One can just imagine him bumbling around his hobbit hole happily, perhaps planning a light mid-morning snack of a cake or two to follow a delicious breakfast, and being most disgruntled by the arrival of a company of dwarves and a wizard intent on enrolling him in a rather uncomfortable adventure. The actor who plays him needs to be able to embody this everyman quality perfectly, and I think in Freeman that Jackson has got his man.Īt 39, the actor is the right age (Bilbo was older than Jackson's version of Frodo when he set out on his journey) and he certainly has that world-weary quality about him. Just like us, he goes on a journey, and we see it unfold through his eyes.
The other denizens of Middle Earth may be used to sly dragons, hideous goblins, giant spiders and mysterious elves, but Bilbo isn't, and neither are we. Moreover, while Frodo is often a subject for other players to impose their hopes and fears onto, Bilbo is constantly at the heart of the action, carrying us with him. Getting the casting right is also absolutely vital because Baggins is one of the only a few fully rounded characters (Gandalf, Gollum and perhaps Thorin Oakenshield would be the others) in a story which, in line with its fairytale quality, is populated by creatures who are mainly sketched rather than drawn.
If Frodo occasionally resembled a My Chemical Romance fan, Bilbo needs to be more like a minor official in a local branch of the Campaign for Real Ale.
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