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* DirectedByCastMember: Following Creator/AndySerkis' first-time stint as second unit director on ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'', Jackson hired Serkis to be the second unit director for this entire trilogy, since Serkis only appears as Gollum in one scene, which was the first one filmed.
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** Both Smaug and The Necromancer, as they were played by renowned actor Creator/BenedictCumberbatch.
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** Both roles of Benedict Cumberbatch were dubbed by Creator/JeremieCovillault in French.
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* YouSoundFamiliar: In the French dub, the Master of Laketown is voiced by Creator/MichelPapineschi, who did Celeborn in the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy.
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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted, which in this case would be J.R.R. Tolkien. If the choice was made by the adaptation's creators, it doesn't count.
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** Creator/PeterJackson always had Creator/MartinFreeman in mind for Bilbo Baggins.
--->Despite the various rumours and speculation surrounding this role, there has only ever been one Bilbo Baggins for us. There are a few times in your career when you come across an actor who you know was born to play a role, but that was the case as soon as I met Martin Freeman. He is intelligent, funny, surprising and brave—exactly like Bilbo and I feel incredibly proud to be able to announce that he is our Hobbit.
** Mikael Persbrandt was the first choice for Beorn.
--->The role of Beorn is an iconic one and Mikael was our first choice for the part. Since seeing him read for the role we can't imagine anyone else playing this character.
** Creator/LeePace was Jackson's first choice for Thranduil after seeing him in ''Film/TheFall''.
** Creator/PeterJackson always had Creator/MartinFreeman in mind for Bilbo Baggins.
--->Despite the various rumours and speculation surrounding this role, there has only ever been one Bilbo Baggins for us. There are a few times in your career when you come across an actor who you know was born to play a role, but that was the case as soon as I met Martin Freeman. He is intelligent, funny, surprising and brave—exactly like Bilbo and I feel incredibly proud to be able to announce that he is our Hobbit.
** Mikael Persbrandt was the first choice for Beorn.
--->The role of Beorn is an iconic one and Mikael was our first choice for the part. Since seeing him read for the role we can't imagine anyone else playing this character.
** Creator/LeePace was Jackson's first choice for Thranduil after seeing him in ''Film/TheFall''.
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** Creator/IanMcKellen famously broke down crying after working alone against nothing but green screen for hours and hours, especially since most of his performance had to be micromanaged to fit the performances of the dwarves (which were filmed first). He even lamented "This is not why I became an actor!" out loud, [[IsThisThingStillOn which was caught by the still-live set microphone]]. Peter Jackson had to console him himself. Creator/SylvesterMcCoy also commented that he was a little taken back by just ''how'' glad Ian was to see him when it came time to shoot the wizard scenes.
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** Creator/IanMcKellen famously infamously broke down crying after working alone against nothing but green screen for hours and hours, especially since most of his performance had to be micromanaged to fit the performances of the dwarves (which were filmed first). He even lamented "This is not why I became an actor!" out loud, [[IsThisThingStillOn which was caught by the still-live set microphone]]. Peter Jackson had to console him himself. Creator/SylvesterMcCoy also commented that he was a little taken back by just ''how'' glad Ian was to see him when it came time to shoot the wizard scenes. [[labelnote:*]] For reference, [=McCoy=] and [=McKellen=] had been friends for years and had recently done an 18-month tour together as King Lear and his Fool, so he expected a friend's welcome. He arrived and was given a tour of the lush sets built for the movie, only to be taken to the set [=McKellen=] had been working with this whole time, which was a dark nigh-featureless room filled with padding and tennis balls, and describes [=McKellen=] as basically [[TheGlomp Glomping]] onto him and "crying."[[/labelnote]]
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* OnSetInjury: Narrowly averted with Sylvester [=McCoy=]. He's described doing a should-have-been-minor stunt involving diving off of Radagast's sled, only to miss the padding and hit the concrete floor directly (it had not been replaced properly after a previous take using a different camera angle). He would've suffered a major concussion - which, being ≈70 at the time, would have been a major emergency - had one of the nearby crew members not been an experienced rugby player and managed to dive and catch him in time. He instead only suffered a "sore bum".
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** He and [=WingNut=] Films [[http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2015/11/20/99676-peter-jacksons-comments-provoke-a-gathering-storm-in-a-teacup/ did go into more detail in another statement]] and said that while it is true that the production was difficult, they did find ways to solve the problems that came up and that they were able to finish on time and without going over-budget and Jackson says that he makes it a point to be honest in interviews or at [=Q&As=] and that he ended up enjoying shooting the films, though he did confirm the studio meddling and admits he and [=WingNut Films=] are "very disturbed" by fans, especially on Website/YouTube, [[CriticalResearchFailure taking quotes out of context]] just to complain.
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** He and [=WingNut=] Films [[http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2015/11/20/99676-peter-jacksons-comments-provoke-a-gathering-storm-in-a-teacup/ did go into more detail in another statement]] and said that while it is true that the production was difficult, they did find ways to solve the problems that came up and that they were able to finish on time and without going over-budget and Jackson says that he makes it a point to be honest in interviews or at [=Q&As=] and that he ended up enjoying shooting the films, though he did confirm the studio meddling and admits he and [=WingNut Films=] are "very disturbed" by fans, especially on Website/YouTube, [[CriticalResearchFailure taking quotes out of context]] context just to complain.
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* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/LeePace and Creator/OrlandoBloom are convincing portraying Elven father and son because their facial features are quite similar.
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** Creator/IanMcKellen famously broke down crying after working alone against nothing but green screen for hours and hours, especially since most of his performance had to be micromanaged to fit the performances of the dwarves (which were filmed first).first). He even lamented "This is not why I became an actor!" out loud, [[IsThisThingStillOn which was caught by the still-live set microphone]]. Peter Jackson had to console him himself. Creator/SylvesterMcCoy also commented that he was a little taken back by just ''how'' glad Ian was to see him when it came time to shoot the wizard scenes.
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* ThrowItIn: Creator/BarryHumphries, spontaneously ad-libbed the Goblin King's line "That'll do it", before he is killed by Gandalf. Creator/PeterJackson greatly appreciated the unscripted humorous line, as he was concerned about the level of violence in the scene.
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* ThrowItIn: Creator/BarryHumphries, Creator/BarryHumphries spontaneously ad-libbed the Goblin King's line King's, "That'll do it", before he is killed by Gandalf. Creator/PeterJackson greatly appreciated the unscripted humorous line, as he was concerned about the level of violence in the scene.
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