Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien, from the Lord of the Rings trilogy in The Hobbit, New Line and MGM announced Tuesday.
A number of other casting announcements were also made:
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Ken Stott will play the Dwarf Lord Balin.
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Sylvester McCoy will play the wizard Radagast the Brown.
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Mikael Persbrandt will play Beorn.
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Ryan Gage will play Drogo Baggins.
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Jed Brophy will paly the dwarf Nori.
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William Kircher will play the dwarf Bifur.
These are only the latest in a long string of casting announcements for the two features (see “The Hobbit Casting Continues”). Still missing is Ian McKellan, who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films.