I'm not often one to post rumors on my blog but this one was just to juicy to resist. Leonard Nimoy (you may have heard of him he was in some show called Star Trek I think) is rumored to be the voice of Smaug the dragon in Peter Jackson's upcoming two parter The Hobbit. Despite claiming retirement a few years ago to pursue his passion for photography, Nimoy seems to be hedging his bets as of late. He's set to voice Sentinel Prime in Michael Bay's summer robot WWE cage match Transformers: Dark of the Moon this July, and now this.
News of Nimoy's possible connection with the role appeared in last week's Entertainment Weekly and at this point Nimoy says that it is just rumor. However, it is key to note that he was very tight lipped about the prospect, making me think that Mr. Spock may be leaning towards voicing the part of Middle Earth's last dragon. That's assuming of course that Peter Jackson even offers him the role. Lots of things could happen between now and December 2013. (Smaug won't even appear until part two of the film.) The part could go to Pee Wee Herman or Justin Bieber for all I know.
Personally I think that this would be an excellent choice. He already has some experience with Tolkien's Middle Earth. Check out this very weird video he did called "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" back in the 60s for proof. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04 Nimoy has an epic deep voice fit for a part like Smaug. The Hobbit is meant to a sprawling fantasy film so why not have a legendary actor voice the role? Even Richard Boone, the voice of the original Smaug in the 1977 cartoon, couldn't match up with Nimoy. The choice is quite (eh-hem) logical in my opinion.
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