With Tobey Maguire suddenly unemployed, his dance card has opened up significantly so speculation fueled by some unfounded rumours all pointed to the former webslinger to be taking on the role of the modest hobbit hero Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit.
Well it didn’t take long to swat down that fly. Del Toro says nope.
While that wouldn’t be a terrible casting choice, director Guillermo Del Toro has just posted a message on The One Ring forum, simply stating: “Two words. Not true.”
So all that speculation puts us back to square one.
They are not telling us who they are considering, and we are months away from principal photography, so its got to be announced soon.
Personally I thought Tobey would have been a great young Bilbo. I hope they pick someone “better” that just works more so this just turns into another one of those “Hey, remember when we thought Maguire was going to play him? This guy is such a better choice” moments.
