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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article <0qobg7p5udi3f9k3cdt7aimlhho5aearfc@4ax.com>,   
    Paul S. Person  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:25:44 +0100, Troels Forchhammer   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >I thought that I had heard some rumours about Beorn being cast, but I   
   > >couldn't remember the specifics, so I went and checked at IMDB.co.uk,   
   > >and they have a Mikael Persbrandt (a Swede, actually) cast as Beorn.   
   > >I don't think we should attach too much importance to the fact that   
   > >he is mentioned in the credits for the first film, since, as you say,   
   > >nobody really knows where they will make the cut, but I think a lot   
   > >of Swedes would be very disappointed if he was cut ;)   
   >   
   > Unless, of course, like the Gandalf the White vs Saruman confrontation   
   > at Isengard, the Beorn sequences turn out to not fit in either film.   
   > This is why we cannot really be sure what is included or where the   
   > break comes until we see the movie: PJ has a history of not knowing   
   > /himself/ what will make it in until he actually produces the final   
   > cut.   
      
   This is, of course, true of many editors and directors. "PJ" has no   
   "history" apart from LotR of a movie split in several parts. Not much   
   of a history. :)   
      
   > Of course, there will always be the Special Editions ...   
      
   Which will add content, not change how they are split, surely.   
      
      
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