{"id":93584,"date":"2014-10-29T01:44:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T06:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=93584"},"modified":"2014-10-29T01:44:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T06:44:18","slug":"hear-and-see-benedict-cumberbatchs-audition-for-smaug-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/10\/29\/93584-hear-and-see-benedict-cumberbatchs-audition-for-smaug-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear and see Benedict Cumberbatch’s audition for Smaug the dragon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DesolationOfSmaugEECover\"<\/a> One of the little extras on The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition is a clip of Benedict Cumberbatch’s original audition tape for The Hobbit.<\/p>\n

In the clip, Cumberbatch reveals that two audition versions were shot — one showing his face, and one directed at the floor. He was especially keen to get some movement into his audition.<\/p>\n

\nI’d imagined it’d be motion capture, there might be a bit of movement [in the role].<\/p>\n

So I did a few head movements and serpentine stuff with my neck and got my shoulders working a bit. And Dan went very quiet, and I asked ‘Too much?’ and he went, ‘No, it was fine. I wasn’t expecting… it was good’.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it seems only the latter was sent to Jackson and Boyen, who then cast Cumberbatch purely on his vocal strengths.<\/p>\n


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