The Playlist is reporting that British actor Matthew Goode has auditioned for the role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro‘s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Hobbit. Goode‘s young career has been up and down to say the least. In 2009, he was awkwardly cast as Adrian Veidt in Zack Snyder‘s Watchmen, although he was more than impressive in another tricky role as Colin Firth‘s deceased lover in A Single Man. So far this year, he starred alongside Amy Adams in Leap Year, a critical and commercial bomb.
On the other hand, Guillermo del Toro has been the epitome of consistency. He was one of the most steady filmmakers of the 2000s, making the critically-acclaimed films The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, as well as carrying a producing credit for The Orphanage. This pair isn’t the most likely thing in the world, but there is obviously some talent to work with. Of course, this is simply an audition and nothing could come of it.
Do you think Matthew Goode in the right choice to play Baggins in The Hobbit?