jackson-about-casting/522468.md?page=1)