I was quite often asking people, “When does he go dark? Please, let me play that.” Cause I like playing that and I very easily go to that, you know what I mean? It’s a sort of instinct that I go to which is something that’s not either light or dark, but a bit of both… and complicated, like we are, like people are complicated. – Martin Freeman
In this exclusive interview, Martin Freeman sits down with Middle-earth News to talk about Bilbo’s darker side and how, in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, we begin to see evidence of The One Ring’s effect on Bilbo, both physically and mentally. *MINOR SPOILERS*