TheOneRing.Net Podcast: Guillermo Del Toro on The Hobbit

[Brognor]

Del Toro + Jackson? .... Man, this is going to be awesome....

[comeondown12345]

Honestly i have faith in Del Toro, His a great man!

[lambertsheepishlion]

So it will end with smaug's death and the second film will be the rest of the book?

[TheHappydead]

is del toro still doing it

[DemiathDoomhammer]

There is only one man who could voice Smaug - Jeremy Irons!

[ChickensAreAtWar]

I know the LOTr's trilogy had cgi an all but i wish they dont do what AVATAR did you know basically everything wad done by a computer where lord of the rings felt real

[TheDeviousDeception]

Guillermo is the MAN!

[OropherThranduil]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Arnold Schwarzenegger

'' I em se mity Dregon, feer mi appirance an mi firy breth!!!''

[JigglerOnTheRoof]

Tom Waits as the voice of Smaug...you know it to be true! ;¬)

[swishtrack]

Jeff Bridges possibly

[bobandcarlshow]

i just pray to god that the beginning of the trailer starts: a still river and a barrel falling out of the trees and saying "this december" as it hits the water..... awesome

[hederligman12]

christopher lee, im sure he could deliver a sound performance in which wont recognize him (like john rhys-davies as treebeard, didnt had an idea that that was him until i was told that)

[teken1000]

smaugs voice must be the voice of Christopher Lee.

[videotitan1]

The guy that makes the Allstate Insurance commercials.

[videotitan1]

Pee Wee Herman as the Dragon?

[mojodamm]

Great interview!

[NeoAndersonn]

Pay atemption to the end, when he talks alone.

[NeoAndersonn]

The own reporter could be the SMAUG VOICE!

[ogwary]

Tim Curry! can't beat that voice and laugh!

[Beowulf46]

Great Interviewer, great interviewee, (and I say that as an ex-BBC journalist) - Podcasts have a wonderful luxury in that they're allowed to take their time which often feels a lot more satisfying.

[muskydragon]

I have no intention to see this movie.. But I died on the floor laughing when I heard "Arnold as the voice of smaug or smaug sounding Asexual!" - How about you actually do a movie where dragons are the main characters.. fuck you hollywood.

[caifanez]

george lopez or cheech mareen for smaug!!!!!!!!!!! ayayayayayayayaye

[zombiesatemyretro]

Smaug should be either Tim Curry or Christopher Lee.

[pixargod]

I could definateley see christopher lee as the voice of smaug he could record the voice in london.

[NikstSWE]

I think they should go with someone relatively unknown or someone who can twist their voice enough so you dont recognize them. Liam Neeson NO. He was the lion in the Narnia movies and I recognized him immediately and that kind messed up the believability of the lion.

[iMPERIALSUPPORT]

John Rhys Davis as the voice of Smaug

[LordOblivion59]

James earl Jones for Smaug

[hollywoodhottie19]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS DARTH VADER 4 SMAUG.. The man has a POWERFUL VOICE

[magicgibbon69]

i guess the first movie will end after the eagles save them from the wargs or maybe later when gandalf leaves them just before they enter mirkwood =)

[JohnnyDeppigX]

actually this is a good interview I am very curious about the dragon

[SupaFastVideos]

Guillermo Del Toro is the best

[Tasteslikegood]

Tim Curry was a good call. I can't stand the movie Legend, but Tim Curry played a bad ass Demon (even though he couldn't kill tom cruise)

[rmclaughlan]

andy serkis or christopher lee

[computers734]

Liam Neeson would be good. I really cant think of anyone else ! Brian blessed should play thorin tho!

[noirgris0]

Actually i saw an interview with Christopher lee wherehe expressed interest in voicing Smaug

[noirgris0]

Stephen Fry as voice of Smaug please.

[Altaica42]

It would be great to see Jeremy Irons as Thorin and Liam Neeson as Thranduil.

[spndxslt]

I like that he said everyone pretty much knows where the split will take place. My brother and I have been discussing this for a few weeks now. I think it has to be after the defeat of Smaug and destruction of Lake Town. The second film would then be around the build up to the Battle of Five Armies. I also can't help but think where the second film will end. The trilogy left out the Scouring of the Shire, I hope the Hobbit will at least show the auction.

