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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Jan 25 2011, 7:03pm
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Dominic Keating Auditioned for Role in Hobbit
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 Thanks to a recent interview by Robert Beck of Lotsofinterviews.com, we now know that actor Dominic Keating (Malcom of Star Trek Enterprise) auditioned for a role in The Hobbit. When asked what roles he has upcoming, Dominic answers...
And I’m still waiting to hear on the Hobbit. They’ve been in production a long time to get this going but they lost their director which is maybe why I haven’t heard anything yet so fingers crossed.
[Read the full interview] What role could he be up for? Discuss in our forums and on facebook!
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Owain
Dor-Lomin
Jan 26 2011, 12:26am
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Middle Earth is New Zealand!
"Question everything, embrace the bad, and hold on to the good."
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Milknut
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Jan 26 2011, 12:39am
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we might assume he's just not cast.
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debo
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Jan 26 2011, 12:42am
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He looks like he'd be a very good elf
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a la Haldir
Frodo; "What I chiefly need now is courage . . ."
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Zizix
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Jan 26 2011, 12:53am
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Eruonen
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Jan 26 2011, 1:03am
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(This post was edited by Eruonen on Jan 26 2011, 1:03am)
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Wraith Buster
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Jan 26 2011, 2:24am
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You guys are right - he looks like he could be an elf.//
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Bustin' makes me feel good!!
I do believe if our honorable friend continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel for objections he is in danger of getting splinters under his fingernails.
Have you heard nothing of the stubbornness of dwarves and their elf
instigators?
The dark spybot will not avail you, flame of Ubuntu!
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merlwynd
Ossiriand
Jan 26 2011, 9:14am
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...an elf. Has the high cheek bones. Prob not rugged enough for a northern man who I imagine would be pretty rough looking!
MERLWYND
Bard's case to Thorin
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Mithlond
Jan 26 2011, 12:34pm
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Star Trek: Enterprise...that's all I can see when I look at this actor...and I didn't really even like or watch that show. I'll admit he does look a bit elvish though.
<<< There is a long road yet >>>
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dormouse
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Jan 26 2011, 2:14pm
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I expect they'll give him a wig....
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... if they give him the part!
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Kangi Ska
Gondolin
Jan 26 2011, 2:59pm
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He might do as the Master of Lake Town
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Though the book character is older.
Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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Flagg
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Jan 26 2011, 3:59pm
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Apparently he was only under consideration while Guillermo was still in charge. Perhaps Dominic Keating is another name for us to add to the list which already includes Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Ian McShane/Brian Blessed...
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Kangi Ska
Gondolin
Jan 26 2011, 4:47pm
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Are there any statements or other evidence that leads to the conclusion that the change in directors has caused his situation or is it a suggestion on your part that this is the case?
Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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deej
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Jan 26 2011, 4:49pm
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I can definitely see him as an Elf.
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Whether it's Thranduil...honestly, i'd be happy to see him play ANY role in 'The Hobbit'. 
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FarFromHome
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Jan 26 2011, 5:23pm
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It's a suggestion on his part.
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Dominic Keating's that is. It's right in the interview, at the very end.
It makes me think that either this is an older interview than it appears to be, or else Dominic Keating hasn't been keeping up-to-date on The Hobbit.
They went in, and Sam shut the door.
But even as he did so, he heard suddenly,
deep and unstilled,
the sigh and murmur of the Sea upon the shores of Middle-earth.
From the unpublished Epilogue to the Lord of the Rings
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tolkiennerd
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Jan 26 2011, 6:04pm
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I hope he gets a part I loved Star Trek enterprise and it would be nice to see a familiar face in the hobbit.Looks like a good Elf maybe Thranduil.
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dormouse
Gondolin
Jan 26 2011, 6:21pm
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Guillermo would have cast Ian McShane and Brian Blessed? Was it ever said that they were to be in the film?
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Jan 26 2011, 6:28pm
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but I believe at least Brian Blessed is on record as saying Guillermo had contacted him regarding Thorin
if more of us valued food and good cheer above gold and jewels. it would be a merrier world.
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Flagg
Dor-Lomin
Jan 26 2011, 7:07pm
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He was definitely considering both actors for the part of Thorin
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Dr Death said that Guillermo recommended Ian McShane for Thorin in an interview with The Times in the UK, and Brian Blessed said in a video interview a few weeks back that he and Guillermo had had discussions about the possibility of him playing the role.
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dormouse
Gondolin
Jan 26 2011, 7:42pm
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I didn't think I'd ever seen anything official, just people here saying they thought Brian Blessed would be good (as I did - I thought he'd have made a good Beorn, being pretty bear-like!)
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dormouse
Gondolin
Jan 26 2011, 8:08pm
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One thing I would say, thinking about it....
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... is that even where it seems as it does here that Guillermo (and Peter Jackson, presumably) considered these actors we can't say with any certainty that they would have been cast. Surely Guillermo doesn't just take the first named actor for each role - wouldn't he audition several? We've heard so many actors mentioned as auditioning or being considered over the months who haven't been cast - or who are still waiting to hear - or maybe some who have been cast but not announced yet.
Fact is, we don't know who Guillermo would have cast when it came to it and we can't know, anymore than we know what his designs would have been once they were finalised or anything else about the film he might have made. He's a friendly, talented man and I wish him every success, but as far as The Hobbit's concerned I'd rather focus now on what Peter Jackson IS doing and give him a free hand to do it, without constantly holding up this imaginary lost 'ideal'.
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carrioncrow
Menegroth
Jan 26 2011, 11:11pm
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don't know how old this quote is, but if fresh, sounds like this fellow needs to be introduced to a lil thing called the internet.
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome
Jan 26 2011, 11:32pm
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If Keating does get a part, I'm guessing that it may be a Wood-elf role; perhaps Galion (the king's butler) or the chief of the Wood-elf guards from whom Bilbo steals the cell keys to free the Dwarves.
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Flagg
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Jan 27 2011, 5:00pm
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We do not know who Guillermo would have cast
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but for some characters we have a very good idea. The fact that he was considering the likes of Brian Blessed and Ian McShane for the role of Thorin implies quite strongly that he would not have gone in the 'hot Dwarf' direction, for instance. And he's already told us that he had written parts specifically for Ron Perlman and Doug Jones, who would probably played Beorn and Thranduil respectively, according to statements made by the two actors.
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 27 2011, 7:03pm
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but for some characters we have a very good idea. The fact that he was considering the likes of Brian Blessed and Ian McShane for the role of Thorin implies quite strongly that he would not have gone in the 'hot Dwarf' direction, for instance. And he's already told us that he had written parts specifically for Ron Perlman and Doug Jones, who would probably played Beorn and Thranduil respectively, according to statements made by the two actors.
Do we know for certain that Doug Jones is out? I know we received confirmation that Ron Perlman will not be in The Hobbit.
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