Billy Connolly says filming the Hobbit is a massive undertaking. Photo / Supplied
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly is relishing the chance to be a part of Middle Earth in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Connolly has been cast as the dwarf Dain Ironfoot in the movie, which releases on December 13, and its sequel The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
He
made a brief trip over the Tasman to promote his new animated film Brave in Australia, before heading back to filming in New Zealand.
"What an experience," he says of filming The Hobbit. "It's a huge undertaking. It's like a war."
He says as a dwarf, he's doing a lot of fighting.
