Kili had picked up the baby and a letter fell out with thorins name written on the envelope. Hobbit star armitage finds a wee bit of fame usa today. We in no way claim the books, illustrations, films, articles, and other promotional materials displayed to be our own. The blog of the hobbit is a noncommercial fan inspired website. It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. His role as dwarf prince and leader thorin oakenshield in peter jackson.
He attended pattison college in binley road, coventry, where he discovered his love for acting. Richard crispin armitage born 22 august 1971 is an english film, television, theatre and voice actor. Who were the actors auditioning for thorin oakenshield. We are in no way affiliated with middleearth enterprises or the tolkien estate. In the movie, thorins death is executed beautifully. Tolkien published the hobbit in 1937 and the book was adapted. The master of the lake accepted us after thorin promised to give the lake some gold. Most of these dwarves just seem to be along for the ride, without much in the way of real character. It didnt take an elf to notice the strain and panic of the two. Born 1971 into a very chaotic childhood, thorin has spent the bulk of his adulthood challenging the status quo and acting as. He has great bravery and integrity, but his love for the treasure that was stolen from him and his people leads him behave stubbornly and selfishly even after he has won it back. Blood runs thicker chapter 5, a hobbit fanfic fanfiction. Thorin and company refers to the thirteen exiled dwarves under the leadership of thorin oakenshield and the one hobbit bilbo baggins, who famously made the quest of erebor, travelling through the misty mountains and the wilderland to the lonely mountain, to recover their ancient treasure from the kingdom of erebor, stolen by the dragon smaug thorins company were.
Thorin ii, also called the oakenshield, king under the mountain or the mountain king, was the. In addition, numerous other characetrs and actors will be debuting in the hobbit. Juxtapose that with gimli standing with the hobbits during the council of elrond in fotr, and hes a. Luke evans, orlando bloom and peter jackson filming the hobbit this is the. The thains book the one wiki to rule them all fandom. Years after the destruction of erebor, poverty took a toll on the mind of king thror. It may have been more than just a one shot type fic. The battle of the five armies the final chapter in peter jacksons trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a few buried easter.
Thorin, son of thrain, son of thror, is the leader of the company of dwarves who go on a quest to get their treasure back from the dragon smaug who destroyed their kingdom under the lonely mountain a couple of generations back. See more ideas about the hobbit, thorin oakenshield and lotr. Thorin ii oakenshield the one wiki to rule them all fandom. Thorin and company leave bilbo a twoparagraph note, written on. Spoke up thorin from where he leant in the doorframe behind them. Thorin oakenshield was the leader of the company that set out to reclaim the lonely mountain from smaug the dragon. Compiling a list of thorin recommendations hi guys. If it is the movie version, thorin is very op and seems to effortlessly kill orcs mainly down to bad directing if its the book gimli fought in way more battles and survived unlike thorin. His role as dwarf prince and leader thorin oakenshield in peter jacksons film trilogy adaptation of the hobbit brought him international recognition. Katharine miller is the fiance of none other than thorin oakenshield,king of under the mountain.
Bilbos pov it was night and i couldnt sleep, the only ones up was fili, kili, katherine and gandalf. What the cast of the hobbit looks like today insider. Bilbo baggins was hired as the company s burglar, and it was on the journey that the hobbit found the one ring. Thorins background is further elaborated in appendix a of tolkiens 1955 novel the. I was about to ask her what happened but was cut off by scree. Thorin oakenshield from book to film scifi and fantasy.
The only mention i could find of actors auditioning for the role besides richard armitage, of course was simon westaway australian actor. The filmmaker cast armitage as thorin oakenshield, the king of the dwarves in middle earth, but the 41 year old, who stands tall at six foot, two inches 1. A lot of the time the dwarves didnt look like dwarves. Thorin is the leader of the company of dwarves who aim to reclaim the lonely mountain from smaug the dragon. Thorins lost lovethorin oakenshield love story fanfiction. It dealt with the company finding out that bilbo is basically considered royalty since hes related to the thain. There were 1,427 entries for characters, objects, buildings, sculptures, lands, family trees, and times in middleearth, organized into five indexes. Thrain was born in the lonely mountain to thror, who at that time was king under the mountain. Armitage, 41, was the youngest man producers auditioned for the role of thorin, since the character in j. The door opened on to a tubeshaped hall like a tunnel. This section of the novel occurs in chapter 15, when roac brings thorin news of smaugs death but also the armies of the men and elves that are coming to claim the treasure.
As thorin, richard armitage starred as the lead dwarf of the group that bilbo. The hobbit thorin oakenshield actor richard armitage. Thrain ii was the father of thorin ii oakenshield, and as son of king thror, was a direct descendant of durin the deathless. Thorin is the descendant of the king under the mountain who lost his throne when smaug came and ousted the dwarves from their home. Thorin, author of four books, and freelance writer for many counterculture websites is a selfdeclared, destroyer of pleasant falsities. Thorin oakenshield is the leader of the dwarf pack and played by richard armitage. It was there that he found thorins father, thain, who gave the wizard the map and. Smaug left the mannish town of dale in ruins and killed many dwarves who were inside the mountain. He is the son of thrain ii, grandson of thror, and becomes king of durins folk during their exile from erebor. Cast and characters gallery the hobbit wiki guide ign. Thorin is the leader of the company of dwarves who aim to reclaim the.
