Rowan Atkinson as Tom Bombadil - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

02-09-2004, 12:07 PM

So i was racking my brains thinking who could of played tom bombadil best when the name rowan atkinson came to mind.....

Essex · 02-09-2004, 12:29 PM

Therefore you would have Miranda Richardson as Goldberry...........

Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 · 02-09-2004, 02:56 PM

Um...in a word, NO! Argh!!! I don't know what he's like in Johnny English because I never saw it...but seeing him in Blackadder and as Mr. Bean...*shudders*. Hmm, who exactly is Miranda Richardson? Is she some kind of interior design person? I konw her name but I can't place it exactly... I don't know who could play Bombadil to be honest. I don't think anyone could do him justice without looking like an utter fool and to be honest I'm very glad they left him out. He is almost the only character I have a fairly clear image of in my mind for some reason...possibly because he's so weird...

Failivrin · 02-09-2004, 03:42 PM

Who is Miranda Richardson? WHO IS MIRANDA RICHARDSON?????????Miranda Richardson created one of the finest female parts in sitcom history when she played QUEENIE in Blackadder II.i think that Tony Robinson would be better, personally. Not as Baldrick, obviously, but he strickes me as a rather Bombadil- ish person. maybe.

Lyta_Underhill · 02-09-2004, 04:47 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>i think that Tony Robinson would be better, personally. Not as Baldrick, obviously, but he strickes me as a rather Bombadil- ish person. maybe.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I can see it now...(to Frodo and Sam as they run screaming through the Old Forest), "Don't worry, young hobbits. I have a cunning plan." (cue groan) Cheers, Lyta

Kransha · 02-09-2004, 04:52 PM

If you've ever heard the word jovial, its a great word to describe that happy-go-lucky woodland fellow. Rowan Atkinson has comedic cunning, but he's just not jovial enough for the part. I don't believe that would work out.It's hard to say who would make a good Bombadillio, but I'm sure there's someone somewhere. He's not the easiest character to play, though he does have a very blunt nature at heart. Not Rowan Atkinson, though.[ 5:54 PM February 09, 2004: Message edited by: Kransha ]

Lalaith · 02-09-2004, 05:04 PM

Failivrin, I salute your most excellent taste and judgement. Indeed, one of the most gifted comediennes of our age...the thought of Ms Richardson as Goldberry makes me grin from ear to ear. It would be a highly entertaining performance but not perhaps one to please orthodox Tolkienists...

Noxomanus · 02-10-2004, 06:19 AM

Rowan Atkinson would have been a great Wormtongue. If you've ever seen him do his face....imagine that face when Wormtongue arrives at Isengard and the Ents have destroyed it and then Treebeard lifts him from his saddle. As for Tom....maybe Robin Williams.......or Jack Nicholson! I'm sure he'd have made a great Denethor.

Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 · 02-10-2004, 02:01 PM

Very sorry for not knowing who Miranda Richardson is... *humbly falls to her knees and begs forgiveness*Ahh, Lyta! I can just imagine Baldrickillo doing that! Argh!!!Like I said, I'm not sure anyone could have pulled it off. He is a character of many sides...an enigma...it would be impossible to please people, simply because people see him in different ways. Ok, I'll stop babbling now, because I don't think that made any sense...

Angry Brandybuck · 02-17-2004, 05:05 AM

Maybe Ricky Gervais of The Office's David Brent fame as Bombadillo? Just imagine him doing 'that dance' to entertain the Hobbits at night, and getting the old guitar out, ("Free love on the free love highway...")

I agree with Noxo... on the Rowan Wormtongue thing, it would basically be reprising his role in Blackadder I. While we're on the subject of comedians doing different parts, how about Bill Bailey as Gollum and Eddie Izzard as Elrond (don't know why, it would just be funny)

Ashton · 02-18-2004, 05:29 PM

I can just see Robin Williams as Bobmbadil. Oh, My. Sorry, but that REALLY doesn't work. Come on, I really don't think Robin Williams could do it. He makes everything (I take that back, Almost Everything) into a comedy. Also, have you ever heard Robin Williams SING? I haven't. And knowing him, I think he wouldn't do a very good job at it.

