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Benedict Cumberbatch on Smaug

Posted by on May 10, 2013 at 8:51 am

SmaugMarqueeBenedict Cumberbatch plays Smaug the dragon in the second film in The Hobbit trilogy  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. 

In an interview with Time Out, this is what he had to say about the role:

“Working on Star Trek, you can marry your role slightly to real-life experiences but, playing Smaug in The Hobbit, it’s impossible to do that – he’s a 400-year-old firebreathing worm who lives on top of a pile of gold and likes eating doors.

Obviously, I’m personally a biped rather than a serpent, so the motion-capture element is limited. I was mainly on my belly on the floor playing at being a dragon. It was like being a kid: no marks, no make-up, no continuity, no worries about camera positions. It was so much fun.’

I just can’t wait to see the result.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is in cinemas fron December 13th, 2013.

 

 

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