[Endless Summer]

Часть II

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Транскрипт. Часть II

AS: I imagine that when you play these parts so much of it starts with the voice. I mean, you guys, you’re doing it and in your case (Lee) maybe even learning a new language or lines in a different language; how much of your acting background applies when you take on a fantasy role like this? I mean, does it start there?
RA: I remember being ridiculed about my obsession with the voice - Lee Pace.
AS: Like how? Please, come on, let’s have some details.
RA: I kinda do. I do take that side of it quite seriously ‘cuz, there was a long period of time, again,
to kind of be consistent with the voice and it started for me because I was trying to age the character a bit I felt like I was too young to play the character so I dropped his voice by about two semitones and I had to do a fair amount of work to make that happen and your voice finds its way back to where, where it wants to be. It’s quite, it was quite tricky in ADR post-production coming back and not being able to do the voice again so l had to do lots of screaming and shouting to sort of break my voice a bit; but, I just wanted him to sound like the kind of character that could command an army over a battlefield. It's a, it’s a specific sound that I was looking for, that’s all.
AS: Like a ravaged, ruined kind of voice, I gather.
LP (to Richard): I wasn’t really (cuing?) you. That’s what elves and dwarves do.

AS: They fight. I imagine that this, taking roles like this isn’t like taking a role in any movie. These movies are huge events and it must have changed your lives in some way. I mean, how is being in The Hobbit made things different for you guys?
LP: ...
AS: It sounds very intimate
LP: ...

AS: Are, are you sad that it’s over?
RA: It’s not quite over until the extended edition DVD release.
AS: That’s right! Yes!
RA: And, boy, that is gonna be a long movie. Ya know, one of the things that I, in answer to your question, that has changed for me is just an understanding of the global reach of this story and it's not just the film, it's the fact that this book has been translated into so many languages because it translates culturally and that, to me, is really exciting because even if you don’t really see it in its original format, language-wise, you can still get something from it, and I think war and the understanding of it and the sense of leaving home and going home translates in to any culture, and that, to me, is really exciting.

AS: It does feel universal and it has that appeal. I know that we have some time for a few questions from the audience. I’ve also got some questions from Twitter that are coming in. Let’s keep the questions just to this film, please, or the trilogy.
Question: Of all three movies, which scene was the most emotional scene for you to film and why, if you can tell us all.
RA: I can definitely answer that one. It’s the, the one, the one scene we probably can‘t talk about because it’s, it will spoil the story but ... it was the one, it’s the scene that you know is coming the minute you are offered the job. And it’s the scene that you read in the book. It was, the words were very, very close to Tolkien and when playing it, it was, there was no acting, it was, it just felt like speaking the truth and two actors connecting. So, yeah, I was, I was definitely in.
AS: Here’s, here’s another question.
LP: The last scene with Legolas. You'll see

AS: An amazing scene! This is one from Twitteruser, cloudjetlope. He asks, did you guys take a prop home with you as a souvenir?
LP: ...
AS: ...
LP: ...
RA: I was offered the hands and flatly refused. They’re the most ugly thing I’ve ever seen and they were the bane of my life. Try going to the bathroom with a pair of big, prosthetic hands on. It‘s the most disappointing thing in life.

AS: Nice! Let’s have a, let’s have a third question.
Question: Hi. I’m excited for this movie, actually. Really, really, really excited. Big Hobbit fan. How did the filmmakers go about animating Smaug, the dragon?
LP: ...
RA: If l say the words, Benedict Cumberbatch - (cheers) Yeah, I got, I was really lucky because there was a moment in the third film where they wanted me to sort of replicate Smaug a little bit in one scene, so Benedict was down in New Zealand voicing him and so I went in to watch and to do some dialog opposite him and there was, they were filming him because he was physicalizing on all fours. He was kind of creating this, this body to go with the voice and it was, it was so fascinating ‘cuz I don’t even know if it’s made it into the animation, but all the animators were there and they watched him so, I think that’s one of the reasons why the, the dragon’s also successful.

AS: It’s really based on his physicality. This is a, actually, this is a really neat question ... from a Twitter feed, actually. This is from a Twitter user named Matias@Matias. Outside of the filming itself, what was the most memorable thing that you guys did in New Zealand or took away from New Zealand?
LP: ...
RA: Um I set myself a challenge to try and ski down every slope that New Zealand had to offer, and l think I managed it, actually. I remember going back early after, before the second block, two weeks early, to ski on my birthday, so I did. That was my thing.

AS: It’s such a beautiful place. It’s hard to believe it’s not a fantasy itself. Let’s, let’s have another question from the crowd.
Question: Hi Lee, hi Richard! I was wondering, was there something about both of your characters that made you really want the role, to like have it? Like, to play it?
LP: ...
RA: Um, yeah, I mean, the scene, actually, that they gave me to read for the audition — sometimes they create scenes just for audition purposes, which I thought this scene was, and it’s the scene in the first movie where Balin and Thorin talk in the corridor about, you know, the quest, and I assumed it wouldn’t be in the film but they liked it so much that they, you know, kept it in. But that scene, for me, really encompassed everything about the character and it’s, it's unusual to find all the seeds of the character in one scene, so that was, the audition scene was the reason I wanted to play him.

AS: Here’s another question from Twitter. Emily Louther asks: Actually, this is a two part question. First, what was your last day on set like? I can imagine, especially after four years, just the emotion of being in Middle Earth, maybe, for that last moment, how was that feeling and also, have you guys seen the movie yet?
LP: ...
RA: Okay, what was part one? Oh, I think it, it feels like it’s the bane of my life that l always am the last man standing on every job I’ve ever done. There’s always water, and I’m always— everyone’s gone home; they all kind of get wrapped out and l was still fighting the final fight with Thorin and Azog, and my last scene was a scene in the story where Thorin has to make a decision about how his story will end. And it, l knew that it was my last shot ‘cuz people gathered and Fran came to set and Phillipa came to set and it was a very emotional moment. I’ll never forget it.

Question: Hi, my name is Shay. My question is for both Lee and Richard. Can you describe your choice in how difficult it was to take either your own take, as actors, on these characters or did you pull it from the novel and try to stay true to Tolkien’s image?
LP: ...
RA: Yeah, I feel like I was, I feel like my imagination has perhaps been created by a writer like Tolkien ‘cuz I read him so avidly as a kid - I was seven when I first read the book - and, actually, when I was cast l really, it’s one of the first roles where l felt like I'm not right for this part and I went to New Zealand really thinking I’ve gotta shift so far to get to the character, but the one thing that I did have was the book and my first impressions of the character, so l would always try and go back to the book despite how wrong I felt that I was, I’d always think well, you know, Pete’s entrusted me with the role, I’ve got my interpretation of the character, and they’ve gotta meet somewhere in the middle and, and that’s the experiment that we go on, you know.

AS: Is there ever any room for improvisation with it?
RA: Oh, yeah, the whole thing. I mean, there’s so much, there’s so much experimentation. I mean, the scene in the third, in the final film where Thorin‘s kind of going through this change with the gold, that whole scene was just one stage direction that said, Thorin sees his reflection and realizes what he’s become, and Pete said I don’t know what to do with this. So it was, that whole thing was a very abstract experiment.
AS: Definitely works. Definitely makes us do that. Let’s, let’s thank our, both our guests, for coming tonight. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opens on Wednesday, the 17. Go check it out.