I really don't know who would be able to Play him. Bill Murray maybe. Or Maybe not. I don't know what do you think?

dragoneyes · 02-21-2004, 03:30 AM

Brian Blessed! Big, deep voice, no idea what it's like for singing, usually smiling.

But then again, I might keep thinking of him in Flash Gordon with wings, and that doesn't really meld with old Tom. But I had to do that, just because I've seen it so many times on Dead Ringers.

Angry Brandybuck · 02-21-2004, 01:54 PM

*In a big, bellowing voice*"Hello little Hobbits, I'm Brian Blessed, Guffaw guffaw!"

Brilliant, a stroke of genius! I always thought good ol'Brian could pull of any role as long as he shouted loud enough.

I was thinking about who could play Beorn in The Hobbit (apart from Brian Blessed that is) and came up with John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, if only he were still alive...and an actor.

Failivrin · 02-21-2004, 03:18 PM

HAHA! I'm now totally sold on that Mirada Richardson/Goldberry idea. I can just imagine her coming in and goind 'Tommy! I was having this absolutely SCRUMMY dream about ponies!'

Hmmmmmm, i am finding this Bombadil idea hard. Maybe the Tony idea wasn't that well thought through. Ummmm, i'm trying to think through some really good actors and the only one i can come up with is Kevin Spacey and he just is NOT right

. Jack Nicholson would be far worse though; he would be gurning hideously throughout the whole thing. The only person Jack Nicholson can play is Jack Nicholson now.

For those of you in the UK, I think Ray Mears should sing the Bombadil songs:rofl:

02-21-2004, 04:00 PM

Hmm, I don't know about Rowan Atkinson... I haven't seen any of his movies, but I've seen him. He just doesn't seem like a Tom Bombadil to me. A couple of actors crossed my mind, like Robin Williams, as someone else said. But that could've got some serious-Tolkien-people really angry if they put him in and messed it up. Some of the movie-flaming posts I've seen in other forums scare me! People got mad enough about things like the warg-scene in TTT, and I don't think anyone could, to quote Elentári, "do him justice".

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-21-2004, 09:09 PM

Talented though he undoubtedly is, Rowan Atkinson is no Tom Bombadil.

Funny, but Brian Blessed's name always comes up in "who should play Tom Bombadil" discussions. He would certainly look and sound the part, but I don't see him capturing the wiser side of Tom's nature. Blessed, bless him, is best when playing loud and hearty but somewhat foolish types.

My choice would be Billy Connelly. He's got the build and the hair, he can sing and he can certainly act the fool, but he also has more depth to him. Mind you, with his Scottish accent, some audiences might be led into thinking that Connelly's Tom was somehow related to Boyd's Pippin.

The Only Real Estel · 02-21-2004, 09:13 PM

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Rowan Atkinson would have been a great Wormtongue. If you've ever seen him do his face....imagine that face when Wormtongue arrives at Isengard and the Ents have destroyed it and then Treebeard lifts him from his saddle.

It would have to be a reaallly good face to even slightly make up for all the other parts he would've botched

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I personally can't think of anyone that could play Bombadil, maybe PJ just gave up searching & devoted his time to making up other excuses for not putting him in

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Essex · 02-23-2004, 06:27 AM

re: Bill Bailey as Gollum.

I know Bill is a massive LOTR fan (just listen to him every week on nmtb), but did I hear correctly that he actually went for a part in the movies?

I know that fellow brit comedian Johnny Vegas went for the part of Sam, and that another comedian Slyvestor Mccoy (have you seen him in doctor who!!!???) was pipped to the post for the part of Bilbo by Ian Holm.

Actually, I think the 7th Doctor would have been good for Bombadil, but just imagine Bonnie Langford as Goldberry!!!!!!!

02-09-2004, 12:07 PM	#1
Rowan14 Guest Posts: n/a	Rowan Atkinson as Tom Bombadil So i was racking my brains thinking who could of played tom bombadil best when the name rowan atkinson came to mind.....

