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Richard Armitage for Bard!
Does anyone else think Richard Armitage would be AMAZING as Bard?  He has the perfect "grim", noble look and manner Tolkien describes.  Check out his IMDB:  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035514/ And for those of you who have not seen him act, here are some clips:  Spooks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS0apmpHnXQ Macbeth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3B-CNMeGCQ Robin Hood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1XzD8Iedio  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg8a-gkEK6g North and South: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4M54xIun0   "Their captain was Bard, grim-voiced and grim-faced, whose friends had accused him of prophesying floods and poisoned fish, though they knew his worth and courage..." "And in the very midst of their talk a tall figure stepped from the shadows.  He was drenched with water, his black hair hung wet over his face and shoulders, and a f...
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Richard Armitage for Bard!
Lalaithiel
 Lalaithiel  created this thread 23 months ago

Does anyone else think Richard Armitage would be AMAZING as Bard?  He has the perfect "grim", noble look and manner Tolkien describes.  Check out his IMDB:  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035514/

And for those of you who have not seen him act, here are some clips: 

Spooks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS0apmpHnXQ

Macbeth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3B-CNMeGCQ

Robin Hood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1XzD8Iedio  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg8a-gkEK6g

North and South: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4M54xIun0

 

"Their captain was Bard, grim-voiced and grim-faced, whose friends had accused him of prophesying floods and poisoned fish, though they knew his worth and courage..."

"And in the very midst of their talk a tall figure stepped from the shadows.  He was drenched with water, his black hair hung wet over his face and shoulders, and a fierce light was in his eyes..."

 
 
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 6 days ago
 
Yes, Clive is just not... grim... enough. To young and fiesty. Definitely can't see him prophesying floods and poisened fish.
 
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Your mom naked Your mom naked commented | 7 days ago
 
Tom Cruise has been brillant at times (Magnolia, Far and Away) and I liked him in Legend so to rule him out in a fantasy film would be silly. I just don't see him as Bard.

Clive is definitely too young.
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 11 days ago
 
What?? You mean RA's little stage brother?? How did you hear that? Next thing you know they'll cast Jonas Armstrong...
 
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Roheryn
Roheryn Roheryn commented | 14 days ago
 
I hope this is not true. He is FAR too young for the role and he certainly doesn't have the "Tolkien" nose...Clive is an OK-looking bloke but Bard? No way!!
 
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mulubinba
mulubinba mulubinba commented | 16 days ago
 
Now it seems Clive Standen (Robin Hood series 3) might be cast as bard.
 
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Roheryn
Roheryn Roheryn commented | 1 month ago
 
OMG I truly, truly hope not... depressed
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 1 month ago
 
So Ronan Keating auditioned for the Hobbit: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20100125/ten-keating-auditions-for-the-hobbit-c60bd6d.html
He better not get Bard... maybe some other Lake Town dude...
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 1 month ago
 
Rumors, rumors, rumors... so Toby McGuire and James McAvoy are out... David Tennant may be in... wonder when we'll start to get something definite... like... RA getting a role cyclopes
 
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Mulubinba
Mulubinba Mulubinba commented | 3 months ago
 
I posted a comment here two nights ago but it got lost in cyberspace so this is probably old news now. I heard the auditions are happening in London and LA and that RA is back in London thanks to a tweet from the director of Charlie and another person. Fingers crossed he auditions and is successful!
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 3 months ago
 
I hear they're auditioning all roles in the Hobbit now (excepting Gandalf)-- so perhaps RA could audition and win after all! We can hope!
 
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Roheryn
Roheryn Roheryn commented | 4 months ago
 
Well! Series 8 of "Spooks" is just about to air in the UK so we'll get some nice RA time again at last! He is currently in South Africa filming "Strike Back" where he's been described by the film makers on their Twitter Page as looking "very heroic" in the main role...!!! Goody!! Hope Guillermo is watching "Spooks"...
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 6 months ago
 
Tom Cruise as Bard?? Ha! That's almost as ridiculous as him being Bilbo... I really don't think they'd put Cruise in the film... unless as a cameo-- you know, random scene with him smoking pipeweed with Peter Jackson and Del Toro or something...
 
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Dalgonar
Dalgonar Dalgonar commented | 6 months ago
 
What a disgusting thought. The only thing Tom Cruise has going for him is that he's Hobbit-sized. If he goes anywhere near Bard, I am not going anywhere near this movie!!!!
 
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mulubinba
mulubinba mulubinba commented | 6 months ago
 
Latest topic on TORn mentions Tome Cruise is having discussions with PJ. The posters over there are concerned he may be cast as Bilbo so are suggesting that instead of him playing that role, a good alternative would be for him to be cast as Bard!! No, no, no!! TC instead of an actor like RA for Bard???!!!
 
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mulubinba
mulubinba mulubinba commented | 6 months ago
 
I haven't read anything official about the movie(s) being greenlit yet but it seems MGM is involved. I think one of the delays was the result of some legal issues with the Tolkien trust. Things sound hopeful given the fact that GDT has moved to Wellington and the Hobbit holes and Hobbiton are under construction. I've been reading a tiny bit about film funding lately and I think there has to be a script to send to the financiers to lobby for financial backing, Script also gets sent to actors who might be considered in the casting process. I guess time spent on a good script is time well spent.
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 6 months ago
 
So... wonder what's taking them so long... anyone know if they've been greenlit yet?
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 6 months ago
 
Good questions... I wonder how many contracts he HAS signed... maybe some of them are still unofficial so that he can back out and go to New Zealand if he needs to... here's hoping ok There's no "pre-production" for anything listed on his IMDB... There's hope...
 
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mulubinba
mulubinba mulubinba commented | 6 months ago
 
Latest rumour from TORn is that PJ has finished the first draft of the script. The other rumour (allegedly from Ian McClellan) is that filming might start in March 2010 and a Bilbo may have been cast. Hopefully as Bard is in the last part of the book, RA might still be a possible for this movie, but from what we have been seeing on the net, he has committed to other projects. I wonder when the actor playing Bard might be needed in terms of availability?

PS: Great Thrandull pic. Dalgonar and thanks for putting the link up to GDT's comment on TORn - I was very intrigued by it.
 
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Lalaithiel
Lalaithiel Lalaithiel commented | 6 months ago
 
Ha, ha-- I'm pretty sure non-book fans will love RA ok
 
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Dalgonar
Dalgonar Dalgonar commented | 7 months ago
 
Guest - do you think 'non-book fans' won't come to this movie unless it's got well known actors in it like Hugh Jackman?? Oh, of course - the LotR movies featured mostly fairly unknown actors and no one went to see those movies, did they? ok
 
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