Rob Kazinsky Exits The Hobbit

Peter Jackson is the latest to join the Facebook revolution not unlike your parents and old high-school buddies, and the director has used the social network to dispense updates on the two epic Hobbit films.

Filming began a month ago, and following in the admittedly-strange path as his Lord of the Rings trilogy (with Stuart Townsend replaced by Viggo Mortensen) and The Lovely Bones (Mark Wahlberg stepping in for Ryan Gosling) an actor originally cast in a prominent role has left the production as Jackson reveals:

"I am sad to report that Rob Kazinsky, who was cast in the role of Fili, is having to leave The Hobbit and return home, for personal reasons. Rob has been terrific to work with and his enthusiasm and infectious sense of humour will be missed by all of us. I should say that Rob's departure will not affect ongoing filming of The Hobbit, nor will it impact work done to date, as we had yet to film much of Fili's storyline. At the moment we are shooting scenes featuring Bilbo without the Dwarves, which will give us time to find a new Fili. I'll keep everyone posted with updates as they come."

Cheers,

PJ

Tough break for the poor guy; hopefully, for his sake, "personal reasons" isn't code for "He was an unbearable ass to deal with! So we fired him."

Best not to fret for Jackson & Co. As noted above, Viggo Mortensen was cast as Aragorn a week or so into filming the original Rings trilogy not to mention Hugh Jackman replaced Dougray Scott on X-Men, and in both cases, it's near-impossible to imagine any other actor in that role.

Comments

[Mike]

DIdnt Stuart Townsend get replaced in Thor as well?? This guy gives up some nice roles...