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DanielLB
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Feb 15 2015, 8:16pm
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Who is up for a game?
Below are 22 anonymous quotes from interviews ranging throughout the production of The Hobbit movies. Can you guess who said it? Virtual points are given for virtual(ly) correct answers. Extra points are given if you can elaborate on the context of the quote, and even more points if you can guess the interview it was taken from.
It's just a bit of fun, but it is tricky. I have put them in chronological order for a bit of help. I will post the answers in a couple of days. I've tried to pick some interesting quotes/interviews; so even if they aren't guessed correctly, the quotes/interviews should spark some interesting discussion (in retrospect).
1. July 2008:
That is the film we work the hardest on in the next six months. There are many more questions than there are answers. In my heart of hearts, I believe we found a way to do it.
2. August 2009
I was telling him for a long time to get out of that thing because there is only room for one captain on the ship.
3. October 2009
They're very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they've so much in common. They both can't stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they're both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal.
4. October 2010
I did ask, 'Does this mean I can start eating pies now?' I love a good pie! I'm about to go to the gym now actually, but you've got to have balance.
5. October 2010
My Mum, Dad and I organized a karaoke one night at a Korean restaurant and that was a blast! My driver Yvette, all the scale doubles, my double Venetia, the one ring’s Larry and the dialect coaches Leith and Sarah were all singing away into the wee hours of the morning to Britney Spears and Tina Turner.
6. March 2011
According to XXX, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today.
7. April 2011
And I'm excited to read the script. I'm very excited to see what they've done with "The Hobbit." They've stretched it out over the course of two films. I'm so curious as to what other elements they've woven in, because there are certainly additional works that refer to that same time period that they could weave into it. So I'm just very excited to sort of see what the ultimate vision is.
I was down there about a year ago, February, and I saw some of the design. This is when Guillermo [del Toro] was still attached. So I've seen a lot of the design work. I mean, it's extraordinary! And Alan Lee and John Howe are back in the art department doing designs for it. I think it's going to feel very familiar, and different as well.
8. May 2011
It's probably not going to work out with The Hobbit unfortunately. Because I would have been working for about a year on it and there were other projects that I was very interested in.
9. May 2011
Well, they saw my screentest for XXX, and Guillermo del Toro, who was going to direct it, he'd okayed it. He was keen that I play the part. I didn't know this, but I got it from the screentest. It wasn't until I went to see them for tea that I knew. They were asking my permission to be in it!
10. January 2012
I’m playing XXX through motion-capture and XXX the XXX, which is a character in the Five Legions War or something which I’m meant to understand. He’s not actually in the original Hobbit. It’s something [Peter Jackson]’s taken from Lord Of The Rings that he wants to put in there.
11. June 2012
I think because my character does spend a lot of time onscreen and you really have to understand what he's going through emotionally, it became clear that if we started make the prosthetic as close to my features as possible but still make him a dwarf, it would be much easier to read the character.
12. July 2012
I’m covered in armour, its like wearing a Volkswagen. Dunno how I’m supposed to fight with it on.
13. July 2012
The movie explains where Gandalf goes; the book never does. We’ve explained it using Tolkien’s own notes. That helped inform the tone of the movie, because it allowed us to pull in material he wrote in The Lord of the Rings era and incorporate it with The Hobbit.
14. August 2012
I'm a homebody, I like to put my feet up and I like the comforts of home. I'm not much of an adventurer, so I've always related to the hobbits and the story of Bilbo Baggins is the ultimate hobbit story.
15. October 2012
There are inevitably bits that you'll wish you were better in, but Peter Jackson is a very skilled director and he knows Middle Earth better than anybody else.
16. November 2012
We got especially designed rings inscribed on the inside ... very secret stuff you understand, not to be spoken of outside the group ... oops.
17. November 2012
I understood that I had his blessing, and I had to follow my own way with it, really. Well, like everything he does, he's a brilliant actor.
18. March 2013
Yeah, I did. I went on opening day to see it. I was actually in Argentina, and I went with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was kind of a party atmosphere, it was fun, it was in 3-D, and they had popcorn. I enjoyed it. In particular it was nice to see some of the landscapes I remembered. It was a nice trip down memory lane, where we’d shot near some of the places where I’d gone camping or fishing.