02-09-2004, 02:56 PM	#3
Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Up a tree somewhere in Caras Galadhon...or England Posts: 364	Um...in a word, NO! Argh!!! I don't know what he's like in Johnny English because I never saw it...but seeing him in Blackadder and as Mr. Bean...shudders.<BR>Hmm, who exactly is Miranda Richardson? Is she some kind of interior design person? I konw her name but I can't place it exactly...<BR>I don't know who could play Bombadil to be honest. I don't think anyone could do him justice without looking like an utter fool and to be honest I'm very glad they left him out. He is almost the only character I have a fairly clear image of in my mind for some reason...possibly because he's so weird... __________________ '"Forweg can lead you no longer; for he is dead...I slew him...I will govern this fellowship now, or leave it." "As it was when he joined us, so it is again. He kills to make room."'

02-09-2004, 03:42 PM	#4
Failivrin Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: England Posts: 201	Who is Miranda Richardson? WHO IS MIRANDA RICHARDSON?????????<P>Miranda Richardson created one of the finest female parts in sitcom history when she played QUEENIE in Blackadder II.<P>i think that Tony Robinson would be better, personally. Not as Baldrick, obviously, but he strickes me as a rather Bombadil- ish person. maybe. __________________ no one in particular

02-09-2004, 04:47 PM	#5
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>i think that Tony Robinson would be better, personally. Not as Baldrick, obviously, but he strickes me as a rather Bombadil- ish person. maybe.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I can see it now...(to Frodo and Sam as they run screaming through the Old Forest), "Don't worry, young hobbits. I have a cunning plan." (cue groan) <P>Cheers,<BR>Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

02-09-2004, 04:52 PM	#6
Kransha Ubiquitous Urulóki Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The port of Mars, where Famine, Sword, and Fire, leash'd in like hounds, crouch for employment Posts: 747	If you've ever heard the word jovial, its a great word to describe that happy-go-lucky woodland fellow. Rowan Atkinson has comedic cunning, but he's just not jovial enough for the part. I don't believe that would work out.<P>It's hard to say who would make a good Bombadillio, but I'm sure there's someone somewhere. He's not the easiest character to play, though he does have a very blunt nature at heart. Not Rowan Atkinson, though.<p>[ 5:54 PM February 09, 2004: Message edited by: Kransha ] __________________ "What mortal feels not awe/Nor trembles at our name, Hearing our fate-appointed power sublime/Fixed by the eternal law. For old our office, and our fame," -Aeschylus, Song of the Furies

02-09-2004, 12:29 PM	#2
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	Therefore you would have Miranda Richardson as Goldberry...........

02-09-2004, 05:04 PM	#7
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Failivrin, I salute your most excellent taste and judgement. Indeed, one of the most gifted comediennes of our age...the thought of Ms Richardson as Goldberry makes me grin from ear to ear. It would be a highly entertaining performance but not perhaps one to please orthodox Tolkienists... __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

02-10-2004, 06:19 AM	#8
Noxomanus Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 233	Rowan Atkinson would have been a great Wormtongue. If you've ever seen him do his face....imagine that face when Wormtongue arrives at Isengard and the Ents have destroyed it and then Treebeard lifts him from his saddle. <P>As for Tom....maybe Robin Williams.......or Jack Nicholson! I'm sure he'd have made a great Denethor. __________________ Nothing is evil in the beginning,even Sauron wasn't

02-10-2004, 02:01 PM	#9
Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Up a tree somewhere in Caras Galadhon...or England Posts: 364	Very sorry for not knowing who Miranda Richardson is... humbly falls to her knees and begs forgiveness<P>Ahh, Lyta! I can just imagine Baldrickillo doing that! Argh!!!<P>Like I said, I'm not sure anyone could have pulled it off. He is a character of many sides...an enigma...it would be impossible to please people, simply because people see him in different ways. Ok, I'll stop babbling now, because I don't think that made any sense... __________________ '"Forweg can lead you no longer; for he is dead...I slew him...I will govern this fellowship now, or leave it." "As it was when he joined us, so it is again. He kills to make room."'

02-17-2004, 05:05 AM	#10
Angry Brandybuck Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wotton-on-the-Edge Posts: 86	Maybe Ricky Gervais of The Office's David Brent fame as Bombadillo? Just imagine him doing 'that dance' to entertain the Hobbits at night, and getting the old guitar out, ("Free love on the free love highway...") I agree with Noxo... on the Rowan Wormtongue thing, it would basically be reprising his role in Blackadder I. While we're on the subject of comedians doing different parts, how about Bill Bailey as Gollum and Eddie Izzard as Elrond (don't know why, it would just be funny) __________________ The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath, The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.

