Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield
In an interview with MTV, Armitage had the following thoughts to offer about the original Hobbit novel and how he’s approaching the task of portraying Thorin Oakenshield in cinematic form:
“I read ['The Hobbit'] quite a few times when I was young. I think going back to it as an adult is really interesting because it is a book that was, I think, was written for Tolkien’s children, but when you’re creating a piece on this scale, you have to really visualize it for a much broader audience. I think that’s the beauty of Tolkien. He does create very well-rounded, quite dangerous characters to play his protagonists. He risks scaring kids. He’s the original fantasy creator, and I think you have to invest those characters with the same gravity as if you were making a piece for adults. It was interesting coming back to it as an adult, re-reading it again, because it did have a simplicity to it, which I really like. I felt we could take those characters and really develop them beyond the book.”Armitage has appeared in many a BBC TV series in recent years (including Strike Back, MI-5, and Robin Hood) but to U.S. moviegoers, he’s essentially a newcomer who briefly played a German secret agent/saboteur in Captain America.
It’ll be interesting to see what Armitage’s post-Hobbit career is like, for that reason. Could he suddenly become as ubiquitous as, say, Michael Fassbender or Idris Elba? Or will he keep a lower profile, a la Rings‘ star Viggo Mortensen? Only time will tell…
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrives in theaters around the U.S. on December 14th, 2012.The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be released a year later on December 13th, 2013.
Source: LA Times, MTV
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