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There are a lot of fans of the movie “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings”. How do you, as an actor, deal with it? Do you like to have so many followers

I have to be honest: while I’m filming, I do not really swim it, look what they are talking on the Internet and the like. I’d rather have a contact in a more direct level [the story].My contact has been through things like comic conventions. I did a session of questions and answers in Australia which was amazing because, there, you are really listening to questions firsthand in public. It is hard for me to look at the discussions that are taking place [while you are still recording]. You will often come across something you do not like. But it’s cool also interact with the people who really dedicate their lives to these characters and think in detail about them as much as the actors that are interpreting think. It is inspiring them to do these questions so fastidious.

In the film, the women of the race of dwarves have beards. Would you kiss a dwarf bearded?

It’s a bit like Velcro. Once you are caught, is not out [laughs]. But I do not think there’s a love triangle waiting Thorin. It is immersed in the world of his madness. But if you have a character in Middle Earth who have not found is still the elf Tauriel. She should have appeared in the background in a scene the other day, but she did not come so we were just me and Legolas. But I still hope for a moment on the battlefield, where Thorin and Tauriel can cross, kind of the way, and I’ll say, “I always loved you.” This kind of thing (laughs).