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Billy Connolly Joins The Cast Of Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT |
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 16:07 |
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Billy Connolly is best known for films like The Boondock Saints, The Last Samurai, and most recently The X-Files: I Want to Believe. Check out the announcement below:
Billy Connolly is joining the cast of Tolkien's epic "The Hobbit."
The announcement was made today by Peter Jackson, who is currently in production on "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit: There and Back Again," with the films shooting back-to-back in New Zealand.
In the films, Connolly ("The Last Samurai," "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events") will play Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield. Peter Jackson welcomed the news of Connolly to Middle-earth: "We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connelly, the Big Yin himself. With Billy stepping into this role, the cast of "The Hobbit" is now complete. We can't wait to see Read more: |
