{"id":29211,"date":"2008-07-13T21:21:22","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T02:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=29211"},"modified":"2008-07-13T21:21:22","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T02:21:22","slug":"christopher-lee-offers-his-voice-for-smaug-wont-go-back-to-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/07\/13\/29211-christopher-lee-offers-his-voice-for-smaug-wont-go-back-to-nz\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Lee offers his voice for Smaug… won’t go back to NZ."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christopher<\/a><\/p>\n

In a bittersweet note, forummer DiveTwin reports this note that appeared in Cinematical<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lee isn’t interested in filming in New Zealand again because it is simply too far away, for too long of a time. You can hear the tiredness in his voice — and perhaps a bit of regret too.
\nThat doesn’t mean Lee isn’t interested in being in The Hobbit<\/em> at all, however! He’ll appear in the film as long as he can stay in London, and there’s a character he’s quite keen to play. Or rather, voice<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cinematical gives a link to the original Rushprint.no video interview<\/a> in which Mr. Lee talks about Return of the King, Saruman not appearing in The Hobbit, him not returning to New Zealand and his offer to voice Smaug. [Cinematical<\/a>] [Rushprint.no<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a bittersweet note, forummer DiveTwin reports this note that appeared in Cinematical: Lee isn’t interested in filming…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[114,4,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hobbit-casting","category-hobbit-movie","category-hobbit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t