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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Jan 27 2011, 2:57pm
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Hobbit Casting Director Spills Beans About Saoirse Ronan?
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Merie sends this in: From iftn.ie - "Ros Hubbard is a world renowned casting director having worked on hugely successful films such as ‘The Commitments’, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy and ‘Father Ted’ with her family. IFTN caught up with the Irish talent spotter to talk about casting hobbits and dwarves for Peter Jackson, her trouble finding thin Irish children and ‘Father Ted’ bringing out her catholic guilt!" She basically confirmed that Saoirse Ronan has a part in "The Hobbit". More..
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LoremIpsum
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Jan 27 2011, 8:08pm
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she is like a young Cate Blanchett and I can't wait to see her in the HOBBIT
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Moahunter
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Jan 27 2011, 8:20pm
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How many beans make five?
There's b.....all in this story .
I hope the amount of info. reflects the screentime devoted to this totally spurious and irrelevant character.
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Kangi Ska
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Jan 27 2011, 9:14pm
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I am sure that an actress of her caliber
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will contribute something awesome to the film, even if it is only a supporting part. I really do not care if the role is not in the book as long as it works in the movie.
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Elladan
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Jan 27 2011, 9:22pm
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But I still cant see what role they could have possibly found for her. Teenagers dont seem to fit very well into middle earth.
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Kangi Ska
Gondolin
Jan 27 2011, 9:29pm
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Hav you seen her dressed up lately?
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She will fit. A beautiful woman...and the best young actress since Natalie Portman.
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Flagg
Dor-Lomin
Jan 27 2011, 9:35pm
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Ros Hubbard worked on Father Ted?
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Then I trust her. Father Ted is perhaps the best thing ever to come out of Ireland. I am heavily biased in favour of anyone that had any involvement in the series whatsoever.
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dave_lf
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Jan 27 2011, 10:01pm
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More interesting to me is that he says casting is done and pretty much everyone is in NZ.
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Elentari03
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Jan 27 2011, 10:16pm
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Does she mean casting for Irish actors is done, or casting for all parts is done? If all parts are done, when can we expect an announcement? And who will it include? Personally, I hope to hear about Hugo Weaving/Elrond, the Elvenking, and Bard pretty soon. And by hope to hear about Elrond, I expect to hear that Weaving is back.
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Captain Salt
Dor-Lomin
Jan 27 2011, 10:44pm
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I miss Jack Hackett...and Mrs. Doyle!
Anyhoo, here we go with fall-out over the casting of the "Elf-Wench"! 
Samuel L. Jackson for Bilbo, Woody Allen for Thorin, Lewis Black for Bard and Gilbert Gottfried for Smaug!
MAKE IT HAPPEN, PETER!!!
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dormouse
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Jan 27 2011, 10:45pm
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She'll probably turn out to be Primula....
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... just because it's not what everyone's expecting!
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Kangi Ska
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Jan 27 2011, 10:48pm
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She does not strike me as being particularly Hobbit like
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but then the guy they picked to play Thorin is not a Dwarf.
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dormouse
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Jan 27 2011, 10:49pm
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It's amazing what you can achieve....
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.. with a big curly wig!!! 
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Kangi Ska
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Jan 27 2011, 10:51pm
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Thorin would look interesting with an Afro (as they were called back in the 70s)//
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Brandybuckled
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Jan 27 2011, 11:10pm
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complete with a beard!
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Ainu Laire
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Jan 27 2011, 11:28pm
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If she is, I just hope they don't use the name "Itaril"
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Bad, bad name! Not at all Sindarin. XD Please consult a Sindarin expert, guys!
She is a great actress though. Definitely see her going places.
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duats
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Jan 27 2011, 11:29pm
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Bring on the unnecessary, forced-in elf love angle, I guess.
Unless PJ wised up, cut the character of Itaril, and Ronan was cast as Primula Baggins - which I could at least stomach.
