Jamie Oliver has revealed he turned down a chance to play a hobbit in the movie adaptation of the book by JRR Tolkien.
The TV chef said he was asked to cook at director Peter Jackson’s 50th birthday during filming three years ago, and in exchange he was offered a part. He had to turn it down due to work commitments — although he confessed he was tempted by the idea of taking the costume home to impress wife Jools.
Oliver spoke about the missed opportunity while filming the new series of Jamie And Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast, which he presents with farmer and broadcaster Jimmy Doherty. He said: “I really wanted to do it, I would have got right into it as well.”
