Loading ...In a recent interview with Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter, Tonight.co.za asked him who will play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, which “is planned as a $300m project with releases in 2011 and 2012.” Although Radcliffe came in third in a recent US poll, he said he wouldn’t play Bilbo.
“I’d have to say, ‘Thanks, but no thanks’, not that anyone has asked me,” the 20-year-old said.
“Honestly, I don’t think they would want me anyway, it’s just too close. Whatever I do next, I don’t think there will be any wizards in it!”
Radcliffe then named James McAvoy (“Mr. Tumnus,” LWW) as his choice for Bilbo, who came in second behind David Tennant (“Doctor Who” / Barty, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)).
“James McAvoy is fantastic. I think he should play it. I’ve done the fantasy-film thing. Actually, so has he, with The Chronicles of Narnia, of course. But I’ve done it for longer. He can take over. I’m done. I don’t think anybody involved in that would want me to, either.”
I’d like to see McAvoy as Bilbo too.
Then who came first in the poll?
Matt: David Tennant, of “Doctor Who,” came in first.