Why him? Budgetary issues. With Roy on board, there’s no need to hire someone to play him at Hobbit height, since he’s made a career out of his diminutive size.

He’s also got bags of experience (did you know he was in The NeverEnding Story? And Return Of The Jedi? It’s true), is a great performer and brings genre credibility that del Toro would adore.

Why not him? One of the most fun elements of watching The Lord Of The Rings films is keeping an eye out for the bits where Jackson has shrunk full-size actors down to Hobbit-size - we're pretty sure that GDT wouldn't want to rob us of that joy.

Also, like Meany, Roy is bang on for Bilbo's book age (he's 52) but probably too old for today's Twitter kids to identify with. Despite the fact that most of them follow Stephen Fry.

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