Sylvester McCoy talks The Hobbit and Doctor Who projects

[News from Bree]

In the service of the launch of the excellent Doctor Who audio spin-off The Minister Of Chance (check back here for a review on the 17th of March), the seventh Doctor himself, Sylvester McCoy, was kind enough to have a chat with us today, which will be up on the site very shortly. The Scottish actor also talked at some length about his pending role as the wizard Radagast in Peter Jackson's much-delayed New Zealand production of The Hobbit - and clears up fairly definitively whether the character is just making a brief cameo, referring to his involvement in 'two films' for the project and responding to a question about the duration of his stay down under. More..

 

[mendil]

Oh, six to eight weeks, the first time, and then I've got to go back another three or four times over the next three years.

2014? THAT sounds like extended edition pickup shots to me!!!!!!!!

 

[Flagg]

2011, 2012, 2013 – three years.

 

[Bound]

main filming in 2011.

Pick ups in 2012 and 2013.

Actors won't necessarily have to come back for pickups - but they are contracted to do so.

 

[Ruijor]

Doesn´t surprise me a bit that he must go back to NZ in 2013, probably for post-production voiceover

 

[Owain]

 

[Patty]

I think this will really help me avoid "flashbacks" as I watch him as Radagast. Good to read this.