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Kangi Ska
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Jan 27 2011, 11:42pm
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They will change that. ..too much airplay.//
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Finrod
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Jan 28 2011, 12:22am
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Bad, bad name! Not at all Sindarin. XD Please consult a Sindarin expert, guys!
She is a great actress though. Definitely see her going places.
You’re right: Itaril is not Sindarin, it’s Quenya! Idril is the word’s corresponding Sindarin form. Idril Celebrindal’s name in Quenya was Itarillë, which means sparking brilliance.
I can certainly see a Wood-elf taking up the ancient name of the esteemed mother of the Great Intercessor whose plea brought an end to Thangorodrim.
And I’ll bet anything she’s a blonde. Idril was no raven-haired Sindar, nor some firey beauty of the Noldor. At more than half Vanyarin, her locks were of fairest gold.
Care to withdraw your protest about the unsuitability of the name?
…all eyes looked upon the ring; for he held it now aloft, and the green jewels gleamed there that the Noldor had devised in Valinor. For this ring was like to twin serpents, whose eyes were emeralds, and their heads met beneath a crown of golden flowers, that the one upheld and the other devoured; that was the badge of Finarfin and his house.The Silmarillion, pp 150-151 while Felagund laughs beneath the treesin Valinor and comes no more
to this grey world of tears and war.The Lays of Beleriand, p 311
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The Party Tree
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Jan 28 2011, 1:15am
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I'm not a big fan of adding original characters just for the sake of getting a gratuitous "female love-interest" in the movie.
With those blue eyes...I could see her as Frodo's mom, but she's a bit young. Depending on what Primula and Drogo are going to be doing in the story, that may or may not work.
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Altaira
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Jan 28 2011, 1:45am
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Ha! Great linguistic tidbit Finrod
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We'll have to wait until the DVD special features come out to see if that's where they got the name. I'll be gobsmacked if it is. 
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squire
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Jan 28 2011, 1:58am
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Why would a Wood-elf have a Quenya name?
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Thanks for that linguistic update! I had no idea "Itaril" was Quenya.
If I remember, the King of the Wood-elves (Thingol) in the Silmarillion put a ban on Quenya once he heard about how Quenya-speakers had slaughtered fellow-elves to steal their ships and defy the gods to come to Middle-earth and stir up endless war with Morgoth over the stolen Silmarils. After that, if I understand the mainline history, Quenya ceased to be spoken except in private ceremonial situations among the "exiled" Noldor Elves. And the Wood-elves of Mirkwood are far removed from the remaining High Elves of the Third Age, who linger in the Western lands. Except for the Elf-King himself (aka Thranduil) and Galadriel, no Elf east of the Misty Mountains would speak Quenya or give their offspring a Quenya name.
So I suppose this means that "Itaril" is an High Elf-lass warrior from Rivendell, where Quenya is still spoken by some, whom Elrond assigns to guide the Dwarves across Wilderland to their goal?
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duats
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Jan 28 2011, 2:54am
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So I suppose this means that "Itaril" is an High Elf-lass warrior from Rivendell, where Quenya is still spoken by some, whom Elrond assigns to guide the Dwarves across Wilderland to their goal?
Don't give them ideas  .
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Tseluyu
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Jan 28 2011, 4:09am
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Admittedly, the thought of a made-up elf-maiden didn't sit well with me at first, as she had begun to sound more and more like a typical LOTR Mary-Sue... But thinking about it now, I guess it's sort of necessary to add in a few more elves. After all, "The Hobbit" didn't have too many named elven characters. I just really hope they take out the unnecessary romance, if they still intend on including it.
Also hoping that the movies doesn't start to focus too much on this "Itaril" character, though given the lengths of these films, it looks like they just might...
I'd be satisfied if her role was similar to that of Haldir's in the FoTR, who wasn't given too much screentime, but enough to be memorable. Hell, anyone remember Figwit? He appeared for less than a minute but ended up becoming a "one-scene wonder."
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