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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/freeman-daunted-by-hobbit-move.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Martin Freeman is a bit nervous about shooting The Hobbit" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-freeman-daunted-by-hobbit-move.jpg" alt="Martin Freeman is a bit nervous about shooting The Hobbit"/></a></p>
<p>Martin Freeman has admitted feeling &#8220;daunted&#8221; as he prepares to step into Bilbo Baggins&#8217; shoes for The Hobbit.</p>
<p>The Sherlock star is due to start filming the Lord Of The Rings two-part prequel alongside director Peter Jackson and actors Sir Ian McKellan, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett and revealed he is nervous about heading to New Zealand.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very daunting &#8211; the daunting part is leaving home&#8230; I&#8217;m a real homebody, even before we had children, I was a homebody, so with children it&#8217;s like aww&#8230; I&#8217;m very excited though,&#8221; he told Modcast host Eddie Piller.</p>
<p>Martin initially turned down the role because of his commitments to the BBC detective drama.</p>
<p>&#8220;I had to turn it down because of being contractually obliged to do the second series of Sherlock for the BBC, which we are doing in the middle of this year,&#8221; he recalled. </p>
<p>&#8220;I turned it down with a very heavy heart because things like this don&#8217;t come your way very often. It&#8217;s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as far as scale is concerned. It&#8217;s a huge, huge deal. But I was contracted to do Sherlock. I wanted to do both.&#8221;</p>
<p>The dad-of-two added: &#8220;When I found out I couldn&#8217;t do both it was very sad. And then it was very flattering when Peter Jackson rearranged the filming around my availability.&#8221;</p>
<p>Part one of The Hobbit is expected to be released in 2012, with the second part following in 2013.</p>
<p>:: The monthly Modcast hosted by Eddie Piller available as a free download on iTunes.</p>
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