The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug behind the scenes gags

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Director Peter Jackson maintained his tradition of guest appearances in "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy". Soon after the film opened, the drunk man who gnawed carrots was played by himself. Jackson's daughter Katie also appeared in the film as a waitress serving Thorin and Gandalf in the Prancing Horse Bar.
Benedict Cumberbatch not only voiced the dragon Smaug, he also performed in person, which is the prototype of Smaug's motion capture. In order to create the dragon's movements, Cumberbatch also studied the action patterns of iguanas and Komodo dragons in the Reptile Hall of the London Zoo.
The fairy prince Legolas Orlando Bloom is two years older than Lee Pace, who played his father Thranduil, the fairy king in "The Battle of Smaug".
When filming in 2011, there were no love triangle scenes of Kellett, Tarrell, and Legolas in the film, but because of the requirements of the production company, this part of the content was reshot, and these changes were added to the final version of the film.
The female elf Tarrell does not exist in Tolkien's original work, she is the original character of the movie version. Screenwriter Philippa Bowens said, "She represents people with red hair. She is energetic and has a special female energy. This is completely in line with Tolkien's own spirit."
Except for the real hair used by the actor of Thorin Oak Shield, the wigs used by the actors in the film are basically made of Himalayas yak hair. The makeup and hair design team used 20 kilograms in 18 months. Glue and 450 kilometers of yak hair.
Gandalf's fake nose in "The Hobbit" is actually bigger than that in "The Lord of the Rings." In addition, he also added a silver scarf, which just restored the description in the original book. However, in the original book, his gray hat is actually a blue hat.
The tallest person in the crew, Paul Randall (known as the "tall" Paul), is almost 2.16 meters long and has served as a proportional stand-in for multiple roles such as Gandalf, Beoin, and Legolas. In "The Lord of the Rings", Gandalf and many other characters are also his proportional doubles.
When the crew built the lair of the dragon Smaug, they used up all the golden paint in Oceania, and in the end they could only import it from Germany.