Dec 22, 2010 by B. Alan Orange

The Hobbit Dwarf Training Details from James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt prepares for a month of Dwarf training
James Nesbitt prepares for a month of Dwarf training
Peter Jackson's long-awaited and much troubled prequel The Hobbit is finally going to start shooting early next year. James Nesbitt, who is set to play the dwarf Bofur in the fantasy adventure, recently caught up with The Sun, trevealing that he will soon be embarking on a month-long Dwarf training expedition.

Nesbitt will fly to New Zealand mid-January to begin filming the J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation. The first week of the yearlong shoot will put the forty-five year old actor through rigorous sword fight training and horseback riding courses, all of which he will do in his full dwarf costume.

About the upcoming tour of duty, Nesbitt stated, "We're going for dwarf training for a month. It's an adventure and I can't wait for it. I've never done a massive film like it." The actor will be taking up permanent residence in New Zealand with his wife and two daughters for the duration of the shoot.

James also stated that he has already been visited by prosthetic experts, and that they have decided upon Bolfur's on-screen look in the prequel.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes to theaters December 14th, 2012 and stars Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.

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Comments (9)

  1. The Narrator: The Better Man

    I say Perlman would have been a fantastic Beorn. Also, who's playing Bard?

    1 year agoby @narratorFlag

  2. Worth5Bucks

    @josh i think youre right. he would be an awesome thorin though

    1 year agoby @mattbierwagenFlag

  3. Josh

    I think Perlman was only rumored because when Del Toro was directing it was assumed he would give Perlman a role. Now that Jackson has taken over there probably isn't any reason to cast him. I don't think there was every any substance to the rumor; it was just speculation.

    However, Perlman would be pretty awesome as either a dwarf or the voice of Smaug.

    1 year agoby @shuabertFlag

  4. slysnide

    Who's Ron Perlman playing? He's been on the cast list for a long time now. Or at least rumored to be.

    1 year agoby @slysnideFlag

  5. CaptainRumi

    Dwarves ain't fightin with swords

    1 year agoby @captainrumiFlag

  6. Mutant

    awesome

    1 year agoby @zenderFlag

  7. ZanyZap

    Yea!

    1 year agoby @zanyzapFlag

  8. Worth5Bucks

    Sound great. Im going to do my hobbit and lotr reread and then my lotr rewatch then ill be ready

    1 year agoby @mattbierwagenFlag

  9. Dan

    Awesome, sounds great :) So happy this is moving forward and gaining speed now.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

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