The personal air conditioning system - developed for astronauts to regulate the temperatures in their space suits - will resolve the discomfort the 71-year-old comedian previously felt while filming the dwarf warrior Dane Ironfoots scenes two years ago. The Big Yin is needed back on the Kiwi set of the final part of the Tolkien trilogy The Hobbit: There and Back Again for pick-up scenes. These are for continuity in footage already shot in the film which co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom. Its going to be three hours a day in make-up, he said. Its very, very hot, so you wear this undershirt, with little pipes going through it. You come off sweating and they plug you in and squirt freezing water through it. They try not to do it too often, because you can get sick going hot, cold, hot, cold. Its not good for you. But its extraordinary. “I have a war to fight. Elves to kill. Theyre basically broadening me, making me wider” Billy Connolly The entertainer will combine the film work with an 11 date tour of New Zealand for a new stand-up show, dubbed The High Horse Tour, which will premiere tonight at a sell-out gig in the Napier Municipal Theatre. He previously admitted that the role of Ironfoot had taken its toll on the him, describing it as even harder than welding on the ships. In the intervening 24 months he has undergone treatment for early stage prostate cancer and he also spoke candidly about his recent diagnosis of Parkinsons Disease. The comedy legend has been involved in the Hobbit picture much longer than scheduled with the adventure on track to become the most expensive film of all time with a budget of £320million. Speaking of his part in the picture, based on the famous novel by JRR Tolkien, Connolly declared: I have a war to fight. Elves to kill. Theyre basically broadening me, making me wider. The final film is scheduled for release on December 12.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:29:14 +0000
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