Martin Freeman
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
When “The Lord of the Rings” was released, I became a hard core “Lord of the Rings” fangirl. I became a fan of Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd. I had already liked Sean Astin. I went into the deep end of the pool with the boys – you know the drill, following their TV shows, appearances and movies, downloading pictures, watching their TV shows and movies (by the way, “Wilfred” with Elijah Wood is hilarious). And I was like that for years. It didn’t wind down until a few years ago, and I told myself, my Hobbit days are over. I won’t turn into a fangirl over “The Hobbit”. Right. I told myself that.
It was the whole “Doctor Who” thing that lured me in. Since “Doctor Who” and “Sherlock” shares producers and writers, I gave “Sherlock” a watch. I was instantly wanting to watch all of its episodes, and I followed Martin Freeman to “The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and loved the movie, and I’m reading the book.
And when I see Martin Freeman dressed up like Bilbo Baggins? Lets just say I turn into a Japanese schoolgirl. The Hobbit ‘thing’ is happening again. And it’s good. It’s so, so good.
