I re-watched the 2005 movie of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night, which is the only thing I'd ever seen Martin Freeman in. I had seen it before, but couldn't remember anything about his performance when I was looking into it after he was cast. It happened to be showing on TV last week, and we recorded it and watched it last night. He was good. I think he's going to make a wonderful Bilbo. There were certain moments where his facial expression or his tone of voice struck me as very Bilbo-ish. He even bears a slight resemblance to Ian Holm, so there's a bit of continuity there.
In more recent casting news, Lee Pace will be playing Thranduil. After all the rumours about David Tennant getting that role, I couldn't imagine being content with anyone else playing that part, but, man. Lee Pace. Lee Pace is great. I think this will be okay, after all.
Also, Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown. That's going to be fairly awesome as well.
I am just so excited for these movies. I can't believe I still have to wait another year and a half!
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