{"id":61474,"date":"2012-09-03T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=61474"},"modified":"2012-09-03T10:00:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T15:00:20","slug":"nesbitt-im-the-george-clooney-of-dwarves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/09\/03\/61474-nesbitt-im-the-george-clooney-of-dwarves\/","title":{"rendered":"Nesbitt: “I’m the George Clooney of dwarves”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor James Nesbitt (who plays the dwarf Bofur in the upcoming Hobbit films) appeared this morning on ITV’s breakfast program Daybreak.<\/p>\n

Oz website digital spy<\/a> reports that he said of Bofur: “I’m sort of the thinking woman’s dwarf, the George Clooney of dwarves.” He added that Bofur is “considered to be the optimistic one who always sees the goodness in most people”.<\/p>\n

Nesbitt will return to New Zealand in 2013 for extra filming. He said of the expansion of the films: “I think when Peter began to cut it, he thought, ‘There’s more in this than [we] thought’.”<\/p>\n

He praised Sir Ian McKellen, and went on to say that “Martin Freeman as [Bilbo] is just a revelation”. UK people can probably view the clip on ITV here<\/a>. The rest of us are left out in the cold as usual because of licensing restrictions. Thanks to Ringer DanielLB for the heads-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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