Why him? No, really… He’s been one of the bigger rumours.

And while it seems a little far fetched (a movie rumour? Far fetched? Shurely shome mishtake!), he does have form with Peter Jackson after a decent turn in King Kong.

And anyone who thinks he’ll get to play yet another variant on his Tenacious D wild man, think again – he kept it buttoned down for Jackson and del Toro wouldn’t let him go nuts as Bilbo.

Why not him? Though he was okay in King Kong, we’re not sure he’s quite got the range to pull off a young Holm performance.

Plus, he doesn’t really look the part and the accent’s not always up to scratch, so we’d have to take a pass on this one.

Entirely Unscientific Holm-Alike-O-Meter: **