Help us get Karl Pilkington in The Hobbit!
Join our Facebook campaign to get a role for the round-headed one
BY Jan 22nd 2010 11:11AMFILED UNDER: Movie news
User Comments (9)
We love the inspired/imbecilic ramblings of orange-headed genius/fool Karl Pilkington.
What better way to celebrate our love of all things Pilks than to try and get him a part as some kind of Middle-Earth creature thing in the upcoming Hobbit movie - if we get enough names, Del Toro we'll have to listen - so we'll need your help!
Described by Ricky Gervais as “the funniest man alive”, Karl Pilkington is the reluctant star of the Ricky Gervais Show series of podcasts and audiobooks.
We think The Hobbit is the perfect place for him to launch an illustrious – but ill-deserved - film career.
Also, Total Film is a friend of Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro, so if we can get enough support for this campaign, we’ll be able to pass it on to him directly!
Click here to join the Facebook campaign!
Join up and help us get him a part in The Hobbit - he'll really hate it!
Print Comments (9)
1: peter says
What is it with this magazine's f**king obsession with Ricky Gervais?
Posted: Jan 22nd 2010 // 3:59PMAlert a moderator
2: mattburgess says
This article isn't about Ricky Gervais. At all. It's about Karl Pilkington.
But since you asked, he's "f**king" hilarious. Get over it.
Posted: Jan 22nd 2010 // 4:56PMAlert a moderator
3: sleepwalker says
he's got a head like a f*****g or...c
Posted: Jan 22nd 2010 // 8:48PMAlert a moderator
4: chesh says
First the 'What do you think Simon Pegg really meant with his 3,2,1 type of clue (?) in his Twitter post' item? Now this...............must be having a couple of slow news days...................
Posted: Jan 22nd 2010 // 9:44PMAlert a moderator
5: squirebrown says
Karl Pilkington: "Why's it called a window? It doesn't win anything and it isn't made of dough..."
Repeat such observations ad nauseam
(Ricky Gervais laughs a lot)
That just about sums up "the funniest man alive" - get over it TF, this is almost as bad as the obsession with Fight Club and "the film-maker of the decade(!)" Judd Apatow
Posted: Jan 23rd 2010 // 11:55AMAlert a moderator
6: finchy9 says
Nuh. Getting Andy Parsons a part as a victim in the next Saw film would be much more fulfilling to watch.
Posted: Jan 23rd 2010 // 4:09PMAlert a moderator
7: BenCh says
Christ forbid a FILM website being excited and having fun about FILM...
One can get a Sense Of Humour on prescription nowadays, perhaps y'all ^ should consult your local GP?
Posted: Jan 23rd 2010 // 5:02PMAlert a moderator
8: squirebrown says
nah, no amount of help would make karl pilkington funny
nothing wrong with tf having fun but this is just rubbish
Posted: Jan 23rd 2010 // 11:54PMAlert a moderator
9: mad4itman says
Anyone that doesn't get Karl Pilkington doesn't get comedy that isn't born out of smugness and intellectual wordplay.
So yeh, he should get a highly paid part in the Hobbit, what can he play though? A round headed orc I suppose.
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