Billy Connolly, The Big Yin, loves a big laugh. So is that all that’s behind the strange tidbits…
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Billy Connolly, The Big Yin, loves a big laugh. So is that all that’s behind the strange tidbits about Dáin Ironfoot that’s emerging from the interviews that Connolly’s been doing for Brave recently?
It could be. But what if it isn’t? Let’s summarise what’s trickled out over the last few days, and see what we can conclude. Needless to say, this analysis involves spoilers. Continue reading “Analysing Billy Connolly’s Dain Ironfoot”
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Ever-charming comedian and actor Billy Connolly, who will be playing the role of Dain Ironfoot in The Hobbit, chats with the Sydney Morning Herald about the new Pixar film Brave.
No additional Hobbit spoilers in this interview, but he is very funny as usual. And who doesn’t love a Scots accent?
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You surely know of Kiwi actor Dean O’Gorman as the dwarf Fili from Peter Jackson’s adaptations of The Hobbit. But it’s good odds that you’re unaware (I’ll raise my hand for starters) of his work as a photographer and an artist — occupations he’s pursued for years.
O’Gorman’s first exhibition opens in Wellington this week.
O’Gorman says for the past five years he’s spent almost as much time on photography and painting as acting. He’s aware that, for some, “Dean O’Gorman – artist” will raise eyebrows. “You can be a musician and become an actor or you can be a painter and become an actor. But actor to something else is always greeted with a fair amount of scepticism.”
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We’d heard the next Hobbit trailer was coming soon. Now CaptainSalt has let us know that the Alberta Film Ratings website, which lists trailers before they appear in US theaters has classified the trailer #2 with a G rating.
The run time is listed at 2 minutes, 24 seconds, eight seconds shorter than the first trailer. Trailers are listed on the site preceding their official release, so this means the trailer has been finalised and will be debuting soon! (Anyone taking bets for San Diego Comic-con?)
In this interview published yesterday in Australian media outlet News.com.au, Billy Connolly speaks forthrightly about the newest projects he’s been involved in: Brave and Quartet.
He saves the best for last though, dropping a bombshell spoiler about his role as Dain Ironfoot in the Hobbit. It’s just so outrageous that maybe, just maybe, he’s pulling our leg?
