The dragon Smaug appears in the second Hobbit film.
The dragon Smaug appears in the second Hobbit film.
Stars of the second film in The Hobbit trilogy - The Desolation of Smaug - have spoken about making the movie from the red carpet at its premiere in Los Angeles.
Fans lined the approach to the theatre to see the film's many stars including heart-throb Orlando Bloom, Hollywood darling Evangeline Lilly, Sherlock Homes star Benedict Cumberbatch and and British actor Stephen Fry.
True to the Sir Peter Jackson we have come to know, the director's long grey hair was scruffy and he had practical brown sneakers on as he posed for pictures with his daughter, Katie.
Hobbit: Smaug arrives in LA
Air New Zealand's latest Hobbit themed aircraft touched down in Los Angeles this morning to great anticipation and much fanfare.
The 777-300 featuring a 54-metre Smaug the dragon emblazoned across both sides arrived earlier today ahead ...
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The 777-300 featuring a 54-metre Smaug the dragon emblazoned across both sides arrived earlier today ahead ...
Martin Freeman, who played the central character Bilbo Baggins, told Entertainment Tonight the cast became very close.
"Once we all got together we bonded and we stayed bonded and I'm very proud to say there was never any falling out, there was never any rows, there was never any fights - and you know for a group of largely men, for getting on for two years, that's saying something good I think."
Lilly, who played, Tauriel, a new elf character created by Sir Peter, said her fellow cast members treated her "like a gosh-darn princess".
"I was in heaven, I was surrounded by gorgeous charming men every day for a year, it was wonderful."
Orlando Bloom said Sir Peter had created an "event movie".
The Hilton is the centre for all things Hobbit in LA this week, and is the site of the Book of New Zealand, a giant installation featuring four scenes from the latest release.
Air New Zealand also came to the party, creating a giant Smaug the dragon on the sides of one of its 777-300s. The aircraft arrived in LA in time for the premiere.
Hobbit stars invade LA
As the stars arrived for the red carpet premiere of the second in The Hobbit trilogy - The Desolation of Smaug - Kiwis in Los Angeles who didn't make it to the Dolby theatre gathered at the Beverley Hilton for a party of their own. ...
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