Freeman plays the role of young Bilbo Baggins in the movie but was busy shooting for TV series &quot;Sherlock Homes&quot; and could not commit to &quot;The Hobbit&quot;. <img alt="Peter Jackson" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/peter.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 244px;" /> Peter Jackson &quot;We were in trouble. I was really panicking. I was having sleepless nights. We were probably six weeks away from the beginning of the shoot, and we hadn&#39;t settled on anyone else, and I was torturing myself by watching &#39;Sherlock Holmes&#39; on an iPad at 4 o&#39;clock in the morning,&quot; dailystar.co.uk quoted Jackson as saying. For Jackson, Freeman was the best choice for the role. u00a0&quot;Martin was the only person that we wanted for that role, and that was really before we met Martin. We knew him from &#39;The Office&#39; and &#39;Hitchhiker&#39;s Guide To The Galaxy&#39;, and we just felt he had qualities that would be perfect for Bilbo,&quot; Jackson said. &quot;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey&quot; will hit theatres Dec 12.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson says he lost his sleep while trying to cast actor Martin Freeman in his movie 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'.

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