Counting down to the release of The Hobbit - we're going to unveil a brand new and exclusive 'extended edition' interview with each of the dwarfs every day - plus you may well get some exclusives Hobbit features on the way to December 13.
Excerpts of the Dwarf interviews appeared in issue 282 of Empire magazine. Subscribe today to Empire magazine{
![The Hobbit - Bofur][DWARF INTERVIEW #1:
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1588)
[James Nesbitt
On Bofur](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1588)
'He's gone along for the craic...'
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1589&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1588)
[John Callen
Talks Oin](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1589)
'He's one of the older ones – the hearing's not what it was'
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1590&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1590)
[William Kircher
Talks Bifur](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1590)
'He's a bit of a maniac...'
](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1591&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1591)
[Stephen Hunter
Talks Bombur](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1591)
'He just hits whatever gets in the road...'
](/reviews/review.asp?FID=9834%29%5BHOBBIT+EXTRA%5D%28%2Freviews%2Freview.asp%3FFID%3D9834&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Empire's official verdict on the first part of Peter Jackson's trilogy
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1597&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1597)
[Adam Brown
On Ori](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1597)
‘He’s baby of the group...'
](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1227%29%5BFROM+THE+ARCHIVE%5D%28%2Finterviews%2Finterview.asp%3FIID%3D1227&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
John Rhys-Davies's tips for The Hobbit's dwarves
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1598&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1598)
[Mark Hadlow
On Dori](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1598)
‘Dori's not sure about Thorin... or Gandalf, for that matter.’
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1599&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1599)
[Jed Brophy
On Nori](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1599)
'If Nori were English, he’d be a cockney...'
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1592&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1592)
[Ken Stott
On Balin ](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1592)
'He's a dwarf who’s seen too much...'
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1595&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1595)
[Aidan Turner
On Kili](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1595)
'Kili and Fili are like Prince William and Harry...'
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1600&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1600)
[Dean O'Gorman
On Fili](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1600)
'I like to think of him as very cool...'
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1601&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1601)
[Peter Hambleton
On Gloin](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1601)
'Gloin is a very prickly character...'
](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1584%29%5BHOBBIT+EXTRA%5D%28%2Finterviews%2Finterview.asp%3FIID%3D1584&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Edgar Wright, Neill Blomkamp and Bryan Singer on PJ
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1603&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1603)
[Graham McTavish
On Dwalin](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1603)
'I’m the scary biker of the group'
](http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1604&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
THE EXTENDED EDITION](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1604)
[Richard Armitage
On Thorin](/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1604)
'Kili and Fili are like Prince William and Harry...'
](/reviews/review.asp?FID=1605%29%5BHOBBIT+EXTRA%5D%28%2Freviews%2Freview.asp%3FFID%3D1605&auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Freeman! Jackson! McKellen! Turner! Armitage! Nesbitt!
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