Thorin oakenshield in the hobbit, or, there and back again. Mini bio 1 richard crispin armitage was born and raised in leicester, england, to margaret hendey, a secretary, and john armitage, an engineer. The hobbit thorin and bilbo legolas, gandalf, thranduil, martin freeman, don. The leader of the thirteen dwarves journeying to the lonely mountain. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Tolkien books, o hobbit, the hobbit movies, lotr cast, misty eyes, thorin. In ta 2941, after receiving a map his father had drawn for him and following advice from gandalf the grey, he took a contingent of twelve dwarves to visit bilbo baggins in order to hire him as a burglar for their cause. A prince, he was a prince, they were taking a prince off to face a dragon, oh mahal. The desolation of smaug, thrain is portrayed by british actor sir antony sher. Dreaming of thorin an interview with richard armitage the. Bard asked that thorin would be generous and share the treasure. Thorins company in the hobbit, or, there and back again. In the book, as in the film, thorin is the leader of a company of dwarves who embark on a quest to kill a dragon and retrieve their stolen gold, but what separates the film from the book, and what essentially elevates thorin s. Theres a baby here with your name on it and it kind of looks like you uncle thorin.
Following the death of smaug, the people of laketown asked thorin for a share of the treasure, as they wanted recompense for the. Filled with emotion and sadness, and it gives thorin that one final moment of redemption for going mad and becoming an ass. The company of thorin oakenshield stared at their hobbits back as he flounced off to the sitting room. Thorins lost lovethorin oakenshield love story thorin. Theres a scene before the trolls where bilbo is standing next to kili and fili. Thorin thompson is known for his work on paper towns 2015, american animals 2018 and halloween 2018. Thorin author of the virus meet your next favorite book. Meet the fullsize actors playing dwarves in the hobbit.
Kats pov i am outside looking at the stars while the others injoy themselves. Thorins intent was to infiltrate the lonely mountain and steal back the treasure from smaug the dwarves, bilbo, and gandalf experienced. The hobbit quotes 47 quotes meet your next favorite book. The thains book was an online encyclopedia of middleearth and numenor. See more ideas about the hobbit, thorin oakenshield and handsome. It took eleven volumes of the history of middleearth, and seventeen years, for christopher tolkien to finally admit it, but chapter 22 of the published silmarillion, of the ruin of doriath, was an essentially a composition of the son assisted by guy kay, not the fatherboth in broad strokes, and in particular details. Heres what the cast of the three hobbit films is up to years later. The opportunity for this sacred, secondary education would prove to be a. His goal is to regain the arkenstone back from the evil dragon smaug, who has taken over his family home, the lonely mountain. Richard armitage feared his height would cost him the. There are lots of fun sites out there about armitages audition and comment. Thrain ii was the father of thorin ii oakenshield, and as son of king thror, was a direct.
In the book, as in the film, thorin is the leader of a company of dwarves who embark on a quest to kill a dragon and retrieve their stolen gold, but what separates the film from the book, and what essentially elevates thorins character, is the focus on the motivation behind his quest and a stronger infusion of nobility into that motivation. My eyes widen when i saw a giant scar on her neck, it came from her neck to her shoulder blade. Thorins father thrain was not the king under the mountain when the dragon came. He became the rightful king under the mountain and king of durin s folk when his father thror was murdered in moria. I knew that the arrow that was in my arm had poison on it,i also know that thorin knew it too. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Both thought each other was dead but still wanted to look for their loves body, so they can bury in a special place. And not just any royal, but the thains favourite grandchild. So irked was i by the poor quality of the liveaction films based on tolkiens book, i considered creating a new script, in which units of the liveaction films hereafter 2000s were set alternate with units of the earlier drawn film hereafter 1977. In the first edition of the hobbit, thorins father thrain was the only character of that name. Oin and gloin carry the tinderboxes for the group, so occasionally theyre called upon to bring light in dark places. The hobbit thorin oakenshield actor richard armitage interview. I believe a lot of us like the recommendations thorin gives in various forms of art and perhaps a linked document containing a complete list of comic book, movie, novel, podcast and any other recommendation that has been spoken of throughout thorins various videos and amas would be. I think gandalf was there when they found out, and that they are.
As the grandson of the now tragically deceased lord under the mountain, thorin is a proud. It containd much information about middleearth and numenor. The quest was successful, but thorin did not survive to reign as king under the mountain, for he was mortally wounded at the battle of the five armies. Tolkiens book is much older and a lot shorter than the actor.
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