John Rhys-Davies Says No To The Hobbit Movie

Published on: 30th October, 2009

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John Rhys-Davies has ruled himself out of a return to Middle Earth. Although Gimli isn’t in The Hobbit, his Father Gloin is and the good folk at Empire asked Rhys-Davies if he would be interested in a return.

“I’ve already been asked and to be honest with you, I wouldn’t. I have already completely ruled it out. There’s a sentimental part of me that would love to be involved again. Really I am not sure my face can take that sort of punishment any more.”

“It was just a gentle “What would you feel about putting it on again?” But no. I’d be interested in trying to create a different type of persona within… the thing. That is challenging as an actor. I’d really prefer to play something quite different. Maybe an Elf. They’ve got a different set of problems with The Hobbit because you’ve got 13 dwarves, a whole band of them… You’re trying to represent a whole race… You’re trying to do for dwarves what The Lord of the Rings did for hobbits.”

While not being interested in the part of Gloin is no problem for The Hobbit movie, his rejection will cause problems for any attempt at the so called bridging movie which hopes to fill in the gap between the end of The Hobbit with the start of The Fellowship of the Ring.

Source: Empire Online

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