A look at the assembled actors of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

While director Peter Jackson and his innards recuperate, the cast of THE HOBBIT has started gravitating to New Zealand for the back-to-back movies’ lengthy production.

As seen in the pic above, the new face of Bilbo Baggins, Martin Freeman, has gathered with a number of dwarfs, who will collectively be de-heightened via the magic of moviemaking.

The cast got together for a press conference to mark the commencement of the production, and the actors obviously have a solid sense of camaraderie already. Freeman describes Jackson as “phenomenally, genuinely normal” and “a bloke” (before jokingly calling him a monarchist), while other cast members hope to make it through the shoot without getting killed.

Check out a video of highlights from the press conference below or the entire 38 minutes further down.