{"id":84161,"date":"2013-12-06T10:26:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=84161"},"modified":"2013-12-06T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:14:18","slug":"benedict-cumberbatch-on-playing-the-bad-guys-in-the-desolation-of-smaug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/12\/06\/84161-benedict-cumberbatch-on-playing-the-bad-guys-in-the-desolation-of-smaug\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Cumberbatch on playing the bad guys in The Desolation of Smaug"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_80859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80859\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-80859 no-lazyload\" alt=\"Benedict Cumberbatch photyographed by Paola Kudacki for TIME.\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/resized-for-lb-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/resized-for-lb-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/resized-for-lb-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/resized-for-lb-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benedict Cumberbatch photyographed by Paola Kudacki for TIME.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"intro\">Benedict Cumberbatch sits down with Drew McWeeny from HitFix to discuss playing the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Cumberbatch also goes into detail about his vocal training and learning the Black Speech in order to play the role of The Necromancer. Speaking of which, he does along the way divulge something that might be a <span style=\"color: red;\">movie spoiler<\/span> for some (highlight just below if you want to find out what is).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Benedict Cumberbatch on The Necromancer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: white;\">He&#8217;s like a black hole. Everything goes toward, and through, him. He&#8217;s not formed &#8212; fully formed. He&#8217;s between shapes. and he&#8217;s sorta shapeshifting but not Beorn&#8230; He&#8217;s lost. 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