Isn't Ian Holm too old for Bilbo? I hadn't heard they were filming this.
Dad is doing much better.
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> From: Mary W. Satlin[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:12 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SF-LIT
> Subject: rings cast
>
> >From SFWeekly:
>
> McKellen, Holm May Join Rings Cast
> Ian McKellen and Ian Holm have reportedly joined the cast of Peter
> Jackson's
> upcoming film trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Ain't It Cool News says it
> has
> confirmed that McKellen will play the role of Gandalf, while Holm will
> star
> as Bilbo Baggins.
>
> McKellen will reportedly join the New Zealand Rings shoot in January 2000,
> immediately after he finishes his role as Magneto in Bryan Singer's X-Men
> film. McKellen supposedly read all three scripts for the Rings movies and
> fell in love with the trilogy, which he will spend 11 months working on.
>
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