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Speaking to BBC Breakfast, The Responder writer Tony Schumacher shared Bernard Hill's response to being offered a role in the drama. It comes after the actor died aged 79.
Elijah Wood , Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Astin - who played the four hobbits in the trilogy - stood on stage as they told fans they 'lost a member of our family' today.
Hill's leading role in the 1982 series as a gruff Liverpudlian not only caught the eye of Hollywood producers but helped define an era for working class men in the North.
Titanic and Lord Of The Rings legend Bernard Hill died as the age of 79 on Sunday. The actor's death comes hours before he is due to return to TV in The Responder.
The Lord Of The Rings star passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to his agent.