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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Part 3 - with Danny Chapman of Fangasm

That's What I'm Tolkien About

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Why Is He So Taller Than the Dwarfs in the Original Lord of the Rings Movies?

In real life, john reece davies is like six one or whatever. He's the actor who playsed gimley. And he is, in real life, like a foot taller than the rest of the habits. They purposely did that so that they wouldn't have to deal with as much am, you know, like scaling down the characters. For whatever reason, in these movies, bilbois like the same size as the dwarfs. I don't get it. That's something that pisses me off, because bilbos are supposed to be significantly different from other hobbits. But i kept expecting for a moment like this to happen in the books, where

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