Peter Jackson's long awaited movie of The Hobbit opened on 13th December to critical acclaim, which stars Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins. As Martin recalls it was a once in a lifetime opportunity he would have missed out on as he was contracted (and still is) to film Sherlock for the BBC. The Hobbit is a movie role which is firmly destined to put his name on the map, as Sherlock has done so already but it's so much more. As Martin said, the film means "people in Papua New Guinea will know me...it will be of a universal appeal, the like of which I haven't known before.
Luckily Peter Jackson called him to say he had rearranged filming so he would be able to star in both. Other stars already associated with the Lord of the Rings Trilogy also reprised their roles, including Elijah wood, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom and Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf.
After working on the third series of Sherlock, Martin will be back in New Zealand in May to film some more scenes to finish the Trilogy.
Also in the movie is Richard Armitage who already has established heart throb status in the UK with such roles as Sir Guy of Gisbourne in Robin Hood, John Thornton in North And South, Spooks and other shows. In The Hobbit he plays Thorin, a dwarf which was no mean feat seeing as he's 6' 2" in real life. Yet he acquired a certain fondness for the boots he had to sport for his role. "You had to run with effectively what felt like concrete blocks on your feet. You had to make that look natural."
For more on Richard read here: http://mila255h.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/richard-armitage.html
No doubt this movie will be the year's talking point for more reasons than just the sheer effort involved from all in filming.
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