On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we tell you about the latest 3Foot7 casting call, Larry D. Curtis’s article for movies.com, John Rhys Davies wants to be in The Hobbit, John Nobel is hosting a new bizarre show, meet a crew member from Weta. We also plan a night at a Hobbit house in Montana and experience a blizzard in New Zealand.
Category: John Rhys-Davies
Dave from HeyUGuys writes: I had a good old natter with John Rhys Davies last week about a new movie and asked him about The Hobbit. Sounds like he’s had a change in heart. By no means anything certain but he’s basically asked PJ to put him in somewhere. Guess we’ll see if he does! More..
The folks from Treetop Media Ltd. send this in: British actor John Rhys-Davies (alias Gimli the dwarf in Lord of the Rings movies) talks about The Hobbit and Peter Jackson.
Veteran actor John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) believes his offer to make an appearance in The Hobbit may have caused Peter Jackson’s stomach ulcer.
The 66-year-old Lord of the Rings star said he initially told Jackson he wouldn’t be returning to Middle Earth as the dwarf Gimli, but later had a change of heart.
“The other day when I realised it was about to start a little shiver of regret went through me,” he said.
“So I called Peter Jackson’s assistant and said, ‘If there was anything or even just an excuse to come down do let me know…’
“PJ promptly collapsed and was admitted to hospital, I never heard back.
[Read More] (Thank to Owain for the heads up)
Well sadly I missed the live chat on NZ’s Stuff website, but hopefully it and the associated twitter feed will be up for a while longer so you can read what was talked about. Check Here JRD will also be appearing at Wellington’s big sci-fi fantasy fest, Armageddon, this weekend.
linuxelf sends this along: John Rhys-Davies will be attending the up and coming, Armageddon Expo, Wellington, April 9th & 10th 2011! He will be signing autographs at Celebrity Signing Area at 2pm to 5pm both days. Guests are subject to change, please check the event web site for updates. Continue reading “John Rhys-Davies at Armageddon Expo”