19. January 2014
Oh! When you say man-up – I screamed all the way down. I had a panic attack on the way down. I couldn't breathe. Yeah. Yeah. It’s all on tape… I didn't man-up at all!
20. January 2014
And I didn't have any sleep since then so I'm still exhausted. Nothing changes.
21. December 2014
Some people love that moment, some people got very confused by it. I know that it was a strong thematic connection that became the head-scratcher for people.
22. December 2014
I actually think the young girls are going to start watching this 1, 2, 3 and they're going to start wondering where she is.
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Lonely Mountain
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Feb 15 2015, 10:43pm
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4. October 2010
I did ask, 'Does this mean I can start eating pies now?' I love a good pie! I'm about to go to the gym now actually, but you've got to have balance. Stephen Hunter
6. March 2011
According to XXX, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today. Liv Tyler on whether she was in The Hobbit
11. June 2012
I think because my character does spend a lot of time onscreen and you really have to understand what he's going through emotionally, it became clear that if we started make the prosthetic as close to my features as possible but still make him a dwarf, it would be much easier to read the character. Richard Armitage about his prosthetic as Thorin
17. November 2012
I understood that I had his blessing, and I had to follow my own way with it, really. Well, like everything he does, he's a brilliant actor. Martin Freeman about Ian Holm and playing Bilbo
21. December 2014
Some people love that moment, some people got very confused by it. I know that it was a strong thematic connection that became the head-scratcher for people. Doug Adams about the Nazgul theme in AUJ
22. December 2014
I actually think the young girls are going to start watching this 1, 2, 3 and they're going to start wondering where she is. Philippa Boyens about Tauriel. The question was if she and Peter Jackson were sad that there are characters in The Hobbit films that they cannot put in the LotR films.
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dormouse
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Feb 15 2015, 11:06pm
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I'll give it a go.... some of it, at least.....
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1. don't know, but I guess Philippa Boyens
2. James Cameron
3. No idea
4. Stephen Hunter?
5. The date rules out the only answer I can think of.....
6. Wasn't XXX Cate Blanchett?
7. Sounds like one of the returning actors. Elijah Wood maybe?
8. Don't know
9. Is that Martin Freeman?
10. Benedict Cumberbatch
11. Richard Armitage
12. Billy Connolly?
13. Philippa Boyens?
14. Martin Freeman?
15. No idea
16. Probably a dwarf - how about Graham McTavish?
17. Don't know
18. Viggo Mortensen
19. Adam Brown?
20. Peter Jackson?
21. Don't know
22. Peter Jackson.
There are five there I think I know. Just five - but it was fun guessing!
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DanielLB
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Feb 15 2015, 11:21pm
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Thanks dormouse. The date for that quote should be July 2012.
5. July 2012
My Mum, Dad and I organized a karaoke one night at a Korean restaurant and that was a blast! My driver Yvette, all the scale doubles, my double Venetia, the one ring’s Larry and the dialect coaches Leith and Sarah were all singing away into the wee hours of the morning to Britney Spears and Tina Turner.
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dormouse
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Feb 15 2015, 11:39pm
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I'd say
5. Evangeline Lilly
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arithmancer
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1. July 2008:
That is the film we work the hardest on in the next six months. There are many more questions than there are answers. In my heart of hearts, I believe we found a way to do it.
My guess, Guillermo del Toro. Simply because this was during his time as director.
2. August 2009
I was telling him for a long time to get out of that thing because there is only room for one captain on the ship.
No idea...
3. October 2009
They're very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they've so much in common. They both can't stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they're both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal.
Again, no idea. But "they" might be Jackson and del Toro.
4. October 2010
I did ask, 'Does this mean I can start eating pies now?' I love a good pie! I'm about to go to the gym now actually, but you've got to have balance.
Steven Hunter? His was certainly not a role anyone would need to slim down for...
