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Saoirse Ronan would love to play a new character in ‘The Hobbit’

Saoirse Ronan is a bit coy about her rumored role in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. So don’t count your chicks before they’re hatched, LOTR fans. And her first name — for those of you trying to figure it out — is pronounced Sher-Sha.

She tells The Dish Rag: “Nothing is confirmed yet. If I end up playing a part in The Hobbit, yes, it would be great. I know Pete and Fran and Phillipa are adding new lots of new characters to the film that aren’t in the book. Well, a few, anyway. And if they’d have a part for me, I would love to go back to new Zealand and spend some time with them.”

And what about those Snow White rumors?

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