[spndxslt]

Smaug has been my biggest worry since I first head they were making the film. There have been many films recently that feature dragons and every time I see an advertisement for one I think "that's more pressure on WETA to make Smaug distinct". However, the more I learn about del Torro and his passion for the story, my fears have been mostly satiated.

[rmclaughlan]

i would say Andy Serkis for The voice of smaug absolutley

not only did he do gollum he also did the voice for the witch king

I think andy would be PERFECT

[spndxslt]

Wow, that's a great idea. I never considered him until now. I think if the voice was that of a very well known person it could distract attention from Smaug himself, thus cheapening his impact.

[tolkienfanboy]

and as bard gerard butler

[tolkienfanboy]

defanently james earl jones as smug

[atlasperros]

i know it's incomparable

but he reminds me of stanley kubrick in style

[pavlorestis]

He seems like a genuine and nice guy. It's obvious he cares about the literature. I'm sure he'll do a great job with Jackson on this. Can't wait!

[spndxslt]

I agree. I've been watching numerous interviews of him for the last few hours here on youtube and he is truely, in my humble opinion, an inspiration; not only as a film maker but a human as well.

[vigo894]

As Bard, here are some recommendations.

1. Clive Owen.

2 Gerard Butler.

3. Eric Bana.

[darqleo]

Actually... Clancy "The Kurgan" Brown would be perfect for Smaug! He's got the voice and the qualities, plus he has experience in voice acting.

[vigo894]

He also does the voice of Mister Krabs. I lie that idea. He's perfect for the role.

[darqleo]

As long as Smaug isn't Sean Connery or Liam Neeson or other famous/obvious choice, I'll be happy. A John Malkovich or Willem Dafoe type would be perfect, they've got the intelligence, cunning and menace down pat, although their voices would have to be changed. My initial want was Ron Perlman since Del Toro most likely will have him in the film somewhere, but he would be a better Beorn or Goblin-King.

[dragonflypics]

i say that ken wantenabe would make a good smaug

[samchampionlives]

Lol 1:06

[4theloveofitall]

Nice job on the interview.

[arunmulkher]

I suggest Mathias Nygård from Turisas or Johan Hegg from Amon Amarth to do the voice of Smaug.

[oneminutetomidknight]

looking forward to Smaug...i don't think they had such an exciting concept to design even in LOTR...as far as the voice goes Liam Neeson seems a good suggestion but i'd imagine it'll go to an unknown voice artist

i know there were a few rumblings about James McAvoy as Bilbo. i saw him in LKoS and Atonement he was superb and at 5'7 is the right height. id also love to see Paddy Considine as Bard but it could be anyone from Christian Bale to Richard Armitage

[oneminutetomidknight]

"read between the lines" i'm guessing the point he is talking about is when Gandalf leaves the company

[x012686]

Jeremy Irons.

[OldPerfessor]

I thought of Mr. Irons as well and he'd be an excellent choice. When I think of Smaug, I naturally think of Richard Boone's booming voice from the RB Hobbit production from 30 years ago. However, I think they'd be looking for more of an English voice or perhaps an exotic type voice for the role, not an American accent.

[OldPerfessor]

My, how would James Earl Jones sound as Smaug though?! How about Michael Clark Duncan? Both killer voices. Perhaps someone w/a deep Asian type voice? George Takei or Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa? As for Liam Neeson, love him as an actor and he as a great voice, but wouldn't that be a little overkill? He's the voice of Aslan in the Narnia films (of course James Earl Jones is the voice of Darth Vader).

Any other thoughts?

[atlasperros]

Ving Rhames ?

[tolkienfanboy]

i like your idea of james earl jones as smug

[friendlydiplomat]

That Smaug concept art was frikken scary!

[feenix00]

Guillermo looks like a friendly dwarf himself~! Kyaa, can't wait for the movie to come out!

Hm... I don't know about the casting of Smaug's voice, I'll leave it up to Guillermo , haha, he looks like he knows what he's doing. (duh!?)

[JVKProduction]

Alan Howard? Voice of the one ring.

[thewalkingman]

Guillermo is so cool.

[MythicDude]

Hopefully John Howe's illustrations of Smuag will infulence the final look of the wyrm.

I can't wait for this thing!!!

[ARTIED]

I'm very mixed about hearing a dragon speak with a human voice. I think Connery ruined it in Dragonheart. Whoever's voice they use should be heavily modulated to sound very cunning and serpentine, with only a splinter of humanity to it.