5. October 2010
My Mum, Dad and I organized a karaoke one night at a Korean restaurant and that was a blast! My driver Yvette, all the scale doubles, my double Venetia, the one ring’s Larry and the dialect coaches Leith and Sarah were all singing away into the wee hours of the morning to Britney Spears and Tina Turner.
The older daughter of James Nesbitt, who played Sigrid? It must be a female cast member, and I can't imagine what other one would have her parents around and organizing Karaoke..
6. March 2011
According to XXX, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today.
I'm trying to guess who XXX is. Cate Blanchett? She probably came in later so might not have known when filming started...
7. April 2011
And I'm excited to read the script. I'm very excited to see what they've done with "The Hobbit." They've stretched it out over the course of two films. I'm so curious as to what other elements they've woven in, because there are certainly additional works that refer to that same time period that they could weave into it. So I'm just very excited to sort of see what the ultimate vision is.
I was down there about a year ago, February, and I saw some of the design. This is when Guillermo [del Toro] was still attached. So I've seen a lot of the design work. I mean, it's extraordinary! And Alan Lee and John Howe are back in the art department doing designs for it. I think it's going to feel very familiar, and different as well.
Orlando Bloom?
8. May 2011
It's probably not going to work out with The Hobbit unfortunately. Because I would have been working for about a year on it and there were other projects that I was very interested in.
I would guess, Martin Freeman. It took rearranging of the filming schedule for him to be able to play the part, since he had signed on to do "Sherlock".
9. May 2011
Well, they saw my screentest for XXX, and Guillermo del Toro, who was going to direct it, he'd okayed it. He was keen that I play the part. I didn't know this, but I got it from the screentest. It wasn't until I went to see them for tea that I knew. They were asking my permission to be in it!
No idea...
10. January 2012
I’m playing XXX through motion-capture and XXX the XXX, which is a character in the Five Legions War or something which I’m meant to understand. He’s not actually in the original Hobbit. It’s something [Peter Jackson]’s taken from Lord Of The Rings that he wants to put in there.
Manu Bennett? Just because mocap and something the something sounds like Azog to me...
11. June 2012
I think because my character does spend a lot of time onscreen and you really have to understand what he's going through emotionally, it became clear that if we started make the prosthetic as close to my features as possible but still make him a dwarf, it would be much easier to read the character.
Aidan Turner? (Thinking of Dwarves who have less prosthetics....)
12. July 2012
I’m covered in armour, its like wearing a Volkswagen. Dunno how I’m supposed to fight with it on.
Richard Armitage?
13. July 2012
The movie explains where Gandalf goes; the book never does. We’ve explained it using Tolkien’s own notes. That helped inform the tone of the movie, because it allowed us to pull in material he wrote in The Lord of the Rings era and incorporate it with The Hobbit.
Philippa Boyens? Sounds like a screenwriter,not Peter, and Fran Walsh never does interviews, that I can recall.
14. August 2012
I'm a homebody, I like to put my feet up and I like the comforts of home. I'm not much of an adventurer, so I've always related to the hobbits and the story of Bilbo Baggins is the ultimate hobbit story.
Peter Jackson.
15. October 2012
There are inevitably bits that you'll wish you were better in, but Peter Jackson is a very skilled director and he knows Middle Earth better than anybody else.
Richard Armitage?
16. November 2012
We got especially designed rings inscribed on the inside ... very secret stuff you understand, not to be spoken of outside the group ... oops.
Graham McTavish?
17. November 2012
I understood that I had his blessing, and I had to follow my own way with it, really. Well, like everything he does, he's a brilliant actor.
Martin Freeman, discussing Ian Holm. (Guess, because he's playing the one character that has been played by someone else in Jackson's ME films).
18. March 2013
Yeah, I did. I went on opening day to see it. I was actually in Argentina, and I went with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was kind of a party atmosphere, it was fun, it was in 3-D, and they had popcorn. I enjoyed it. In particular it was nice to see some of the landscapes I remembered. It was a nice trip down memory lane, where we’d shot near some of the places where I’d gone camping or fishing.
19. January 2014
Oh! When you say man-up – I screamed all the way down. I had a panic attack on the way down. I couldn't breathe. Yeah. Yeah. It’s all on tape… I didn't man-up at all!
