THE HOBBIT NEWS
Billy Connolly Joins 'The Hobbit' Cast as Dwarf Warrior Dain Ironfoot
by Alex Billington
February 8, 2012
Source: Deadline
They're not done with The Hobbit yet! Still shooting, still casting, until today! Deadline reports that Peter Jackson has cast Billy Connolly in the role of Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield. Jackson announces the news: "We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the stanchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connolly, the Big Yin himself. With Billy stepping into this role, the cast of The Hobbit is now complete. We can't wait to see him on the Battlefield!" Me either! This is great news to round off their casting, as Connolly is a fan-favorite character actor and fine addition.
Dáin Ironfoot was second cousin to Thorin Oakenshield, and responded to Thorin's call for help during the quest to reclaim Erebor, which is the story in The Hobbit, but likely only the later half of the second movie (There and Back Again, due out December 2013). Dáin set out with several hundred Dwarves, and arrives just in time for the Battle of Five Armies, and plays a pivotal role in that finale. Which is why he's the last to join but also the perfect one to cap off an otherwise phenomenal cast for these two movies. We've already seen one trailer so far, and there's plenty more to come as The Hobbit continues shooting in New Zealand.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit… The Hobbit, being directed by Peter Jackson in two separate parts, is set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in a trilogy ten years ago. The Hobbit films, with screenplays by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, will be shot consecutively in digital 3D using the latest camera technology. The Hobbit follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives in theaters in 3D on December 14, 2012.
16 Comments
1
epic.
Xerxexx on Feb 8, 2012
2
took the word out of my mouth!
Anonymous on Feb 8, 2012
3
Good man.
Xerxexx on Feb 8, 2012
4
Amazing news. Connolly is a great actor. This addition only good news.
DAVIDPD on Feb 8, 2012
5
YES!!!! This is one actor who I was suprised was not in LOTR. I'm stoked to read this!
cinemabandit on Feb 8, 2012
6
I thought i could'nt love peter jackson more then i saw the link for this....XD
stfugtfo on Feb 8, 2012
7
Best news Ive heard all day, Dain is such a BADASS, cant wait to see him brought to life! 😀
Anonymous on Feb 8, 2012
8
I wonder who else will be cast in this movie at the near last minute?
Spike on Feb 9, 2012
9
Great casting
Tir na nog on Feb 9, 2012
10
i dont love lord of rings or hobbit i love peter jackson itself. he is unique. he is noah of film making he is noble if anybody even spilberg make lord of rings they cant reach this high class that peter is. i love his perspective his vision his ingeniuty his mind blowing decisions and his ideas. if he cant help tin tin this project go to doom. spilberg does great job but not enough. in hobbit beside the story special effect was critical point.meanwhile vilian in this film is more important than lord of rings because we think nothing is greater than saworon if project wants to be win peter and his team must beat the lord of the rings. they must paint the screen. they must leave us in world of talkin. they must deliver us ultimate apocalyptice action adventure they must deliver us HELL and HEAVEN
Davodiehsan on Feb 9, 2012
11
what?
cinemabandit on Feb 9, 2012
12
Nice. Billy Connolly's the shit!
grimjob on Feb 9, 2012
13
Big Banana Feet himself. I liked him in that grumpy old period drama thing with Judy Dench.
Crapola on Feb 9, 2012
14
He also played a damn fine zombie.
grimjob on Feb 9, 2012
15
That movie was actually pretty decent too. Low on the radar, but quite funny.
Crapola on Feb 10, 2012
16
He also played a damn fine zombie.
grimjob on Feb 9, 2012
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