Although it’s not a major blockbuster yet, it’s almost assured that The Hobbit, the much anticipated prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is going to be big. Peter Jackson is returning to direct, and there’s almost no doubt that whoever takes on the role to play a young version of Bilbo is sure to be sitting pretty. Martin Freeman (that’s Martin, not Morgan), who rose to stardom in his role of Tim in the original The Office on the BBC, later took on film in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Freeman has reportedly turned down the role because he had already signed on to play Watson in the new Sherlock Holmes series on BBC, a role certain to bring him fame and fortune just like all those other series from the BBC that you’ve heard of.
