Not much has been said about one of the most famous Hobbit characters, Smaug. Benedict Cumberbatch has the tall task of doing both the motion capture and voice of Smaug. In a recent interview, he talked about his upcoming task. He said,
”Preparation for something like that is quite unique. I think it will be partly to go with going back to the book, but I sort of want to look at real life serpents and creatures of that ilk, dragons,” Cumberbatch said. “He’s a reptile, obviously, so it’s not like Andy Serkis’ work with Gollum. I’m going to be on my belly, so that’s going to take a bit of practicing.”
Cumberbatch feels that some people may not see how difficult portraying Smaug will be.
“He’s an exceptionally beautiful, vain, devilish and also, in a lightly weird way, an innocent character. He’s fooled by an invisible midget,” he said. “It’s quite frustrating. There’s something quite exceptional about the power he has over people and the imagination of that world that is unlocked in this story.”
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