20. January 2014
And I didn't have any sleep since then so I'm still exhausted. Nothing changes.
Peter Jackson?
21. December 2014
Some people love that moment, some people got very confused by it. I know that it was a strong thematic connection that became the head-scratcher for people.
OK. I think "it" is the healing scene in DoS, so I will say Evangeline Lily.
22. December 2014
I actually think the young girls are going to start watching this 1, 2, 3 and they're going to start wondering where she is.
Peter Jackson. ("she" is Tauriel, who is never seen in LotR).
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Maciliel
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Feb 16 2015, 4:15am
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1. July 2008: That is the film we work the hardest on in the next six months. There are many more questions than there are answers. In my heart of hearts, I believe we found a way to do it. peter jackson 2. August 2009 I was telling him for a long time to get out of that thing because there is only room for one captain on the ship. phillipa boyens 3. October 2009 They're very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they've so much in common. They both can't stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they're both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal. ian mckellan 4. October 2010 I did ask, 'Does this mean I can start eating pies now?' I love a good pie! I'm about to go to the gym now actually, but you've got to have balance. stephen hunter 5. October 2010 My Mum, Dad and I organized a karaoke one night at a Korean restaurant and that was a blast! My driver Yvette, all the scale doubles, my double Venetia, the one ring’s Larry and the dialect coaches Leith and Sarah were all singing away into the wee hours of the morning to Britney Spears and Tina Turner. cate blanchett 6. March 2011 According to XXX, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today. evangeline lily 7. April 2011 And I'm excited to read the script. I'm very excited to see what they've done with "The Hobbit." They've stretched it out over the course of two films. I'm so curious as to what other elements they've woven in, because there are certainly additional works that refer to that same time period that they could weave into it. So I'm just very excited to sort of see what the ultimate vision is.
christopher lee
I was down there about a year ago, February, and I saw some of the design. This is when Guillermo [del Toro] was still attached. So I've seen a lot of the design work. I mean, it's extraordinary! And Alan Lee and John Howe are back in the art department doing designs for it. I think it's going to feel very familiar, and different as well. elijah wood 8. May 2011 It's probably not going to work out with The Hobbit unfortunately. Because I would have been working for about a year on it and there were other projects that I was very interested in. guillermo del toro 9. May 2011 Well, they saw my screentest for XXX, and Guillermo del Toro, who was going to direct it, he'd okayed it. He was keen that I play the part. I didn't know this, but I got it from the screentest. It wasn't until I went to see them for tea that I knew. They were asking my permission to be in it! piers brandebent 10. January 2012 I’m playing XXX through motion-capture and XXX the XXX, which is a character in the Five Legions War or something which I’m meant to understand. He’s not actually in the original Hobbit. It’s something [Peter Jackson]’s taken from Lord Of The Rings that he wants to put in there. manu bennett 11. June 2012 I think because my character does spend a lot of time onscreen and you really have to understand what he's going through emotionally, it became clear that if we started make the prosthetic as close to my features as possible but still make him a dwarf, it would be much easier to read the character. richard armitage 12. July 2012 I’m covered in armour, its like wearing a Volkswagen. Dunno how I’m supposed to fight with it on. billy connolly 13. July 2012 The movie explains where Gandalf goes; the book never does. We’ve explained it using Tolkien’s own notes. That helped inform the tone of the movie, because it allowed us to pull in material he wrote in The Lord of the Rings era and incorporate it with The Hobbit. ian mckellan 14. August 2012 I'm a homebody, I like to put my feet up and I like the comforts of home. I'm not much of an adventurer, so I've always related to the hobbits and the story of Bilbo Baggins is the ultimate hobbit story. elijah wood 15. October 2012 There are inevitably bits that you'll wish you were better in, but Peter Jackson is a very skilled director and he knows Middle Earth better than anybody else. ian mckellan 16. November 2012 We got especially designed rings inscribed on the inside ... very secret stuff you understand, not to be spoken of outside the group ... oops. james nesbitt 17. November 2012 I understood that I had his blessing, and I had to follow my own way with it, really. Well, like