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Interest item for fans of Armitage as Bard



farmer maggot
Rivendell

Jul 8 2009, 5:34pm


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Interest item for fans of Armitage as Bard
A literary website has posted an interview with Richard Armitage about his reading history and favorite books - The Hobbit and LOTR feature highly. The link is:

http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/...th-richard-armitage/

It's an iteresting read and I also think RA would make a classic Bard (in the way Sean Bean did for Boromir) - great range and a very good 'moody' presence.


Glorfindel
Rivendell

Jul 9 2009, 4:18am


Views: 444
Yep, he's got my Bard vote
Know him from Guy of Gisborne and enjoying him on Spooks just now. There is a huge thread elsewhere in support of him but when you read the article he seems to be a busy chap so I don't think there will much time is his schedule. Shame!


mulubinba
Rivendell


Jul 9 2009, 9:52am


Views: 438
Re: Armitage a Tolkien fan
Thanks for the link! I read this interview with interest - he would make a great Bard!


(This post was edited by mulubinba on Jul 9 2009, 9:54am)


Lalaithiel
Registered User

Jul 9 2009, 11:56am


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Richard Armitage a Tolkien Fan!
In Reply To
A literary website has posted an interview with Richard Armitage about his reading history and favorite books - The Hobbit and LOTR feature highly. The link is:

http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/...th-richard-armitage/

It's an iteresting read and I also think RA would make a classic Bard (in the way Sean Bean did for Boromir) - great range and a very good 'moody' presence.

I was so excited when I found that article! I had heard he was a Tolkien fan-- but now we have it from his own mouth! Whoo-hoo! :D


willowgreylock
Lorien


Jul 10 2009, 9:24pm


Views: 359
RA for Bard.
he certainly has my vote for Bard. i've loved him since i saw him in,
'The Impressionists'.
it's great to hear too, that he is a Tolkien fan.
Hmmm... do you ever imagine that he may have fancied himself as
playing any one of the characters as he was reading the books? If he did, i
wonder which ones he thought he would enjoy playing, and could justice to.
just a thought, i know we'll never know. but i really do hope that he will be considered
for Bard.


Lalaithiel
Registered User

Jul 11 2009, 3:26am


Views: 427
Richard Armitage in Tolkien Play
In Reply To
he certainly has my vote for Bard. i've loved him since i saw him in,
'The Impressionists'.
it's great to hear too, that he is a Tolkien fan.
Hmmm... do you ever imagine that he may have fancied himself as
playing any one of the characters as he was reading the books? If he did, i
wonder which ones he thought he would enjoy playing, and could justice to.
just a thought, i know we'll never know. but i really do hope that he will be considered
for Bard.
Actually, I think he said somewhere in that interview that he was playing on of Tolkien's Elves in a school play, which lead him to read the book in the first place. But I'm really hoping he saw himself as Bard when he read the Hobbit ;)


willowgreylock
Lorien


Jul 11 2009, 6:21pm


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AH HA
thank you, i spoke 'before' reading the article.


debo
Rohan

Jul 14 2009, 2:51am


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Okay I can see him as Bard
I used to be a die-hard Butler fan, but I have been enjoying Richard on Spooks and I can see what he would bring to Bard. He's very interesting to watch on screen.
Fingers crossed!!


Will we ever get some news????!!!!
Frodo; "What I chiefly need now is courage . . ."


Marionette
Rohan


Jul 20 2009, 3:18pm


Views: 258
He can be
I like for Bard Gerard Butler or Richard Armitage Smile

But if Glorfindel is in the movie, that would be a perfect role for Richard too.
"Dear friend good bye, no tears in my eyes.
So sad it ends, as it began"


Lalaithiel
Registered User

Aug 27 2009, 1:28pm


Views: 312
Richard for Bard, but not Glorfindel, I think...
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I like for Bard Gerard Butler or Richard Armitage Smile

But if Glorfindel is in the movie, that would be a perfect role for Richard too.

Ha, ha! I don't know-- I just can't see Richard with golden hair! :P