I personally think the opposite is true- after all, Gandalf says at the Council of Elrond that Gollum began to recover from the ring's influence once Bilbo took it from him. The Gollum of The Hobbit is completely consumed by the ring: he has been unable to leave his dark, dank hiding place because even sunlight burns him. He was unable to pursue Bilbo into the outside world for that reason.I actually always got the feeling that the Gollum from the Hobbit was still more sane than how we see him in LOTR.
He even shows semblances of real intelligence with the riddles he makes Bilbo go through.
While he's always been a conniving little thing he omitted a more mannered sense of terror. Especially with his display of intelligence on how he was planning to trick/stall Bilbo with the riddles.
He was terrifying not because of his insanity (which hadn't fully form quite yet in the Hobbit) which LOTR relied on and turned into comic relief at times. Not a problem I have but I hope Jackson makes this distinction between the time periods.
Also, hadn't he been supposedly tortured in Mordor for a while after Hobbit? Probably took a toll on him.
Sadly, I don't think Fellowship can be improved. The problem is with the source. Fellowship will always look like crap.
Really? Hmm...
I want to see John Howe get into his armor and fight the swordmasters again. Hell, a cameo would be nice. I believe Lee has a cameo in TT but Howe didn't.
Yep, Lee had a cameo in Fellowship as one of the nine kings of men in the prologue. Hopefully they can get Howe to be in the Battle of Five Armies
P.S.- Howe has also (verbally) committed to doing the cover art for my novel once it's properly published..I'm making it my second bargaining chip (along with personally retaining the film rights of courset
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Do you worry about being typecast?
Nah, as Im about to fly to New Zealand for The Hobbit [Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings prequel]. Thatll get me out of the typecasting pretty quickly. Im to play Kili the dwarf, so its to be long beards and prosthetics from now on.
Does that mean you wont be in the fourth series of Being Human?
I dont really know yet. Were shooting The Hobbit for a good year and a half until midway through 2012 but I think I get six weeks off, so we might work something out.
Youve just started filming the Hobbit, havent you?
Yes, were all off to Hobbit boot camp. Im not sure what it entails but I think it lasts a few weeks and gets us all fit for filming.
The Lord Of The Rings films changed the careers of most of the actors who appeared in them. Are you prepared for the same happening to you?
I dont speculate too much about the future. Thats the thing about this job its so fickle. You take the jobs, you read the scripts and, if something interests you and you like the people who are working on it, you go for it. If not, you take a break. I could be back in Ireland, Britain or America afterwards. Its so variable but very exciting.
Were you a fan of the films?
I saw them at the cinema. Its not my favourite genre but they are all masterpieces. Im a huge fan.
What are you going to spend the money on?
I dont know there are more important things than money right now. Im not an extravagant person. You dont get a chance to spend money when youre working on a TV show. I like travelling so I took my cousin to Disney World recently and went to Amsterdam.
Have you ever had a supernatural experience?
No, I dont believe in that rubbish, so bring it on. I want to spend the night alone in a haunted mansion. I wouldnt say Im sceptical because that word implies the truth is out there when there is no truth out there.
Which dead celebrity would you like to talk to in a séance?
JRR Tolkien, thatd be handy. Ive got a couple of questions Id like to ask him right now.
The Oscar-nominated Irish actress is strongly rumoured to be in talks to play the character Itaril in the films, but she did not reveal any further details at the launch of the IFTAs in Dublin yesterday.
When asked if she would like to play the role, she replied: "Yeah if I was asked, certainly."
Her father Paul said that it would be great if she landed the Hobbit part, but did not say if she had been asked.
He told journalists: "It would be something that would be wonderful if it happens. I don't think all of the cast members have been chosen or asked yet because it's going to be such a long project.
"It's going to take a long time. She worked with Peter on 'The Lovely Bones'. After a couple of weeks with working with Peter it's like being part of his family.
"It would be wonderful to see them all again and to work with them again."