everything he does, he's a brilliant actor. martin freeman 18. March 2013 Yeah, I did. I went on opening day to see it. I was actually in Argentina, and I went with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was kind of a party atmosphere, it was fun, it was in 3-D, and they had popcorn. I enjoyed it. In particular it was nice to see some of the landscapes I remembered. It was a nice trip down memory lane, where we’d shot near some of the places where I’d gone camping or fishing. viggo mortenson 19. January 2014 Oh! When you say man-up – I screamed all the way down. I had a panic attack on the way down. I couldn't breathe. Yeah. Yeah. It’s all on tape… I didn't man-up at all! graham mctavish 20. January 2014 And I didn't have any sleep since then so I'm still exhausted. Nothing changes. ian mckellan 21. December 2014 Some people love that moment, some people got very confused by it. I know that it was a strong thematic connection that became the head-scratcher for people. doug adams 22. December 2014 I actually think the young girls are going to start watching this 1, 2, 3 and they're going to start wondering where she is. phillipa boyens
aka. fili orc-enshield
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the scene, as i understand it, is exceptionally well-written. fili (in sort of a callback to the scene with the eagles), calls out "thorRIIIIIIN!!!" just as he sees the pale orc veer in for the kill. he picks up the severed arm of an orc which is lying on the ground, swings it up in desperation, effectively blocking the pale orc's blow. and thus, forever after, fili is known as "fili orc-enshield."
this earns him deep respect from his hard-to-please uncle. as well as a hug. kili wipes his boots on the pale orc's glory box. -- maciliel telpemairo
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Feb 17 2015, 5:37pm
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1. July 2008:
That is the film we work the hardest on in the next six months. There are many more questions than there are answers. In my heart of hearts, I believe we found a way to do it.
Peter Jackson
2. August 2009
I was telling him for a long time to get out of that thing because there is only room for one captain on the ship.
??
3. October 2009
They're very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they've so much in common. They both can't stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they're both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal.
Phillipa Boyens
4. October 2010
I did ask, 'Does this mean I can start eating pies now?' I love a good pie! I'm about to go to the gym now actually, but you've got to have balance.
Grahm McTavish
5. October 2010
My Mum, Dad and I organized a karaoke one night at a Korean restaurant and that was a blast! My driver Yvette, all the scale doubles, my double Venetia, the one ring’s Larry and the dialect coaches Leith and Sarah were all singing away into the wee hours of the morning to Britney Spears and Tina Turner.
Mary Nesbitt
6. March 2011
According to XXX, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today.
??
7. April 2011
And I'm excited to read the script. I'm very excited to see what they've done with "The Hobbit." They've stretched it out over the course of two films. I'm so curious as to what other elements they've woven in, because there are certainly additional works that refer to that same time period that they could weave into it. So I'm just very excited to sort of see what the ultimate vision is.
I was down there about a year ago, February, and I saw some of the design. This is when Guillermo [del Toro] was still attached. So I've seen a lot of the design work. I mean, it's extraordinary! And Alan Lee and John Howe are back in the art department doing designs for it. I think it's going to feel very familiar, and different as well.
Richard Armitage
8. May 2011
It's probably not going to work out with The Hobbit unfortunately. Because I would have been working for about a year on it and there were other projects that I was very interested in.
Either Guermo or Martin - I'll go with Martin
9. May 2011
Well, they saw my screentest for XXX, and Guillermo del Toro, who was going to direct it, he'd okayed it. He was keen that I play the part. I didn't know this, but I got it from the screentest. It wasn't until I went to see them for tea that I knew. They were asking my permission to be in it!
Aidan Turner?
10. January 2012
I’m playing XXX through motion-capture and XXX the XXX, which is a character in the Five Legions War or something which I’m meant to understand. He’s not actually in the original Hobbit. It’s something [Peter Jackson]’s taken from Lord Of The Rings that he wants to put in there.
Manu Bennet
11. June 2012
I think because my character does spend a lot of time onscreen and you really have to understand what he's going through emotionally, it became clear that if we started make the prosthetic as close to my features as possible but still make him a dwarf, it would be much easier to read the character.
