{"id":49731,"date":"2011-11-02T02:24:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T07:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=49731"},"modified":"2011-11-02T02:24:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T07:24:51","slug":"benedict-cumberbatch-crawling-about-on-belly-for-role-of-smaug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/11\/02\/49731-benedict-cumberbatch-crawling-about-on-belly-for-role-of-smaug\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Cumberbatch &#8220;Crawling About On Belly&#8221; For Role Of Smaug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/11\/02\/49731-benedict-cumberbatch-crawling-about-on-belly-for-role-of-smaug\/benedict-cumberbatch-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49732\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-49732 no-lazyload\" title=\"Benedict Cumberbatch\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Benedict-Cumberbatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118044966?refCatId=13\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>\u00a0recently interviewed\u00a0<strong>Benedict Cumberbatch<\/strong>\u00a0about the iconic roles he&#8217;s lately been playing on both TV and cinema, and there&#8217;s a small bit where the man talks about his preparation for the role of <strong>Smaug<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The relevant excerpt follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be donning \u2026 well, probably not Andy Serkis&#8217; sweaty wet suit \u2026 I&#8217;m sure they dry clean it. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Playing a reptile is something I don&#8217;t believe has been done before. 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