Question 1

Why does Gandalf only name three of the five wizards in the film?

Accepted Answer

Gandalf says there are five wizards but can't remember the names of the two blue ones, Alatar and Pallando, because the filmmakers didn't have rights to use material from Tolkien's Unfinished Tales where those names appear.

Question 2

How did the production team create the scale illusion between Gandalf and the dwarves differently than in The Lord of the Rings?

Accepted Answer

Instead of placing actors on the same set, Ian McKellen performed alone on a greenscreen set with an earpiece while the other actors were on a completely different set, making him feel lonely and frustrated.

Question 3

What unexpected role did Andy Serkis play beyond voicing Gollum in The Hobbit?

Accepted Answer

After completing Gollum's single scene in the first week, Andy Serkis stayed on as second unit director, overseeing landscape shots, wide riding shots, and coverage on secondary dwarf characters.

Question 4

Why didn't Viggo Mortensen appear as Aragorn in The Hobbit films?

Accepted Answer

Viggo Mortensen declined to reprise his role as Aragorn because Aragorn wasn't in the book The Hobbit, though he's briefly alluded to in the later film The Battle of the Five Armies.

Question 5

Where was Hobbiton filmed and how did the location change between trilogies?

Accepted Answer

The production returned to the same farm location used in The Lord of the Rings. After the first trilogy, the owners turned it into a Tolkien tourism spot, then temporarily closed it for The Hobbit filming with improvements to the set.

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