{"id":65065,"date":"2012-11-12T08:55:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T13:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=65065"},"modified":"2012-11-12T08:55:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T13:55:34","slug":"stuff-goes-behind-the-scenes-on-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/11\/12\/65065-stuff-goes-behind-the-scenes-on-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff goes behind the scenes on The Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Tom Cardy of Fairfax NZ News writes about his experience going behind-the-scenes of the filming of the Hobbit. Warning: potential spoilers!<\/p>\n

There’s a passage about half way through The Lord of the Rings where an orc called Ugluk forces captured hobbits Merry and Pippin to drink a hot beverage called “orc-draught”.<\/p>\n

Pippin “felt a hot fierce glow flow through him. The pain in his legs and ankles vanished”.<\/p>\n

J R R Tolkien could almost be describing coffee. And on a cold morning in 2012, on the set of The Hobbit, it’s coffee that orcs prefer for a pick-me-up.<\/p>\n

I witness two orcs, cups in hand, standing next to a tiny coffee cart between the sound stages of Sir Peter Jackson’s studios in Wellington.<\/p>\n

As in Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, these orcs wear fighting regalia.<\/p>\n

Their makeup and prosthetics look unfinished \u2013 in The Hobbit, orc faces are transformed by computer-generated visual effects \u2013 but they still look menacing. Not a breed you can calmly approach and ask if they prefer espresso to a flat white or latte.<\/p>\n

But seeing orcs outside of Middle-earth \u2013 and dwarfs in full prosthetics lining up for lunch in a large marquee close by \u2013 are just some of the many double takes that occur while spending two days watching filming on the US$500 million production. <\/i><\/p>\n

[Read full story on stuff.co.nz<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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