Billy Connolly Joins The Hobbit Cast

Here’s an interesting bit of casting news:  It has been announced that Billy Connolly, that loveable yelling Scottish comedian, has joined the cast of Peter Jackson’s two-part adaptation of The Hobbit. 

Dude is basically a Lord of the Rings character already, look at him

Connolly is set to play Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield. Anyone who has seen Billy Connolly in action knows that he is famous for two things: being loud, and being loud while also being Scottish. Sounds like a match made in drunken dwarf heaven. 

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