The Big Yin will play a short dwarf for the big screen.
Comedy man Billy Connolly, perhaps best known for his role as Il Duce in the Boondock Saints movies (though he's given many a great performance over the course of his career) has been cast in the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel as Dain Ironfoot, "a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield." With Connolly's role now in stone (iron?) the cast of The Hobbit is officially complete.
"We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connolly, the Big Yin himself," said Jackson during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, then later adding, "We can't wait to see him on the battlefield!"
Connolly will join Sherlock boys Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in the film(s), as well series mainstays Sir Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, and others. I really think Jackson made the right move by bringing him in for Ironfoot, after all (and I mean this in the best way possible) the guy already sort of looks a bit like a Tolkien dwarf, height withstanding. The hair and makeup departments are probably cheering louder than anyone.
Catch Connolly and the rest on December 14th, 2012, when The Hobbit hits theaters.
I'm still bothered by having heard that Jackson created a female elf character for no apparent reason. A bit pointless to worry about any reservations I may have, though, because I'm going to go see it anyway. I want to hear the full dwarf song.
RJ Dalton: I'm still bothered by having heard that Jackson created a female elf character for no apparent reason. A bit pointless to worry about any reservations I may have, though, because I'm going to go see it anyway. I want to hear the full dwarf song.
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It makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up just thinking about it
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It makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up just thinking about it
I know the actual song. The Hobbit is my favorite Tolkien book, what I meant was I want to actually hear it performed.
RJ Dalton: I'm still bothered by having heard that Jackson created a female elf character for no apparent reason. A bit pointless to worry about any reservations I may have, though, because I'm going to go see it anyway. I want to hear the full dwarf song.
Same. While I got tired with the constant bloody songs at every other page, that one has always been awesome.
Same. While I got tired with the constant bloody songs at every other page, that one has always been awesome.
The songs were some of the best parts of the Hobbit. They helped build a really strong impression of the world and its cultures. I wanna see them all in it.
SurfinTaxt: I know what you meant, I'm excited for it too! I still tear up when I hear the short clip of it in the trailer.
My reaction was a bit more of a squeegasm, actually.
Connolly and Cumberbatch... Count me the fuck in. I hate, utterly hate LotR but I love those two actors so I will see it just for them.
Fasckira: I would have argued hes best known for being, you know, a comedian... but then I guess he may not be that big outside of the UK perhaps.
Yeah. I was hoping that was a lame joke of some sort. A tiny role in a practically unknown movie, especially when if he were to be known for any movie it would be The Man Who Sued God.
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Peter Jackson Casts Billy Connolly as The Hobbit's Final Dwarf
The Big Yin will play a short dwarf for the big screen.
Comedy man Billy Connolly, perhaps best known for his role as Il Duce in the Boondock Saints movies (though he's given many a great performance over the course of his career) has been cast in the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel as Dain Ironfoot, "a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield." With Connolly's role now in stone (iron?) the cast of The Hobbit is officially complete.
"We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connolly, the Big Yin himself," said Jackson during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, then later adding, "We can't wait to see him on the battlefield!"
Connolly will join Sherlock boys Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in the film(s), as well series mainstays Sir Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, and others. I really think Jackson made the right move by bringing him in for Ironfoot, after all (and I mean this in the best way possible) the guy already sort of looks a bit like a Tolkien dwarf, height withstanding. The hair and makeup departments are probably cheering louder than anyone.
Catch Connolly and the rest on December 14th, 2012, when The Hobbit hits theaters.
Source: WETA
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