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DainPig
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Jun 27 2015, 12:00am
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Dwarves by age of actor
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Oin played by John Callen - 68 Balin played by Ken Stott - 60 Dori played by Mark Hadlow - 58 Bifur played by William Kircher - 57 Gloin played by Peter Hambleton - 55 Dwalin played by Graham McTavish - 54 Nori played by Jed Brophy - 52 Bofur played by James Nesbitt - 50 Bombur played by Stephen Hunter - 46 Thorin played by Richard Armitage - 43 Fili played by Dean O'Gorman - 38 Ori played by Adam Brown - 35 Kili played by Aidan Turner - 32 The youngest is Aidan Turner and the oldest is John Callen Richard is just 43? what?
How aaaaaaaaaaaaaare you all???
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MyWeeLadGimli
Lorien
Jun 27 2015, 3:11am
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I didn't realize Richard and Dean were only five years apart. For the most part the actors seem to match up pretty well to their characters age-wise.
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CathrineB
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Jun 27 2015, 5:52am
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Mark Hadlow is almost 60... 60 going 12 Still blows my mind that Dean is 38
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lionoferebor
Rohan
Jun 27 2015, 5:19pm
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I didn't realize Richard and Dean were only five years apart. Especially considering they portray an uncle and his nephew. At the same time Lee Pace is younger than Orlando Bloom yet he still portrayed his father in the films. Oh well...it still worked out.
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dormouse
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Jun 27 2015, 10:34pm
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But an uncle can be younger than his nephew....
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... often happens in large families (though I know Thorin wasn't).
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Kilidoescartwheels
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Jun 27 2015, 11:18pm
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You can't go by the actor's ages!
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We all know that PJ lopped about 30 years off Thorin's age, and made him younger than Dwalin, so really that fits. (That's interesting about Dean, he sure looks younger than 38!) And it looks like they made Oin the oldest, I don't remember any mention in the book of his age, so that's also workable. The BIG controversy is actually which Dwarf is youngest, since Adam Brown seemed to think Ori was the youngest, and was called the youngest by the Goblin King. Yet I'm pretty sure that the book says Fili & Kili are the youngest, although even the book can't seem to decide which of those two is younger. Anyway, since according to the book we know next to nothing about the majority of the Dwarves, then it's really no problem if quite a few of them are older than Thorin.
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CathrineB
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Jun 27 2015, 11:57pm
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... bothered me that they seemed to make Ori the youngest in the movies Not sure why though. I quite like Ori afterall. It's just... dude runs around with a slingshot in fights Would have prefered if he was older and maybe more useful.
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lionoferebor
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Jun 28 2015, 12:44am
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I actually come from a very large family...I'm one of 26 grandchildren. (That does not include great grands and great-great grands). My mother is one year older than the eldest grandchild. As for a scenario where an uncle or aunt is younger than a niece or nephew? We don't have that - at least not yet - but my son who is a great grandchild is three years younger than a great-great grandchild. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. So yeah, large families are fun. Complex at times...but fun.
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Pandallo
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Jun 28 2015, 7:09am
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In BotFA, according to the Weta Chronicles book he is wielding a giant Axe and is probably one of the most heavily armored of the Dwarves in their fancy regalia. They said they wanted him to look a little "lost" in all of the armor. They also subtly reduced his stomach and increased his shoulder size to show that he has strengthened over the course of the journey. They did have an idea that Ori would find a new Slingshot, made for a Dwarven Prince sometime n the past at Erebor, but they thought since everyone else was getting large, powerful weapons, he should as well.
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Jun 28 2015, 12:38pm
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From what I recall, it was Richard Armitage who suggested that Ori wield a slingshot, and Richard Taylor who then pulled out one he'd used as a kid to use for the design. Oversize six-year-olds at play!
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Otaku-sempai
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Jun 28 2015, 1:30pm
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There was an out included in the TH:DoS Visual Companion for your first objection about Ori's age. It suggested that Kili might have actually been physically younger but Ori might have come across as the youngest due to his inexperience and lack of maturity. Frankly, I also thought that the slingshot was stupid. Ori could have at least had a more traditional (and effective) sling. It worked for the Biblical David.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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MyWeeLadGimli
Lorien
Jun 28 2015, 9:01pm
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Actually, the LOTR Appendices give the ages for all of the Dwarves of Durin's folk. Balin, Dwalin, Oin, and Gloin were all between 160 and 180 during the events of the Hobbit, which seems to be late middle-aged or so. You're right that the unrelated Dwarves' ages are pure supposition on the filmmakers' part.
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