{"id":82149,"date":"2013-11-11T09:42:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=82149"},"modified":"2013-11-11T09:42:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:42:22","slug":"see-dennys-exclusive-beorn-featurette-plus-our-high-resolution-set-spy-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/11\/11\/82149-see-dennys-exclusive-beorn-featurette-plus-our-high-resolution-set-spy-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"See Denny&#8217;s exclusive Beorn featurette plus our high-resolution set spy photo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beorn-tolkien-Google-Search.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beorn-tolkien-Google-Search-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"Beorn with Gandalf\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-70052 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beorn-tolkien-Google-Search-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beorn-tolkien-Google-Search.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dennys.com\/#\/menu\/menu-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-inspired-menu-items\" target=\"_blank\">Denny&#8217;s<\/a> has just launched an exclusive look at Beorn&#8217;s set, featuring what I believe is some of the first words we&#8217;ve heard from Mikael Persbrandt about his role as the shapeshifting bear-man. If you&#8217;re avoiding <font color=\"red\">visual movie spoilers<\/font>, best look away now!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Persbrandt&#8217;s is pretty laconic; more hints about what happens come from his (unwelcome?) houseguests. <\/p>\n<p>Jed Brophy (Nori) describes him as a big man, a giant (apparently Beorn is eight-foot-tall (truly!)), and Peter Hambleton (Gloin) says that Beorn&#8217;s relationship with animals and natures gives the set a classic fairytale feel. And Stephen Hunter adds that they subsist on cheese and bread and nuts (No honeycakes and fresh cream? Boooo!).<\/p>\n<p>Persbrandt on the set itself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It really was an amazing set. One of the most magnificent sets I&#8217;ve seen and worked in. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bicwV1Bmcqk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Our high-resolution spy set photo!<\/h3>\n<p>About halfway through, there&#8217;s a fairly tight, side-shot of the exterior of the Beorn set. If you&#8217;re wondering what it looks like from other angles, we have been able to obtain from NZ photographer Tim Clayton a license to reproduce a high-resolution copy of one of the photos he took at the Paradise set from outside the exclusion zone while filming was taking place back in 2011. You&#8217;ll see it shows pretty much the entire set in quite glorious detail.<\/p>\n<p>Just click the image for the full, 3000-pixel-wide version.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82150\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Beorn-Paradise_by_Tim_Clayton_NZ_full_screen.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Beorn-Paradise_by_Tim_Clayton_NZ_full_screen-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"Filming takes place on the set of Executive producer, writer and director Sir Peter Jackson sequel &#039;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey&#039; in a remote valley in Paradise,  Glenorchy, 66km from Queenstown. South Island, New Zealand. Copyright: Tim Clayton.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" class=\"size-large wp-image-82150 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Beorn-Paradise_by_Tim_Clayton_NZ_full_screen-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Beorn-Paradise_by_Tim_Clayton_NZ_full_screen-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Beorn-Paradise_by_Tim_Clayton_NZ_full_screen-600x346.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filming takes place on the set of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey&#39; in a remote valley in Paradise,  Glenorchy, 66km from Queenstown. South Island, New Zealand. 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