James Nesbitt prepares for a month of Dwarf training
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 was released December 14th, 2012 and stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.
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the Narrator
I say Perlman would have been a fantastic Beorn. Also, who's playing Bard?
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
Worth5Bucks
@josh i think youre right. he would be an awesome thorin though
2 years agoby @mattbierwagenFlag
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.
2 years agoby @shuabertFlag
slysnide
Who's Ron Perlman playing? He's been on the cast list for a long time now. Or at least rumored to be.
2 years agoby @slysnideFlag
CaptainRumi
Dwarves ain't fightin with swords
2 years agoby @captainrumiFlag
Mutant
awesome
2 years agoby @zenderFlag
ZanyZap
Yea!
2 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Worth5Bucks
Sound great. Im going to do my hobbit and lotr reread and then my lotr rewatch then ill be ready
2 years agoby @mattbierwagenFlag
Dan
Awesome, sounds great :) So happy this is moving forward and gaining speed now.
2 years agoby @dan1Flag