Vorig jaar grapte acteur Martin Freeman (die de rol van Bilbo Baggins speelt) dat de Cocaïne de motor achter The Hobbit Films is. Maar nu de 51 jarige acteur Mikael Persbrandt (die Beorn speelt) veroordeeld tot vijf maanden cel omdat hij 12 gram rellenpoeier zou hebben gekocht en zijn telefoon nummer bij een dealer werd gevonden. Uiteraard ontkent hij alle aanklachten, maar mag nu wel gaan brommen.

Persbrandt, 51, was charged in a complicated drugs case involving ten other people after his number was discovered on a dealer's phone.

His lawyer Per Liljekvist argued that the number being in the phone was no proof that he had been buying the drugs, saying: 'If it turns out an order was made, it was another person who used his phone.'

He maintained that Persbrandt had been at a party on the evening when it was alleged the drugs had been bought, and that he often left his mobile phone lying about.