Hugo Weaving with Sir Ian McKellan in The
Hobbit. Picture: Warner Bros Pictures Source:
National Features
Neala Johnson, The Daily Telegraph, reports
The Australian Hobbit actor talks about maintaining the reality of the world of Middle-earth, working with Peter Jackson and the beautiful New Zealand culture.
1. WELCOME BACK TO RIVENDELL
It's hard to imagine Australians hitting the streets for a locally made movie like the Kiwis do whenever Peter Jackson ventures into Middle-earth. Aussie Hugo Weaving, aka elf lord Elrond, said the Wellington debut of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in November felt "more like a national holiday" than a movie premiere.
2. PARTY ON, BILBO
"Maybe they should have it as a national day every year," Weaving said at the premiere - well, with two more Hobbit movies to come this year and next, they probably will! "It feels like a country celebrating its own culture. The film presents New Zealand culture so beautifully, that's why people here love it so much."
3. THE INEVITABLE RETURN
"When I left on Lord of the Rings I said to Pete (Jackson, director), 'I'll see you on The Hobbit.' He said, 'I'm not doing The Hobbit.' He was exhausted, I think. Yet it felt inevitable that The Hobbit would be made and like it should have been made by Peter. So when I came back it felt like I'd just left a couple of days ago ... "
4. IAN McKELLEN WAVERED UNTIL HE ...
... pictured someone else as Gandalf. Weaving was of a similar mind. "It wouldn't be right for other people to do any of the roles. You want to maintain the reality of the world - if you can call Middle-earth 'real'. We all needed to come back."
-- SEE The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is now showing
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