![]() The company of dwarves are on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and its treasures from the dragon Smaug. He is hired as a "burglar", despite his initial objections, on the recommendation of the wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves led by their king in exile, Thorin Oakenshield. The protagonist of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is a hobbit in comfortable middle age. Several astronomical features and both living and fossil species have been named for him. Bilbo's quest has been interpreted as a pilgrimage of grace, in which he grows in wisdom and virtue, and as a psychological journey towards wholeness.īilbo has appeared in numerous radio and film adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and in video games based on them. Tolkien appears to have based Bilbo on the designer William Morris's travels in Iceland Morris liked his home comforts, but grew through his adventurous journeying. ![]() This is not compatible with the much older world of Dwarves and Elves. Bilbo sets out in The Hobbit timid and comfort-loving, and through his adventures grows to become a useful and resourceful member of the quest.īilbo's way of life in the Shire, defined by features like the availability of tobacco and a postal service, recalls that of the English middle class during the Victorian to Edwardian eras. The Hobbit is selected by the wizard Gandalf to help Thorin and his party of Dwarves to reclaim their ancestral home and treasure, which has been seized by the dragon Smaug. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings, and the fictional narrator (along with Frodo Baggins) of many of Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. Tolkien's illustration of Bilbo in his comfortable hobbit-hole, Bag Endīilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. I'd like to think the selling point for Wood being Frodo for Jackson was seeing him do one of his camera staredowns, which can elicit a well of emotion with its teary silence as it does in "The Fellowship of the Ring" after Gandalf's fall or with a small well-earned smile when he boards the Elven ship at the end of "The Return of the King." The moments speak to even the nonverbal ways Wood so easily seemed to slip into the role - not to mention the undying chemistry the quartet of Hobbit characters/actors all seemed to have.J. And we had maybe auditioned 200 Frodos at that point in time."īeing that one in 200 is no small feat. ![]() I saw everything that we'd been looking for. Fran Walsh, my partner, had seen 'The Ice Storm' and she said, ”No, no, you should really - we should really check out this tape because he's a very, very interesting young actor.” And I saw - I just saw Frodo. I mean, I've read all the movies that Elijah has done and for some reason or other I've never actually seen one of them. "We went out to the woods in Griffith Park and shot two of the audition sequences there and one at my house." Who knew that hills around Griffith were so reliable a double for the landscapes of Middle-earth? Now all we need is a photo of whatever makeshift Hobbit getup Wood put on to get himself the part. "I went to a vocal coach for the dialect and enlisted some friends, including George Huang, who is a writer and filmmaker," Wood explained. Fortunately, the actor gave a full account of the hastily created tape during an exclusive with GQ. ![]() Unfortunately, that video has yet to make its way onto the internet. I went out to the woods and shot the scene." And so I thought I'm just going to do something completely mad and make it my own and show my passion for the project or for the character that way. I thought, 'I'll put on the Hobbit costume.' You know, I knew was looking for an English actor and I had to sort of basically prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I could be English. "I did, as a result of not wanting to being put on tape at a casting office against a white background.
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