02-18-2004, 05:29 PM	#11
Ashton Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Middle Earth (Where else would I be?) Posts: 33	I can just see Robin Williams as Bobmbadil. Oh, My. Sorry, but that REALLY doesn't work. Come on, I really don't think Robin Williams could do it. He makes everything (I take that back, Almost Everything) into a comedy. Also, have you ever heard Robin Williams SING? I haven't. And knowing him, I think he wouldn't do a very good job at it. I really don't know who would be able to Play him. Bill Murray maybe. Or Maybe not. I don't know what do you think? __________________ Eat, Drink and be Merry......or Pippin.

02-21-2004, 03:30 AM	#12
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	Brian Blessed! Big, deep voice, no idea what it's like for singing, usually smiling. But then again, I might keep thinking of him in Flash Gordon with wings, and that doesn't really meld with old Tom. But I had to do that, just because I've seen it so many times on Dead Ringers. __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

02-21-2004, 01:54 PM	#13
Angry Brandybuck Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wotton-on-the-Edge Posts: 86	In a big, bellowing voice"Hello little Hobbits, I'm Brian Blessed, Guffaw guffaw!" Brilliant, a stroke of genius! I always thought good ol'Brian could pull of any role as long as he shouted loud enough. I was thinking about who could play Beorn in The Hobbit (apart from Brian Blessed that is) and came up with John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, if only he were still alive...and an actor. __________________ The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath, The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.

02-21-2004, 03:18 PM	#14
Failivrin Wight Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: England Posts: 201	HAHA! I'm now totally sold on that Mirada Richardson/Goldberry idea. I can just imagine her coming in and goind 'Tommy! I was having this absolutely SCRUMMY dream about ponies!' Hmmmmmm, i am finding this Bombadil idea hard. Maybe the Tony idea wasn't that well thought through. Ummmm, i'm trying to think through some really good actors and the only one i can come up with is Kevin Spacey and he just is NOT right . Jack Nicholson would be far worse though; he would be gurning hideously throughout the whole thing. The only person Jack Nicholson can play is Jack Nicholson now. For those of you in the UK, I think Ray Mears should sing the Bombadil songs:rofl: __________________ no one in particular

02-21-2004, 04:00 PM	#15
SneakyHobbit Guest Posts: n/a	Hmm, I don't know about Rowan Atkinson... I haven't seen any of his movies, but I've seen him. He just doesn't seem like a Tom Bombadil to me. A couple of actors crossed my mind, like Robin Williams, as someone else said. But that could've got some serious-Tolkien-people really angry if they put him in and messed it up. Some of the movie-flaming posts I've seen in other forums scare me! People got mad enough about things like the warg-scene in TTT, and I don't think anyone could, to quote Elentári, "do him justice".

02-21-2004, 09:09 PM	#16
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Rowan Atkinson!!?? Talented though he undoubtedly is, Rowan Atkinson is no Tom Bombadil. Funny, but Brian Blessed's name always comes up in "who should play Tom Bombadil" discussions. He would certainly look and sound the part, but I don't see him capturing the wiser side of Tom's nature. Blessed, bless him, is best when playing loud and hearty but somewhat foolish types. My choice would be Billy Connelly. He's got the build and the hair, he can sing and he can certainly act the fool, but he also has more depth to him. Mind you, with his Scottish accent, some audiences might be led into thinking that Connelly's Tom was somehow related to Boyd's Pippin. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

02-23-2004, 06:27 AM	#18
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	re: Bill Bailey as Gollum. I know Bill is a massive LOTR fan (just listen to him every week on nmtb), but did I hear correctly that he actually went for a part in the movies? I know that fellow brit comedian Johnny Vegas went for the part of Sam, and that another comedian Slyvestor Mccoy (have you seen him in doctor who!!!???) was pipped to the post for the part of Bilbo by Ian Holm. Actually, I think the 7th Doctor would have been good for Bombadil, but just imagine Bonnie Langford as Goldberry!!!!!!!