Richard or Aidan, I'll go with Richard
12. July 2012
I’m covered in armour, its like wearing a Volkswagen. Dunno how I’m supposed to fight with it on.
Billy Connelly - sounds like something he'd say
13. July 2012
The movie explains where Gandalf goes; the book never does. We’ve explained it using Tolkien’s own notes. That helped inform the tone of the movie, because it allowed us to pull in material he wrote in The Lord of the Rings era and incorporate it with The Hobbit.
Peter or Phillipa
14. August 2012
I'm a homebody, I like to put my feet up and I like the comforts of home. I'm not much of an adventurer, so I've always related to the hobbits and the story of Bilbo Baggins is the ultimate hobbit story.
Sounds like something PJ would say
15. October 2012
There are inevitably bits that you'll wish you were better in, but Peter Jackson is a very skilled director and he knows Middle Earth better than anybody else.
??
16. November 2012
We got especially designed rings inscribed on the inside ... very secret stuff you understand, not to be spoken of outside the group ... oops.
James Nesbitt
17. November 2012
I understood that I had his blessing, and I had to follow my own way with it, really. Well, like everything he does, he's a brilliant actor.
Martin Freeman
18. March 2013
Yeah, I did. I went on opening day to see it. I was actually in Argentina, and I went with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was kind of a party atmosphere, it was fun, it was in 3-D, and they had popcorn. I enjoyed it. In particular it was nice to see some of the landscapes I remembered. It was a nice trip down memory lane, where we’d shot near some of the places where I’d gone camping or fishing.
Viggo Mortensen
19. January 2014
Oh! When you say man-up – I screamed all the way down. I had a panic attack on the way down. I couldn't breathe. Yeah. Yeah. It’s all on tape… I didn't man-up at all!
Aidan Turner - this is the only one I'm sure of, I remember the interview. He was talking about parachuting.
20. January 2014
And I didn't have any sleep since then so I'm still exhausted. Nothing changes.
Peter for sure
21. December 2014
Some people love that moment, some people got very confused by it. I know that it was a strong thematic connection that became the head-scratcher for people.
What momment?
22. December 2014
I actually think the young girls are going to start watching this 1, 2, 3 and they're going to start wondering where she is. No idea, and couldn't scroll down either.
Why yes, I DO look like Anna Friel!
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DanielLB
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Feb 18 2015, 8:58pm
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Thanks to everyone who played - I hope it was a fun guessing game. I was surprised by how many were guessed correctly.
I've linked to the TORn threads, where you can the links to the interview. Is there anything that jumps out at you?
1. July 2008:
That is the film we work the hardest on in the next six months. There are many more questions than there are answers. In my heart of hearts, I believe we found a way to do it. *Guillermo del Toro*
2. August 2009
I was telling him for a long time to get out of that thing because there is only room for one captain on the ship. *James Cameron*
3. October 2009
They're very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they've so much in common. They both can't stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they're both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal. *Ian McKellen*
4. October 2010
I did ask, 'Does this mean I can start eating pies now?' I love a good pie! I'm about to go to the gym now actually, but you've got to have balance. *Stephen Hunter*
5. October 2010
My Mum, Dad and I organized a karaoke one night at a Korean restaurant and that was a blast! My driver Yvette, all the scale doubles, my double Venetia, the one ring’s Larry and the dialect coaches Leith and Sarah were all singing away into the wee hours of the morning to Britney Spears and Tina Turner. *John Bell*
6. March 2011
According to XXX, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today. *Liv Tyler*
7. April 2011
And I'm excited to read the script. I'm very excited to see what they've done with "The Hobbit." They've stretched it out over the course of two films. I'm so curious as to what other elements they've woven in, because there are certainly additional works that refer to that same time period that they could weave into it. So I'm just very excited to sort of see what the ultimate vision is.
