With Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arriving on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, and DVD tomorrow, I recently landed an extended video interview with Martin Freeman. Since I’d already spoken to him a few times for the film (here’s the on set interview and the interview right before the movie came out), I tried to ask all new questions. We talked about what it was like the first day on set, when he first knew he could play Bilbo Baggins, how many times he has seen the film, deleted scenes, all The Hobbit merchandise, Lego sets, what it was like to fly on an airplane that had his picture on it, his favorite places in Wellington, and so much more. Hit the jump to watch.
Martin Freeman
- Did our last interview lead to anyone calling him “Little Martin”
- How many times has he seen The Hobbit
- What was the first day on set like for him
- When did he first know he could play Bilbo
- Did he have any hesitation about playing Bilbo and where did it come from
- What does he know now about playing Bilbo and working with Peter Jackson that he wishes he could tell himself at the beginning of the shoot
- Deleted scenes talk
- Has he seen The Hobbit Lego sets. Says he has all of them for his son
- We talk about the Lego sets for scenes that weren’t in the first Hobbit movie like the spider sequence and the barrel set
- What’s his favorite Hobbit merchandise
- Did he like having his picture on the side of the Air New Zealand planes. Talks about how everything on the plane was Hobbit related
- If he were to go back to Wellington tomorrow, what’s the first thing he’d do
- Favorite restaurant in Wellington
- Is he a rock star in Wellington now
Peruse our coverage of The Hobbit below:
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray Review
- THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN Pushed Back to December 17, 2014
- First image from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Dave’s review of the film
- 6 clips from the film
- 20-minutes of behind-the-scenes footage.
- First Image from The Hobbit: There and Back Again Features Orlando Bloom and Luke Evans
- Steve’s set visit round-up and 70 things to know
- Peter Jackson on-set interview
- Ian McKellan on-set interview
- Martin Freeman on-set interview
- Richard Armitage on-set interview
- Weta Workshop head Richard Taylor on-set interview
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Freeman’s sarcasm is a rarity, usually you see the actor or actress laugh or give some indication of humor after the comment. His interviews are always fantastic.
Hell yeah Stevsie, Love the interview as always, and your shirt is hilarious
Very kind person. very good actor also.
The Hobbit is a very delicate stuff to deal with. Especially after the monumental Lord of the rings.
Frankly I wasn’t sucked into the middle earth this time. why ? I can’t put a finger on it right now…
Maybe the tone of the movie ? aimed at kids more than at grown ups.
Maybe the camera used ? It was like watching a very good tv series more than a cinema movie.
LOL the ending was hilarious. Thanks for bringing up the Lego sets question how they were released and those scenes from the movie have not been yet.