![]() Like Wood, he emphasises how closely they had to work together, “we had to have a very intimate relationship with these people. Frodo – played by Elijah Wood and scale double Kiran Shahĭominic Monaghan says of his double, a 12-year-old boy, “they chose him, cos Martin had this nervy, twitchy energy that Merry seemed to have at the start of the movie”. He ran a very tight ship” Shah would go onto double for Martin Freeman as Bilbo in the Hobbit movies. Viggo Mortensen describes him as “the sergeant, the ringleader, the disciplinarian. Wood calls him “the lord of the scale doubles”. Wood was doubled by Kiran Shah, who has an impressive list of credits including Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Return Of The Jedi, Aliens and Titanic. This was so the scale actors would match the movements of the star actors. ![]() He goes onto say “we as hobbits had to direct them, which is interesting”. Elijah Wood explains “We had these doubles on the movie, that were short people used to represent the hobbits for the wide shots”. In the featurette ‘The Fellowship Of The Cast’ (available on the extended edition DVDs/Blu Ray) the hobbit actors speak about the importance of the relationship between actor and double. Kiran Shah portrayed Frodo, Bhoja ‘BK’ Kannada was Sam, 12-year-old Martin Lenisson Gray played Merry and Praphaphorn ‘Fon’ Chansantor doubled as Pippin. Scale Doubles Of The HobbitsĮach of the four principle hobbits and a dedicated double. Alongside forced perspective (characters would appear to be parallel when in fact they were some distance apart, which would emphasise the difference in stature) and blue screen, the movies made extensive use of scale doubles. Peter Jackson and his team used a variety of techniques so that, for example, Elijah Wood’s hobbit Frodo looked in proportion to Ian McKellan’s Gandalf. A hobbit is usually about 3’6’’, so how do you reflect that with your cast on screen? ![]() Hobbits, dwarves, elves and men are all of different average heights. Not least because Middle Earth is home to so many races. ![]() Turning JRR Tolkien’s epic novel into a movie brought with it many challenges. They are amongst a host of scale doubles used in the trilogy and a vital part of the production. Kiran Shah? Brett Beattie? Names that might not be too familiar, but if you’ve watched The Lord Of The Rings movies, you’ll have seen them in action, even if it is not entirely obvious. ![]()
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