I was down there about a year ago, February, and I saw some of the design. This is when Guillermo [del Toro] was still attached. So I've seen a lot of the design work. I mean, it's extraordinary! And Alan Lee and John Howe are back in the art department doing designs for it. I think it's going to feel very familiar, and different as well. *Elijah Wood*
8. May 2011
It's probably not going to work out with The Hobbit unfortunately. Because I would have been working for about a year on it and there were other projects that I was very interested in. *Saorise Ronan*
9. May 2011
Well, they saw my screentest for XXX, and Guillermo del Toro, who was going to direct it, he'd okayed it. He was keen that I play the part. I didn't know this, but I got it from the screentest. It wasn't until I went to see them for tea that I knew. They were asking my permission to be in it! *Sylvester McCoy*
10. January 2012
I’m playing XXX through motion-capture and XXX the XXX, which is a character in the Five Legions War or something which I’m meant to understand. He’s not actually in the original Hobbit. It’s something [Peter Jackson]’s taken from Lord Of The Rings that he wants to put in there. *Benedict Cumberbatch*
11. June 2012
I think because my character does spend a lot of time onscreen and you really have to understand what he's going through emotionally, it became clear that if we started make the prosthetic as close to my features as possible but still make him a dwarf, it would be much easier to read the character. *Richard Armitage*
12. July 2012
I’m covered in armour, its like wearing a Volkswagen. Dunno how I’m supposed to fight with it on. *Billy Connolly*
13. July 2012
The movie explains where Gandalf goes; the book never does. We’ve explained it using Tolkien’s own notes. That helped inform the tone of the movie, because it allowed us to pull in material he wrote in The Lord of the Rings era and incorporate it with The Hobbit. *Peter Jackson*
14. August 2012
I'm a homebody, I like to put my feet up and I like the comforts of home. I'm not much of an adventurer, so I've always related to the hobbits and the story of Bilbo Baggins is the ultimate hobbit story. *Peter Jackson*
15. October 2012
There are inevitably bits that you'll wish you were better in, but Peter Jackson is a very skilled director and he knows Middle Earth better than anybody else. *Martin Freeman*
16. November 2012
We got especially designed rings inscribed on the inside ... very secret stuff you understand, not to be spoken of outside the group ... oops. *Jed Brophy*
17. November 2012
I understood that I had his blessing, and I had to follow my own way with it, really. Well, like everything he does, he's a brilliant actor. *Martin Freeman*
18. March 2013
Yeah, I did. I went on opening day to see it. I was actually in Argentina, and I went with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was kind of a party atmosphere, it was fun, it was in 3-D, and they had popcorn. I enjoyed it. In particular it was nice to see some of the landscapes I remembered. It was a nice trip down memory lane, where we’d shot near some of the places where I’d gone camping or fishing. *Viggo Mortensen*
19. January 2014
Oh! When you say man-up – I screamed all the way down. I had a panic attack on the way down. I couldn't breathe. Yeah. Yeah. It’s all on tape… I didn't man-up at all! *Aidan Turner*
20. January 2014
And I didn't have any sleep since then so I'm still exhausted. Nothing changes. *Peter Jackson*
21. December 2014
Some people love that moment, some people got very confused by it. I know that it was a strong thematic connection that became the head-scratcher for people. *Doug Adams*
22. December 2014
I actually think the young girls are going to start watching this 1, 2, 3 and they're going to start wondering where she is. *Philippa Boyens*
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Feb 23 2015, 4:20pm
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Sheesh, I don't hardly know! But I'll play....
1. July 2008: Guillermo del Toro?
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That is the film we work the hardest on in the next six months. There are many more questions than there are answers. In my heart of hearts, I believe we found a way to do it.
2. August 2009 : Philippa Boyens
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I was telling him for a long time to get out of that thing because there is only room for one captain on the ship.
3. October 2009 : Philippa Boyens about Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro
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They're very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they've so much in common. They both can't stand Hollywood and have wonderful imaginations, and they're both obsessed with gore and fantasy. Both of them laugh a great deal.
4. October 2010 : Stephen Hunter?
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I did ask, 'Does this mean I can start eating pies now?' I love a good pie! I'm about to go to the gym now actually, but you've got to have balance.
5. October 2010 : Evangeline Lilly? (if the date is changed)
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My Mum, Dad and I organized a karaoke one night at a Korean restaurant and that was a blast! My driver Yvette, all the scale doubles, my double Venetia, the one ring’s Larry and the dialect coaches Leith and Sarah were all singing away into the wee hours of the morning to Britney Spears and Tina Turner.
