Benedict Cumberbatch On The Preparation For Voicing Smaug In The Hobbit |
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Monday, 21 November 2011 17:12 |
Source: Collider
The fine folks over at Collider recently had the opportunity to sprinkle in some questions about Peter Jackson's adaption of the fantasy classic, The Hobbit to actor Benedict Cumberbatch; who will be voicing the dragon Smaug. Here's the brief video and transcript.
Collider: So what’s it like to voice Smaug in The Hobbit?
Cumberbatch: "I’m playing Smaug, I mean I’m physicalizing him as a dragon I’m not just doing the voiceover, so it’ll be a physical role which I’m no stranger to. I did Frankenstein at the beginning of the year with Danny Boyle at the National Theater and playing the creature in that was a very full on and sort of corporeal experience. I can’t wait, but the conversations have yet to start really in earnest because they’ve been doing the first film and I’ve been doing the second series of Sherlock and another series which Read more: |