https://screenrant.com/retro-cast-hobbit-recast-1970s-actors/
Gandalf The Grey (Peter O'Toole)
Bilbo Baggins (Dudley Moore)
Thorin Oakenshield (Sean Connery)
Balin (Richard Attenborough)
Dwalin (Brian Blessed)
Bofur (Robert Shaw)
Fili (Steve McQueen)
Kili (Jeremy Irons)
Ori (Nicholas Lyndhurst)
Radagast The Brown (Peter Sellers)
That list is ok up until Hollywood giants Robert Shaw and Steve McQueen are cast in minor roles rubbing shoulders with a largely unknown Jeremy Irons and a teenage Nicholas Lyndhurst from the British sitcom Butterflies!
If Steve McQueen were in this Fili would be the star of the movie in an action adventure alongside Sean Connery. Dudley Moore would just be a comedy sidekick with a few lines here and there ambling after McQueen and Connery.
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