Martin Freeman Stars In SNL Sketch Combining THE HOBBIT & The Office
Martin Freeman was the host on Saturday Night Live, and there was a sketch that combined two of Freeman's better known roles: Tim Canterbury in The Office and Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy.
To help promote Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Martin Freeman was the host of Saturday Night Live. The show used the opportunity to have a sketch that combine two of Freeman's more memorable roles: Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy and Tim Canterbury in the BBC version of The Office. The sketch also features SNL's Taran Killiam as Gollum and Bobby Moynihan as Gandalf. Check it out below.
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.