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\"\"<\/a>Billy Connolly has finally arrived in New Zealand to film his part as Dain Ironfoot<\/em> as the Herald on Sunday<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

Comedy superstar Billy Connolly<\/em> will squeeze into a fat suit to make him look shorter for his role as a dwarf in The Hobbit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The New York-based funnyman travelled to New Zealand last week to prepare for filming.<\/p>\n

The 1.8m tall Scot – nicknamed the Big Yin – will be transformed into the Wee Yin when he plays tiny warrior Dain Ironfoot<\/em> in Peter Jackson’s<\/em> two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n

“Billy is a pretty tall guy and he has been measured up for a fat suit so he’ll appear a lot smaller on screen,” a source close to Connolly told the Herald on Sunday. “He has been fairly tickled by it all.”<\/p>\n

For battle scenes, the 69-year-old comic and actor has also been kitted out in a suit of armour that he described as “weighing a ton”.<\/p>\n

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