‘I was also a mad fan of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and watched the films over and over. I secretly wish I had been in them - in fact, not so secretly! The first time I was on set looking into the eyes of Ian McKellen, I was desperately trying to stay in character while something inside me kept saying, “That’s Gandalf!”’
Richard Armitage (x)
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com·punc·tion [kəmˈpʌŋkʃən]
n. - A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt for doing wrong or causing pain.
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Stephen Colber’s question for Peter Jackson in the Sneak Peek livestream, and the succinct response he got
The trust between Thorin and Bilbo has now been established. He’s gone from somebody that absolutely dismisses this halfling to realizing he’s an essential part of the quest. Bilbo becomes his confidant and that goes further into film three - we’re planting seeds for when Thorin is betrayed by Bilbo.
— Richard Armitage on Thorin’s character in The Desolation of Smaug, in an interview for Total Film (x)
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