Matthew Goode Auditioned for Bilbo Baggins in THE HOBBIT

Hidden away in a recent interview at UK The Telegraph with Matthew Goode is a little blurb mentioning that he's auditioned for the role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit. Here is what was said in the article,

just before we met, he’d auditioned for the role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s two-part film of The Hobbit. As he is the first to admit, he’s not an obvious choice – ‘Look at the size of me for Christ’s sake!’ If he got the part, he would, he says, find it almost impossible to refuse – despite the fact that it would involve him spending several months in New Zealand.

Goode has definitely got the look of a Hobbit, and I think he's a fine actor that would be able to pull off the part if it was offered to him. Goode has stared in films such as Watchmen, A Single Man, and unfortunately Leap Year. Just to clarify, he's only auditioned for the role and has not been cast.

What would you think if Goode is cast as Bilbo Baggins?