[Movies] Will Gimli Return To Middle Earth For The Hobbit?
Posted by Larry Csonka on 11.02.2009
It doesn’t sound like it…
While Gimli doesn't appear in The Hobbit, his father Gloin does. Gloin was one of the 13 dwarves that embarked on Bilbo's quest. Empire Online recently spoke with John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and it seems that he isn't interested in joining The Hobbit…
"I've already been asked and to be honest with you, I wouldn't. I have already completely ruled it out. There's a sentimental part of me that would love to be involved again. Really I am not sure my face can take that sort of punishment any more. Why would you want to do it if it was just a couple of shots? When you've been 1 of 1, why would you want to be 1 of 13?"
But he does seem interested in perhaps another role…
"I'd really prefer to play something quite different. Maybe an Elf. They've got a different set of problems with The Hobbit because you've got 13 dwarves, a whole band of them... You're trying to represent a whole race... You're trying to do for dwarves what The Lord of the Rings did for hobbits."
