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"Pippin is an individual, he has a lot of spontaneity. He also sees life from a slightly different angle to most people."
Billy Boyd plays Pippin, cousin
(and friend) to Frodo and best friend of Merry. He is the youngest
of the hobbits - roughly 20 years younger than Frodo. (In fact, Billy
is actually the eldest of the hobbit actors). "It's not really possible
to speak about Pippin without
"Although Pippin has never left the Shire, he is a Took and comes from a family that is known for being a bit adventurous and likely to fly off the handle and do things that other hobbits would consider to be not quite hobbit-like! What's more, Pippin does have a habit of doing the wrong things at the wrong time! Although to be fair, as the story develops, we see Pippin going through all kinds of experiences and becoming more mature."
"What about Elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper?"
On New Zealand's landscapes and
how they relate to the story, "There are many parts that are really like
Scotland - only bigger! Maybe it's Scotland as seen by a
"Anyway, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... mission... quest... thing."
Billy with Sword Master Bob Anderson. (Bob Anderson is also credited as performing as Darth Vader under the black costume in the Star Wars films.)
Billy Links: The Official Billy Boyd Website : More Than Meets The Eye
Hobbit Links:
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Peregrin Took ~ Billy Boyd.
mentioning Merry. His whole life revolves around his
friends and Merry in particular. They are just like the closest of
friends so that you really can't imagine either of them doing anything without
the other."
On the hobbit's masked doubles, "And
that was really weird, seeing someone who looks like you from the back doing
what you were doing and wearing your face - except that when you caught it
from odd angles it didn't look right, because of course, you never think
you look like what you look like!" Born on August 28, 1968
in Glasgow, Scotland, Billy is a musician as well as
an actor: playing bass, drums, guitar, and singing both baritone and
tenor.
"Getting
into your feet took over an hour every morning of every day. It would
be 4:30 am and you'd have to stand still with your own feet inside a pair
of rubber feet! That was strange! Still, at least I got through
a lot of books!"
hobbit! Think of the size of Middle-earth compared
to the Shire, where the hobbits live, which is a country in its own right:
the landscape just keeps opening up and opening up and every place is new
and different. So the folk in the Shire have no idea that Elves live
in trees in Lothlorien, or that Dwarves once lived in a huge underground
city beneath the mountains."
