Tomorrow the earth will bask in the golden - hued glory of Peter Jackson ’s Hobbit . But until then , here are some little - known facts , and a few rumor , about this massive fancy undertaking . We pull all the best little - known item from pressure conferences , exclusive interviews , production blogs , and our own set sojourn .
Here are 12 thing you probably did n’t know about Peter Jackson ’s latest three - hour task .
Gollum Vs . Bilbo Took One Week To Shoot ( Almost ) Straight Through
The first crack filmed was the riddle off between Gollum and Bilbo . It was Martin Freeman ’s first attempt at Bilbo and Andy Serkis ’ long expect restitution . At the NYC press conference , Peter Jackson and crew likened the showdown to a stage sport . Jackson allowed the two to run through the carrying into action straight through at unlike angles ( with small to no stopping ) . The whole matter took about a week .
“ The Gollum sequence was the first scene we inject . We filmed that in the first 10 mean solar day of shooting … That was a great scene to start with in a agency because we had a lot of logistical thing on the film to deal with , with 13 nanus in toilsome prosthetics and costumes , and they had to be in makeup for three hours a 24-hour interval . So starting the shoot , [ it felt like ] we were at the foot of a mountain that mat up like a bounteous climb . But that first week or so of shooting , just have two actors allowed us to recover our feet . It was literally the first time in the creation [ Martin Freeman ] ever play that persona when we start shooting that scene . It was a expectant way to start . I feel sorry for Martin — he had Andy Serkis kind of come at him , full energy . And here was Martin stress to work out out , “ Who is this type I ’m playing , how would he react to this ? ” But we were able to work together … It was also a setting that I decided to give Martin and Andy a chance to develop both the conniption and the characters by shooting the total scene ( over 12 - page long ) the whole way through . It was 9 or 10 minutes deserving , and we just permit the photographic camera ravel . ”
Martin Freeman Almost Lost Bilbo Because of Watson
By the meter Jackson was capable to offer Freeman the role of Bilbo , the actor had already send to the Sherlock goggle box series . And the second time of year shoot would settle decently in the middle of their shoot . But Jackson was so hellbent on catch Freeman , he stopped product and send out half of the faculty home on vacation to permit Freeman time to hit Sherlock .
Jackson dilate on this at the NYC Hobbit press conference :
We were in trouble , I was really panicking . We all were . We look at other actors , maybe . But unless we got this bit of casting flop we knew we were travel to be in tremendous hassle … I was having sleepless nights . We were probably at six workweek away from the beginning of the shoot , and still had n’t settled on anyone else . I was rag myself by watching Sherlock on an ipad at about 4 o’clock in the morning ( the 2d episode of the first time of year because I love the show ) . And I was just sitting there call back God there is nobody better . When I got up that sunrise I call Martin ’s agent in London and I asked if we could find a way to accomodate Martin ’s schedule in our shoot . And as luck would have it the answer was yes . So we did something very unusual , we started to shoot for about 4 or 5 months and then Martin had to go and do Sherlock . We literally stopped the shoot for two months , eight workweek .
Peter Jackson ’s Biggest Fear from The Hobbit ? The gnome
Jackson has beenquoted over and over againstating that the reason he drop back his fundament about bring forth back into the theatre director ’s chair was due to the dwarves .
“ Thirteen dwarf is one of the reasons I dreaded The Hobbit . It ’s why I really did n’t think I would make it for such a farseeing time . ”
Axe Head
If you look closely at Bifur ’s hairline , you ’ll notice he has an axe wedged into his skull . In an interview withEmpire Magazineactor William Kircher explained this new addition to the al-Qur’an ’s character :
“ I only speak in Dwarvish — It ’s because of the ax . But something happens … ca n’t say any more . The backstory for my character is that once he was a reasonable okay guy but unfortunately he ’s turn into a bit of a maniac . He ’s a bit mentally dispute — only because of the axe . He ’s not thick , he ’s just got genial problems . He ’s totally unstable and in a fight he just goes mad , especially with the trolls . ”
And boy howdy does Bifur go harebrained — in one scene the nanus really takes his psyche and rams it into a troll wooden leg , axe end first . Which is funny as William Kircher also played Good Tom the troll ( in a mocap suit ) .
