Richard Armitage talks The Hobbit

*Richard Armitage has spoken exclusively to Total Film about his role
in Peter Jackson’s _The Hobbit_.*

We recently sat down with the British actor to talk about his role as
dwarf Thorin Oakenshield in the two-part Tolkien epic, and he told us:
“There’s going to be quite a lot more humour.

“The book is so focused on the dwarves, so I think it’s a
chance for Peter [_Jackson_] and Fran [_Walsh_] to really look at that
whole race in more detail, their heritage and what they’re like
as characters.”

The dwarves aren’t just there as comic relief though, as
Armitage has learnt while wielding the Orcrist, Thorin’s
legendary goblin sword.

“It’s bloody heavy!” he told us. “But
it’s absolutely beautiful to look at. Every time they bring
something new out everyone gasps. The armour that the dwarves emerge
from the mountain wearing at the end of the film will be the armour of
all armour.”

Tolkien fan Armitage said that he’s in his element shooting in
New Zealand: “There was a scene in _The Lord Of The Rings_ where
they find the stone trolls, and they’re identical in _The
Hobbit_.

“I love those moments, when you link into the world of the film
that you’ve seen before.”

_The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey_ opens on 14 December 2012.

*For more from Richard Armitage, get the new issue of Total Film
Magazine, which hits newsstands on Thursday 7 July.*

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