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Martin Freeman, compact and affable, is a snug fit in the difficult role of Bilbo.
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The movie itself is a flashback, from the point of view of a younger Bilbo (Martin Freeman).
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The first of the trilogy, which stars British actors Martin Freeman and Sir Ian McKellen, is subtitled An Unexpected Journey.
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The Hobbit's cast stars Sherlock's Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins.
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They are also offering odds on Sherlock star Martin Freeman, on Skyfall's Ben Whishaw and on former assistant Billie Piper returning to the series as the Doctor's new incarnation.
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BBC's Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman also missed out in their categories of outstanding lead actor, and outstanding supporting actor in a mini-series or a movie, respectively.
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Curtis said the film squeezed nine movies into one, allowing him to bring in some of Britain's brightest TV talents including Teachers' Andrew Lincoln and Martin Freeman from The Office.
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Martin Freeman stars as Arthur Dent, your basic tetchy Brit, who is dragged along by his un-British indeed, unhuman friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) on a trip through some of the more risible highlights of deep space.
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Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman seemed to grow a little more slowly into his character, but only because we are used to seeing Ian Holm for so long in the The Lord of the Rings film credits.
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Thus, when Gandalf the wizard (Ian McKellen) turns up at the house of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), the hobbit in question, and returns the next day with thirteen dwarves, who invite Bilbo to come and steal gold or, as they believe, reclaim it from a dragon far, far away, and to receive a share of the plunder, our hero is faced with an elemental choice: stay or go?
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As Martin Kramer, Steven Rosen and other Jewish writers have noted in their reporting on Freeman in recent weeks, Freeman's positions on Israel closely mirror the Saudi Foreign Ministry's positions.
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