Lord of the Rings - Dwalin/Graham McTavish #1: Aye, the wild is no place for gentle folk who can neither fight nor fend for themselves.

Nad · 12-02-2012, 11:40 AM

Dwalin/Graham McTavish #1

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Dwalin was one of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. The son of Fundin and younger brother of Balin, Dwalin was the first Dwarf to arrive at Bag End. He wore a dark green hood and a golden belt, had a blue beard, and like his brother Balin, he played the viol.
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Graham McTavish (born 1961) is a Scottish television, film, and voice actor. His imposing stature and rugged, bordering on mean looks, has made McTavish a consummate Hollywood tough guy. His resume can be found here.

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your creation · 12-02-2012, 03:14 PM

Thanks for getting this up.

Nad · 12-12-2012, 09:45 AM

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The Hobbit Interviews: Graham McTavish On Dwalin
'I’m the scary biker of the group'

Putting the 'war' into 'dwarf' is Dwalin, Graham McTavish's belligerent rabble-rouser and sidekick to Thorin Oakenshield on the quest for regain Erebor. If Thorin's company was anything like Alan Sugar's in The Apprentice, Dwalin would be the one to mix the studied ferocity of Margaret and the cool-headed detachment of Nick. This is our analogy, not his. McTavish prefers Charles Bronson. The Dirty Dozen it is, then.

Tell us about Dwalin...
I’m the scary biker of the group. I was actually hoping to call my pony ‘Harley’. Dwalin is the sort of the tough warrior, Thorin’s trusted right-hand man, his lieutenant who would follow Thorin to the gates of hell and pretty much does, I guess. The interesting thing as we go along is we discover we all have slightly different agendas. My attitude to all of them, personally, varies. There are some that I would trust with my life and others I wouldn’t trust as far as I could throw them. We’re kind of like the Dirty Baker’s Dozen.

So which one does that make you?
I’m thinking Charles Bronson. He was always one of my favourites. That’s how I see myself in the group: Dwalin’s good at fighting and has a very big hammer.

Did you have to do extra training?
Yeah, I started doing a lot of physical training about three or four months before I came out here: five days a week, including a hard day of absolutely puke-inducing horror, it was just terrible, but it got me very fit. It’s not necessarily about being muscular, it’s about endurance.

Do the tattoos have a meaning?
Ah yes, the tattoos. Well, I asked for all sorts of different ones because it’s like an illustrated history, but “if you can read this I must be punching you in the face” is one of them.

Have you had to learn Dwarvish?
We know a bit of Dwarvish. I won’t embarrass myself by doing it here but, yes, we do have a few little choice dwarf lines, mainly abuse.

As in Dwarvish swear words?
Those ones won’t be subtitled.

How’s the singing?
‘Misty Mountains’ is a beautiful song — a beautiful lament — and there is a much more boisterous drinking song in Bag End, which was an incredibly complicated sequence, but it should look incredible. So yes, lots of singing.

Do you think small?
No, and that’s why it’s very important to create that martial sense of a group, because the danger is when you mention dwarves you imagine Snow White and all that kind of malarkey, lots of people sort of waddling around. But these guys are very, very fierce. They’re like a little group of Special Forces that can run around wherever they want.

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your creation · 12-12-2012, 03:01 PM

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but “if you can read this I must be punching you in the face” is one of them.

*OldHollywoodStarlet* · 01-05-2013, 06:47 PM

Add me please!

your creation · 01-06-2013, 03:38 AM

Welcome to the thread

ride the lightning · 01-06-2013, 04:22 AM

I really liked Dwalin, I love his introduction the most

Jassy05 · 01-06-2013, 11:19 AM

ride the lightning · 01-06-2013, 03:31 PM

Love it.

your creation · 01-08-2013, 08:01 AM

Love it

Jassy05 · 01-08-2013, 11:47 AM

ride the lightning · 01-08-2013, 07:24 PM

Do you make these?

Jassy05 · 01-09-2013, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ride the lightning (View Post)

Do you make these?

Nope

a friend of mine

That´s heartbreaking

The Chronicles of the Adventures of Bofurciana

ride the lightning · 01-09-2013, 03:36 AM

I laughed so hard when they headbutted each other

your creation · 01-10-2013, 07:18 AM

It was so odd!


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