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Who auditioned for Smaug?
Benedict Cumberbatch’s
Hear and see Benedict Cumberbatch’s audition for Smaug the dragon! One of the little extras on The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition is a clip of Benedict Cumberbatch’s original audition tape for The Hobbit.
How did Benedict Cumberbatch do the voice for Smaug?
The genius of Cumberbatch is how he chose to tape his audition for the role of Smaug. “I did a few head movements and some serpentine stuff with my neck and got the shoulders working a bit. Without the camera focusing in on his face, you can hear the inflections and vocal work Cumberbatch put into the character.
Who turned down the role of Gandalf?
Connery
Perhaps most famously, Connery – who died at the age of 90 – turned down the part of Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. Connery was the director’s first choice for the role, which would have seen the actor travel to New Zealand to portray the wizard.
Who was considered for The Hobbit?
The Hobbit director Peter Jackson has revealed that Martin Freeman was his only choice to take on the lead role of Bilbo Baggins. The Sherlock star plays the titular character in Jackson’s new trilogy of movies based around Tolkien’s prequel to The Lord Of The Rings.
Is Benedict Cumberbatch Sauron?
Sauron was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch through voice and motion capture in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and the upcoming The Battle of the Five Armies. Sauron is the overarching antagonist of the trilogy, given that he made a pact with Smaug and is Azog’s boss and leader.
Who is the dragon’s voice in The Hobbit?
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as the voice of the dragon, Smaug, in The Hobbit, Peter Jackson’s forthcoming two-part prequel to his Lord of the Rings trilogy. Cumberbatch’s casting was accidentally leaked by his co-star in the BBC’s Sherlock Holmes TV show, Martin Freeman, at the Bafta TV awards last month.
Who else auditioned for Aragorn?
Stuart Townsend was originally cast as Aragorn, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen after four days of shooting, because Peter Jackson realized that an older actor was needed.
Who was originally as Strider?
John HurtThe Lord of the Rings
Theodore BikelThe Return of the King
Aragorn/Voiced by
Who was the voice of Sauron?
Benedict CumberbatchThe Hobbit
Jemaine ClementThe LEGO Batman Movie
Sauron/Voiced by
Is Benedict Cumberbatch Smaug?
Benedict Cumberbatch seriously got into his role in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” In the “Hobbit” sequel, Cumberbatch plays the role of the perilous dragon, Smaug. However, the “Sherlock” actor didn’t simply voice the dragon.
Who turned down the role of Aragorn?
Dominic Monaghan, who played Merry in the franchise, recently explained that Stuart Townsend was originally cast in the role of Aragorn, only for it to go to three-time Oscar nominee, Viggo Mortensen, due to director Peter Jackson’s lack of trust in Townsend portraying the role how he wanted.