The Hobbit

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He isn't that old?!? :sure:
 
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Meh.

Ian Holm isn't that old. Plus they could always X3 him if they really had to.

How would including him in a porn movie make Ian Holm look younger? Droopy balls and everything else considered, it'd probably make him look older.



...Oh...X-Men 3...

...Nevermind.



You know Bilbo was 50 in the Hobbit, right?

Anyways, so long as Sir Ian is Gandalf, I'm fine with whoever else they cast. I have a lot of faith in del Torro.

Yeah, but don't Hobbits live longer than humans? If so, a 50 year old Hobbit would probably resemble a 30 something human, I'd imagine. I know Bilbo was celebrating his 111th birthday in The Fellowship of the Ring, but I can't remember if that was normal or if the ring kept him from dying/aging.
 
Yeah, but don't Hobbits live longer than humans? If so, a 50 year old Hobbit would probably resemble a 30 something human, I'd imagine. I know Bilbo was celebrating his 111th birthday in The Fellowship of the Ring, but I can't remember if that was normal or if the ring kept him from dying/aging.

It was older than most Hobbits, and the ring definitely kept him from aging.
 
Yeah, but don't Hobbits live longer than humans? If so, a 50 year old Hobbit would probably resemble a 30 something human, I'd imagine. I know Bilbo was celebrating his 111th birthday in The Fellowship of the Ring, but I can't remember if that was normal or if the ring kept him from dying/aging.

Exactly. I have always been under the impression that Bilbo and Frodo were of similar ages when they went on their respective adventures.
 
Exactly. I have always been under the impression that Bilbo and Frodo were of similar ages when they went on their respective adventures.

I always though Bilbo was older, more middle-aged. I think Holm as is probably too old to play him, and would be less accepted by general audiences to a somewhat younger actor. I wouldn't mind either way, and think they can indeed X3 Holm's face to make him younger looking, if need be. Hair coloring and make-up is easy to do, of course.
 
I would still be able to accept Ian Holm as Bilbo, like in the flashback at the beginning of LOTR(which I hope they never ReLucas). Bilbo has to have a certain crotchetiness to him, anyway.

However..... Martin Freeman would actually be a pretty awesome choice for Bilbo, with the only problem being that he doesn't really look like Holm.
 
Plus Holm already played Bilbo in the Hobbit flashback in Fellowship and that would only be about ten years (real time) between filming the two projects.


I would still be able to accept Ian Holm as Bilbo, like in the flashback at the beginning of LOTR(which I hope they never ReLucas). Bilbo has to have a certain crotchetiness to him, anyway.

However..... Martin Freeman would actually be a pretty awesome choice for Bilbo, with the only problem being that he doesn't really look like Holm.

Robert Deniro doesn't look like Marlon Brando either.
 
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Plus Holm already played Bilbo in the Hobbit flashback in Fellowship and that would only be about ten years (real time) between filming the two projects.

****. I forgot all about the flashbacks in the extended versions. In that case they should probably still use Holm. I am converted.
 
Robert Deniro doesn't look like Marlon Brando either.

One of the many reasons The Godfather Part II just doesn't sit right with me. He ISN'T Vito Corleone. He looks nothing like him, he sounds nothing like him, he has none of the same mannerisms as him. It's like a re-enactment.

I actually thought about this example when typing that post.
 

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