With the casting of the lead Hobbit himself Bilbo Baggins, Martin Freeman is not the only confirmed new cast member.
TheOneRing.net has a list of some predominate roles already with actors set to play them.
Martin Freeman is set to play Bilbo Baggins, the adventurous Hobbit whose adventures and discovery of the One Ring leads the story up to The Lord of the Rings.
Richard Armitage (MI-5 and Captain America: The First Avenger) will play Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Company of Dwarves which sets off to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from a thieving dragon. Aidan Turner (Being Human) and Rob Kazinsky (EastEnders) will play Kili and Fili, members of the Company of Dwarves. Graham McTavish (Secretariat) will play Dwalin, John Callen (Power Rangers Jungle Fury) will play Oin; Stephen Hunter (All Saints) will play Bombur, and Mark Hadlow (King Kong) plays Dori, while Peter Hambleton (The Strip) will play Gloin.
I cannot even begin to discuss the casting outside of Bilbo Baggins.
I think Freeman will be brilliant in the role and since hearing he was considered I couldn’t picture anyone else. So excited that they finalized his role recently.
More importantly that there IS this many names attached gives me great joy that this proposed filming in February is not a myth and that the ball is most certainly rolling.
The Hobbit is happening! We still don’t know where exactly, but it IS happening!
