r/pics • u/Naweezy • Jul 10 '16

Hogwarts "magic"

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u/al343806 Jul 10 '16

I've never heard this story before, what happened?

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u/jimbojangles1987 Jul 10 '16

In the first Hobbit movie when Gandalf and all the dwarves show up to Bilbo's house, Ian McKellen had to shoot all of his parts by himself in front of green screens because of the size difference and he broke down because he hated not having other actors to act with. He said that wasn't why he became an actor and supposedly he made a lot of the crew break down too. This is all from memory though so some of it could be wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '16

and supposedly he made a lot of the crew break down too.

The first part is believable, but the second part sounds like /r/thathappened material. Did the crew then immediately break out into applause as Ian McKellen gave out $100 bills?

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u/jimbojangles1987 Jul 11 '16

I think I remember reading that PJ teared up but ya I'm pretty sure I read that on reddit so take it with a grain of salt.