6. March 2011: Cate Blanchett?
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According to XXX, “I haven’t heard from anybody.” She also didn’t know that filming began today.
7. April 2011 : Orlando Bloom (because filming began earlier so it can't be Andy Serkis)
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And I'm excited to read the script. I'm very excited to see what they've done with "The Hobbit." They've stretched it out over the course of two films. I'm so curious as to what other elements they've woven in, because there are certainly additional works that refer to that same time period that they could weave into it. So I'm just very excited to sort of see what the ultimate vision is.
I was down there about a year ago, February, and I saw some of the design. This is when Guillermo [del Toro] was still attached. So I've seen a lot of the design work. I mean, it's extraordinary! And Alan Lee and John Howe are back in the art department doing designs for it. I think it's going to feel very familiar, and different as well.
8. May 2011: Guillermo del Toro
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It's probably not going to work out with The Hobbit unfortunately. Because I would have been working for about a year on it and there were other projects that I was very interested in.
9. May 2011 : Martin Freeman
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Well, they saw my screentest for XXX, and Guillermo del Toro, who was going to direct it, he'd okayed it. He was keen that I play the part. I didn't know this, but I got it from the screentest. It wasn't until I went to see them for tea that I knew. They were asking my permission to be in it!
10. January 2012 : Benedict Cumberbatch
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I’m playing XXX through motion-capture and XXX the XXX, which is a character in the Five Legions War or something which I’m meant to understand. He’s not actually in the original Hobbit. It’s something [Peter Jackson]’s taken from Lord Of The Rings that he wants to put in there.
11. June 2012 : Richard Armitage
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I think because my character does spend a lot of time onscreen and you really have to understand what he's going through emotionally, it became clear that if we started make the prosthetic as close to my features as possible but still make him a dwarf, it would be much easier to read the character.
12. July 2012 : Billy Connolly!
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I’m covered in armour, its like wearing a Volkswagen. Dunno how I’m supposed to fight with it on.
13. July 2012 : Philippa Boyens
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The movie explains where Gandalf goes; the book never does. We’ve explained it using Tolkien’s own notes. That helped inform the tone of the movie, because it allowed us to pull in material he wrote in The Lord of the Rings era and incorporate it with The Hobbit.
14. August 2012 : Peter Jackson
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I'm a homebody, I like to put my feet up and I like the comforts of home. I'm not much of an adventurer, so I've always related to the hobbits and the story of Bilbo Baggins is the ultimate hobbit story.
15. October 2012 : Martin Freeman
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There are inevitably bits that you'll wish you were better in, but Peter Jackson is a very skilled director and he knows Middle Earth better than anybody else.
16. November 2012 : Graham McTavish
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We got especially designed rings inscribed on the inside ... very secret stuff you understand, not to be spoken of outside the group ... oops.
17. November 2012 : Martin Freeman about Ian Holm
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I understood that I had his blessing, and I had to follow my own way with it, really. Well, like everything he does, he's a brilliant actor.
18. March 2013 : Viggo Mortensen?
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Yeah, I did. I went on opening day to see it. I was actually in Argentina, and I went with a bunch of kids and their parents. It was kind of a party atmosphere, it was fun, it was in 3-D, and they had popcorn. I enjoyed it. In particular it was nice to see some of the landscapes I remembered. It was a nice trip down memory lane, where we’d shot near some of the places where I’d gone camping or fishing.
19. January 2014 : Adam Brown?
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Oh! When you say man-up – I screamed all the way down. I had a panic attack on the way down. I couldn't breathe. Yeah. Yeah. It’s all on tape… I didn't man-up at all!
20. January 2014 : Luke Evans?
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And I didn't have any sleep since then so I'm still exhausted. Nothing changes.
21. December 2014 : Richard Armitage? About the final battle with Azog?
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Some people love that moment, some people got very confused by it. I know that it was a strong thematic connection that became the head-scratcher for people.
22. December 2014 : Philippa Boyens
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I actually think the young girls are going to start watching this 1, 2, 3 and they're going to start wondering where she is.
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