Can Billie Piper Play Smaug?
by Honk Mahfah on Jul.17, 2009, under Doctor Who, Movies, Tolkien's Middle Earth
According to a Telegraph.co.uk report, outgoing Doctor Who star David Tennant is close to landing the much-sought-after role of Bilbo Baggins in director Guillermo del Toro’s two-film adaptation of The Hobbit.
Other reports list both James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe as being the other front-runners for the job.
Fueling the fire for the rumors of Tennant’s casting is a pair of convergent facts: (1) that Hobbit producer Peter Jackson is making an appearance at next weekend’s Comic Con in San Diego; and (2) that Tennant will also be appearing at Comic Con, ostensibly in promotional support of his final episodes of Who. There certainly appears to be some dot-connecting going on here, but it’s at least informed speculation.
Personally, I think Tennant would be brilliant in the role. If the casting should come to pass, I think it’s safe to say that it would be the biggest post-Who role ever landed by one of the Doctors, and would therefore represent something of a milestone for the series as well as for Tennant himself.
Stay tuned, as further developments will certainly be reported here when they arise.
