Luke Evans (The Three Musketeers, Immortals) may have been cast as Bard the Bowman in The Hobbit, but his audition process was a little different to most. In a recent interview at Comic-Con, Evans revealed how he auditioned online for the role that could ultimately be considered the biggest of his career so far. He also discusses his excitement for the upcoming project, and Jackson’s video blogs detailing the making of the film.
Evans said:
“I auditioned for it like a year ago. It’s amazing. Things happen like that sometimes on movies. Projects happen or they get stopped. As you know, ‘The Hobbit’s’ had a lot of hurdles to jump before it started production… So yeah, I auditioned for it a year ago and never heard a single thing back.”
In fact, Evans has already worked with Orlando Bloom (one of his Hobbit co-stars) in the upcoming film The Three Musketeers.
“I’ve heard just wonderful things about the whole process with Peter and Phillipa and I know a few of the actors in the movie and Orlando [Bloom] has always said wonderful things about him and the experience he had on ‘Lord of the Rings’ so I can’t wait… It’s just lovely to be a part of something that’s just a little bit of cinematic history.”
And it seems as though we’re not the only ones watching Peter Jackson’s video blogs on The Hobbit!
“As the weeks have gone by I’ve sort of been able to settle in the film I’m doing right now, I’ve been able to see the amazing video blogs that he’s done which are fantastic and I think it’s genius that he’s doing them because they’re really, really insightful and it gives the fans and anybody, everybody, a little taste of the enormity of this project… So that’s about as much as I know.”
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