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Silverlode
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Feb 11 2012, 3:53am
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Fantasy Casting....with a twist.
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What with all the fuss over Tauriel and the debate over whether more women are or are not needed in the movie, DanielLB's amusing troll-casting a few threads down the page got me thinking....
Who would you cast in the gender-inverted version of The Hobbit?
Who would play Bilba? Would Dame Maggie Smith make a good Thorine, or is she a better fit for Gandalfa? Anne Hathaway or Keira Knightley for Legolass? How about that glamorous Elf-Queen Thranduiel?
Who's in your Femine Hobbit Dream Cast? 
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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Delrond
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Feb 11 2012, 4:45am
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Maggie Smith would be a great Gandalfia.
Kate Hudson as Legolass.
Helen Mirren as Elronda.
Brooke Shields as Thranduilus.
Judi Dench as Thorine.
Angela Lansbury as Radagastia.
Janet Reno as Beornia.
George Clooney as Galadren.
Drew Barrymore as Frodette.
Betty White as Saruwoman.
Rhea Perlman as Bilbette.
Ryan Gosling as Tar Ellicus.
Nancy Pelosi as Bolg.
A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.
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Ataahua
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Feb 11 2012, 4:46am
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She has the other-than-human down pat.
Bilba - Judi Dench. (Might as well, as Ian McKellan said Ian Holm looked like Dame Judi when his skin had been pulled back under his wig.)
Thranduiel - Elizabeth Hawthorne. (She was the housekeeper in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe who terrified the Pevensie children.)
Thorine - Candice Bergen. (When she plays it straight, she can be foreboding.)
Oin - Betty White.
Gloin - Miriam Margolyes (Professor Sprout in Harry Potter).
Bombur - Dawn French.
Beornita - Dame Maggie Smith.
Bardette - Signorney Weaver.
Galadrield - Michael Sheen.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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zarabia
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Feb 11 2012, 6:47am
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I'll have to think about it a bit, but I agree with Magpie about Julie Walters and Dawn French; love them!
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DanielLB
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Feb 11 2012, 3:45pm
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I'm glad I inspired you to make the thread
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But I wasn't joking about the troll-casting 
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Patty
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Feb 11 2012, 8:10pm
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Cast Dawn French as Thomasina Bombadill...
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and I definitely see Saunders as Grima Wormtonga.
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Rostron2
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Feb 11 2012, 8:54pm
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Just don't get Taymor to direct it, please. I still have a bad taste from The Tempest.
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Patty
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Feb 11 2012, 8:59pm
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Stephen Fry (Melchett) as Grima Wormtongue...oh, wait..../
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Permanent address: Into the West
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DanielLB
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Feb 11 2012, 9:07pm
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as Gollum...
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DanielLB
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Feb 11 2012, 9:51pm
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Although I just realised that wasn't gender-inverted
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oops!
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DanielLB
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Feb 11 2012, 9:52pm
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as Smaugalina
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zarabia
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Feb 12 2012, 4:49am
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Moaning Myrtle (Shirley Henderson) from Harry Potter as Gollum/ Francesca Annis as...
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I think Moaning Myrtle has a lot of Gollum-ness () about her: talking to herself, feeling put upon and self-pitying, but also manipulative. They can both be pitiful and threatening by turns.
Francesca Annis (Dune and Cranford), who is beautiful, steely, and impressive, would be great as Thandruil.
I can't possibly imagine anyone but Maggie Smith as Gandalfa.
Cate Blanchett as Elrond (a bit of the ol' switcharoo ) She is soooo elvish, she would have to be in it somewhere.
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peleowyn
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Feb 12 2012, 5:52am
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... To see little Georgie Henley in there somewhere! :)
"Look! There is light, and beauty up there, that no Shadow can touch!"
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Silverlode
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Feb 12 2012, 10:36am
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Little Judi Dench. Such a clever little Judi Dench....Sorry, sorry, can't help it. That sketch ruined me forever.
I agree, she'd make a great Bilba, but then we'd have to have the age argument again, wouldn't we? Or we can just make this a true fantasy cast and use people from any era.
In which case, I'm nominating Audrey Hepburn for Legolass.
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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Silverlode
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Feb 12 2012, 10:38am
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But I was amused all the same.
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Just imagine the Purist heads exploding if Bert, Tom and William turned out to be female. See? Amusing. 
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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Silverlode
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Feb 12 2012, 10:40am
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That's a good idea for Gollum. And I keep thinking....
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Imelda Staunton would make a good dwarf, but which one?
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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DanielLB
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Feb 12 2012, 10:42am
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If they were very very feminine trolls. You know, scratching, pulling blonde hair, mascare running down their eyes, short skirts etc. 
(no offensive to any readers by the way)
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Ataahua
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Feb 12 2012, 6:27pm
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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zarabia
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Feb 13 2012, 8:32am
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Yes, Imelda Staunton - excellent character actress!//
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Feb 13 2012, 9:13am
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Haha! That's one way to go; men seem to like a good cat fight:D
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I had been thinking of something along the lines of a trio of Hyacinth Bucket types (pronounced Bouquet, you know) from Keeping up Appearances. They would torture the dwarves with thier bad singing, stories about their dear Sheridan, and threats of a candlelight supper.
For those unfamiliar with Hyacinth, here's a short clip.
http://www.youtube.com/...Y&feature=relmfu
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Symbelmine
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Feb 13 2012, 5:12pm
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Some of the characters aren't from The Hobbit but from LOTR:
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Elronda- Cate Blanchett
Legolas- Saoirse Ronan or Evanna Lynch
Thranduiel- Tilda Swinton or Gwyneth Paltrow
Frodione- Emma Watson
Elladana and Elrohira- Liv Tyler and Gemma Arterton
Pippina or Merry- Georgie Henley
Arwen- Ben Barnes
Galadriel- Richard Armitage
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