![]() ![]() I think I had to do a couple of takes before my Welsh accent actually sat properly. ![]() “It was quite weird for me, I have to say, because I’d never used my Welsh accent like that before, so it was very odd. “So when I did go on tape at the second audition, which was my final audition, I had a long conversation with them on the phone, and they asked me if I would go on tape and actually do the Welsh accent as an option, to see if it worked. “I think they realised then that it sounded good, and that it could potentially be a valid accent for Bard,” explained Evans, to fansite back in July. In the past Evans has revealed that director Peter Jackson requested he read for the part with his Welsh accent. “Actually, I felt quite lucky not to have to spend hours in the make-up chair.” “I knew what role I was going for before I went in so I knew I was going to be one of the very few humans in the trilogy. “Peter had me up on wires for hours! That was four years ago - so I’ve waited a long time to see that!”Īsked whether he would have preferred to have the role of a Hobbit or wizard instead of a human in the movie, he replied: “I would’ve liked a pointy hat! “It was very strange last night (at the premiere) to see the full sequence of me on the tower (trying to kill Smaug), which was one of the first things I shot. ![]() “I knew what Bard was capable of and knew what he ends up doing in the three movies, but when I started playing him he was a father of three without a wife who had a long journey ahead of him. ![]() At the international press conference at Claridge’s, Evans – who was voted Wales’ Sexiest Man 2014 last month, revealed that it was four years since he shot the dramatic action scenes which saved his character’s hometown from dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). ![]()
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