Sunday, May 01, 2011

Finding Fili & King Thranduil For Hobbit Flicks

Director Peter Jackson announced via Facebook that actor Dean O'Gorman is the new Fili in The Hobbit: Part 1/The Hobbit: Part 2  replacing Rob Kazinsky who vacated the role last month for “for personal reasons.”



The character Fili is one of the dwarves who accompany Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) on his quest

Jackson: "I’m very pleased to be welcoming [a] new cast member.. to our team. Dean O’Gorman will be playing Fili. Dean’s a terrific Kiwi actor, who I am thrilled to be working with. He’s recently been in an excellent TV series down here called “The Almighty Johnsons”, and I should let fans of that show know that our shooting schedule allows Dean to continue with a second series next year. Dean will be joining us next week."






You can also add another name to the cast roster:

"I’m also pleased to announce that Lee Pace will be playing the Elven King Thranduil. Casting these Tolkien stories is very difficult, especially the Elven characters, and Lee has always been our first choice for Thranduil. He’s going to be great. We loved his performance in a movie called “The Fall” a few years ago..."


The 2 films star Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm returns as the older Bilbo, David Tennant, Bret McKenzie Ian McKellen, and Christopher Lee

The Hobbit I comes to theaters November 2012

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