Backstage, after picking up his BAFTA for best supporting actor, Martin Freeman accidentally let slip that Benedict Cumberbatch would be joining his Sherlock co-star in Peter Jackson’s up-coming film(s) of The Hobbit. A little over a week later on the 31st of May, Ian McKellen confirmed this on his blog.
McKellen states that Phillipa Boyen showed him Cumberbatch’s close-up screen-test, which was “electrifying, vocally and facially.” But what is Cumberbatch’s role in the much anticipated prequel to The Lord of the Rings? Nothing about that has been given away just yet, but speculations include Bard the Bowman and the voice (and possibly, with motion-capture tech, the face) of Smaug the dragon.
Personally, I reckon Cumberbatch’s vocal quality would lend itself splendidly to the character of Smaug!
The two parts, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again, are expected to be released on 14th December 2012 and 13th December 2013 respectively. Martin Freeman will be playing the lead role of Bilbo Baggins and Ian McKellen will be reprising his role as Gandalf the Grey. Other actors said to be involved include Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Stephen Fry.
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