Simon Pegg reveals that fellow actor Martin Freeman would not enjoy the attention that a role like Bilbo Baggins would bring.
Freeman is expected to take on the role in Peter Jackson's big screen adaptation of the novel, despite admitting that he had turned the role down due to a clash with Sherlock Holmes.
However since the project has been given the greenlight his name has once again been linked to the lead role. However Pegg believes that Freeman, who appeared in Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, would not be a big fan of the attention.
Speaking to The Guardian the actor said: "Martin's the anti-me: a soul aficionado and a vinyl junkie - absolutely not a resident of the geek universe.
"Not the type of person who will relish the attention he'll get for being Bilbo Baggins. Ha!"
Actors Michael Fassbender, David Tennant and James Nesbitt have all been linked to roles in The Hobbit, although it hasn't been a announced which roles, while Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis will reprise the parts of Gandalf and Gollum.
Pegg is back on the big screen later this month, teaming up with Serkis, in Burke and Hare, based on Scotland's Burke and Hare murders.
Burke and Hare is released 29th October.
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