“You know, there’s a production diary that Peter did leading up to the filming of The Hobbit, and at the end of the production diary it shows the first day.”

“They did a Maori ceremony, which we had done on Rings as well. They’re on this big empty soundstage, and the crew’s there, and these incredible traditional Maori people, and they did the haka and there was a Maori speech.Then Peter comes up and gives a speech…”

“It was really interesting, because we’d talked about the fact that he’d never really wanted to do The Hobbit…And now he said, ‘You know, we were to the point where Guillermo was going to do it, and then he didn’t do it, and now I’m doing it. And here I am standing with all of you; we’ve all been down these roads before.’”

“And what made the impression on me — what I found so emotional to watch — was him saying: ‘Regardless of what we’re making together, so much of it is about the personal relationships that we’re about forge together, and the family we’re going to create.’”

“That speaks so much to what our experience was on Rings. It was really beautiful to see that that’s the same atmosphere for which they’re creating this new one.”

     ~ Elijah Wood

MOVIELINE: “Isn’t It Awesome?” Elijah Wood on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings 10 Years Later

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