Baby Dwarf With The Ribbons in His pilus
On the other end of the dwarf personality shell is Ori . The baby - face dwarf . And his dwarf enigma ( which we learn on the Hobbit set visit ) was that this young nanus wear fiddling purple typewriter ribbon his mother plaited . As this is Ori ’s first quest .
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There Is No Sunscreen in Middle - world
If you ’ve seen thefourth product web log from The Hobbit , then you ’ve remark that the cast kind of looks like they ’ve been hanging aroundTan mommy . This is because of the television camera ! Apparently inject 3D at 48 frames , if there ’s not enough red then the camera would punch up yellow . So the makeup crowd had to impart a lot of cerise feeling to the mould of The Hobbit , hence the red “ it burns , it burns ” appearance .
Frodo Baggins , Now with Digital Baby Face
Elijah Wood was but 19 years erstwhile when he first pranced about in the green meadows of the Shire for Lord of the Rings . Ten class later on the actor reprised his theatrical role as Frodo Baggins in The Hobbit . But since this was a young variant of Frodo , Wood would have to be de - aged . At the press conference in NYC it was let on that Jackson digitally weaken the wrinkled crags of baby - faced Woods to make him look like a unseasoned hobbit . Thus allow nothing untouched by the hands of Jackson ’s FX team .
Bilbo Will Go Through Some change
Even though Martin Freeman was directed to treat The tintinnabulation with very little regard the trinket will have some form of power over him , something that was not flesh out in the original schoolbook ( as we J.R.R. Tolkien had n’t yet decide what to do with the Ring ’s awesome powerfulness ) . However Jackson toldColliderthat Freeman will begin to palpate the weight of this object as the Hobbit trilogy moves along .
“ So the first time he puts it on it ’s simply a magic band , but each prison term he put it on the effect of it getsj to him a bit more . ”
Smaug steal All Of New Zealand ’s Gold ( Paint )
The esurient dragon ’s lust for gold could not be quench even off the set . According toScotsmanThe Hobbit crew used up all of the gold key in New Zealand creating Smaug ’s lair . They used up so much paint that they actually had to pick more up from Germany .
Yak head
All of the dwarves ’ beard and tomentum were made of real hair — real Yak hair , that is . However Thorin ’s beard is all innate , grown from the chin of player Richard Armitage . Some of the wig and beard combinations cost the makeup department up to $ 10,000 . example byLauren Davis .
Big Feet = Big Hands
The Hobbit feet had been upgraded considerably from Lord of the Rings — instead of prosthetic feet that were moderately labor intensive to get on and off , the Hobbit gang engineered a slip - on foot . But the feet are n’t the only simulated things on the doer — the dwarf have fake noses , beards , and phoney hands . snake pit , they even had auspices on the palm of their hand for copious weapon manipulation . Illustration byLauren Davis .
One of the Tolkiens Actually like Peter Jackson ’s film
It ’s well known that the Tolkien family is not the adult sports fan of Peter Jackson ’s interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien ’s work . However , Royd Tolkien , the great grandson of the author , secernate theChroniclethat he loves it . In fact he called it “ stunningly amazing . ” Color us surprise .
Guillermo del Toro Punned Up The gnome
Okay we did n’t include this one in the top number because we could n’t confirm it , but is SOUNDS legit . Over on theOne Ring Message Boardsthere ’s a fascinating discussion about the name of the midget and Guillermo del Toro ’s contributions to the dwarf personalities . And his love of pun . The commenters are theorise that the axe headway decision is a wordplay on the word bifurcated . And the understanding that the dwarf Oin has the hearing aid is because in Spanish , oyen means “ they hear ” , from the infinitive oir . Multilingual pun with ! Multilingual pun ! Thanks for the tipOne Ring .
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