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ourdramaqueenIan McKellen confirms Benedict Cumberbatch's casting - but keeps Mum about which part he'll play. (Though the sentence just before and the description of the screen test contain what sounds like some hints to me... :))
http://www.mckellen.com/cinema/hobbit-movie/110531.htm
Congratulations, dear Watson
The cat is out of the bag. The actor is named. The latest recruit to the Jackson troops is the superb Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock Holmes to Bilbo's Watson. Martin Freeman let it slip when he picked up his BAFTA.
Martin told me he was "chuffed" about the prize. So was the entire crew back here in Wellington; and about Benedict. Now, what can he be playing in The Hobbit?
Philippa Boyens showed me a snippet of his screen-test, played in close-up into the camera. It was electrifying, vocally and facially. Yes, what can he be playing?
I worked with Timothy Cumberbatch in a Shaw double-bill in 1966. Perhaps he thought his surname might be a hindrance, because his stage-name was/is Timothy Carlton — a dextrous light comedian with charm and long legs. (Not as long as those of Sian Phillips who was en travestie in the same play, Man of Destiny.)
More recently, in Asylum, I worked with Mrs Cumberbatch, Wanda Ventham, one of UK television's most popular stars. Now I get to work with the son — or do I? Depends, of course, what he's playing.
The sleuths are the third acting partnership in The Hobbit.
The current Sydney Theatre Company production of Uncle Vanya, couples Galadriel and Elrond as Yelena and Astrov. I wish I could see them at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC in August. But then they will both miss The Syndicate.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's King Lear came to Wellington in 2007, when I introduced Sylvester McCoy to one of his Dr. Who fans, Peter Jackson. Now Lear and his Fool are a couple of wizards.
— Ian McKellen, Wellington, 31 May 2011
That's high praise from Sir Ian! *bounce* *flails* Also very cool that he's acted with Benedict's parents.
ETA: I think the guys&gals over at TORn share my suspicion regarding Benedict's role as hinted at by Sir Ian! :D
Oh, and here's a little tidbit from TORn: “The Hobbit” Set Pieces Spotted On NZ Highway?
http://www.mckellen.com/cinema/hobbit-movie/110531.htm
Congratulations, dear Watson
The cat is out of the bag. The actor is named. The latest recruit to the Jackson troops is the superb Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock Holmes to Bilbo's Watson. Martin Freeman let it slip when he picked up his BAFTA.
Martin told me he was "chuffed" about the prize. So was the entire crew back here in Wellington; and about Benedict. Now, what can he be playing in The Hobbit?
Philippa Boyens showed me a snippet of his screen-test, played in close-up into the camera. It was electrifying, vocally and facially. Yes, what can he be playing?
I worked with Timothy Cumberbatch in a Shaw double-bill in 1966. Perhaps he thought his surname might be a hindrance, because his stage-name was/is Timothy Carlton — a dextrous light comedian with charm and long legs. (Not as long as those of Sian Phillips who was en travestie in the same play, Man of Destiny.)
More recently, in Asylum, I worked with Mrs Cumberbatch, Wanda Ventham, one of UK television's most popular stars. Now I get to work with the son — or do I? Depends, of course, what he's playing.
The sleuths are the third acting partnership in The Hobbit.
The current Sydney Theatre Company production of Uncle Vanya, couples Galadriel and Elrond as Yelena and Astrov. I wish I could see them at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC in August. But then they will both miss The Syndicate.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's King Lear came to Wellington in 2007, when I introduced Sylvester McCoy to one of his Dr. Who fans, Peter Jackson. Now Lear and his Fool are a couple of wizards.
— Ian McKellen, Wellington, 31 May 2011
That's high praise from Sir Ian! *bounce* *flails* Also very cool that he's acted with Benedict's parents.
ETA: I think the guys&gals over at TORn share my suspicion regarding Benedict's role as hinted at by Sir Ian! :D
Oh, and here's a little tidbit from TORn: “The Hobbit” Set Pieces Spotted On NZ Highway?
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Date: 2011-06-07 03:13 pm (UTC)It really is a huge cast isn't it. But then there are a lot of characters in the book. I'm kinda glad I don't remember it. It will be nice to just sit down and watch and not have any real expectations.
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Date: 2011-06-11 03:12 pm (UTC)I may re-read the book before I go see the movie - the last time I read it was back in late 2002/early 2003, so the details are very blurred indeed in my head. :)