Armitage talks about the Hobbit

http://nerdreactor.com/2011/07/05/richard-armitage-aka-the-dwarf-thorin-talks-about-the-hobbit-movie/

There is a 10min video on the Hobbit on this site as well, but i'm sure you have all seen it.

"The armour that the dwarves emerge from the mountain wearing at the end of the film will be the armour of all armour."

This should look amazing but I worry PJ will lack restraint once more and it will just be over the top and ludicrous armour rather than effective and practical, and I'm pretty sure a race who specialize in mining and forging would favour practicality and usefulness. Remember the Witch-Kings ludicrous helmet and even more ludicrous mace? I hope it is not in the same vein.

"There was a scene in The Lord Of The Rings where they find the stone trolls, and they’re identical in The Hobbit."

This is actual good news! Will they talk, will they keep their names however?

The trolls in the Hobbit (the book) sound like dumb cockneys, but didnt the Orcs have a similar accent in lotr

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/the-hobbit-sparked-richard-armitages-interest-in-acting_1232665

Richard Armitage in the Vicar of Dibly. Very funny

Talking of Trolls I really really hope they include the Stone Giants throwing bits of mountain around for fun in the storm, that would be amazing.

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/01/11/52638-mtv-richard-armitage/

A double-edged comment form Armitage here -could go either way-

"I read it (TH) 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. "

I appreciate what Armitage is saying about treating the characters seriously. I think that a failure to do so can easily result in self-parody, especially in the fantasy genre. However, I think there's a fine line to tread between not making a joke of the story and not making it into a brooding serious epic. Tolkien walked that line in the book but the rest of Armitage's comment does not exactly fill me with hope that the filmmakers will do the same.

http://iwanttobeapinup.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/richard-tell-us-about-thorins-sword/

Sadly, PJ seems to have gotten his wish of turning Thorin into a stud. At least it gave us that pic though.

Yeah, Thorin being a stud does rather get under my skin, I guess this is why PJ's shoveling in some sizzling hot elf wenches (with slit skirts no doubt) to balance it all out. If he manages to blind the entire audience with hormones we'll all be goofy happy until it wears off about 20 minutes after we exit...tricksy bastard.

Halfwise if there is any danger of seeing any hot elven wenches in split skirts, just think of a hot Scotsman in a split kilty skirt and that should do the trick of aversion therapy. Its bound to take the pop out of your corn and no mistake.

What, Petty's gonna do a cameo?

The Court Order wont let me that close to PJ!

Oh but it would be sooo mch fun to see that caught on film

http://www.richardarmitagenet.com/

"2. Homes from Hell in Norway: this documentary series narrated by Richard, is being shown on the TVNorge channel in Norway every morning this week at 10.30am. Thanks to K."

this was on the website under news..
what the hell have I missed I need to tune in !

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2013/03/19/Actor-Richard-Armitage-has-long-history-with-Hobbit/UPI-31041363725503/

shall we not just put ever hobbit interview here?