Discussion board member olipowell has chimed in on the Movie: Hobbit board about casting for Bilbo:
I now know 2 people who have read for Bilbo that I went to Drama school with and I can say categorically they are both entirely unknown outside of the world of theatre & bit TV parts. So…they ARE seeing and have seen unknowns and I would not be surprised if that is the route they take.
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