#71 - Jed Brophy Interview (Acting, LOTR, The Hobbit, iFit, Fitness, Prosthetics, Housing, District 9 etc.)

Jed Brophy is a great Kiwi actor who is most well known for
working on a majority of Peter Jacksons films, most prominently
multiple orcs in Lord Of The Rings and the Dwarf Nori in The
Hobbit Trilogy.


SOCIAL MEDIA


Website - https://www.jedbrophy.nz


Twitter - @BrophyJed


Instagram - @jedibrophy


 


TIMESTAMPS


 


00:00 - Intro


00:24 - How Jed Got The Jedi Name


00:57 - Jed Is Open To Being In Star Wars


01:36 - Agent In America/How The American System Works


02:46 - Jed Doesn’t Like L.A./Jed Believes NZ Is Amazing


04:10 - Jed’s Mental Health Takes A Downturn From Big Cities


05:09 - Jed Contemplated Living In Vancouver


05:35 - How Jed Became Peter Jackson’s Go To Actor/Peter
Jackson’s Direction


08:10 - Playing Orc’s In LOTR


08:40 - Prosthetic Work/Jed Tells LOTR Prosthetic Work Story


11:27 - Different Voices For The Orcs/Fangorn Forest Story


13:40 - Shooting Differences Between LOTR & The Hobbit/Green
Screen


15:41 - Sketches & Miniatures To Help Actors/Rohan Set/VFX


17:06 - Jed Interviewed Peter Jackson About Post Production


18:23 - Motion Capture


19:18 - Steven Spielberg Directing Tin Tin Via Satellite


20:08 - NZ Needs To Invest More In Technology/Film Industry Works
Together In NZ


21:20 - Avatar 2/James Cameron/James & Peter Are Geniuses


22:13 - Jed’s Work On District 9


24:15 - Adlibbing On The Hobbit/Martin Freeman Loved Adlibbing


25:44 - Effort To Make Cast & Crew Bond During LOTR & The
Hobbit


27:09 - iFit Job/Graham McTavish/New Zealands Beauty


29:25 - NZ Becoming Polluted/Underfunded Infrastructure


31:20 - NZ Should Fine People For Littering/Educating People


32:30 - Kiwis Not Appreciating New Zealand


33:01 - Film Crews On LOTR Made Conscious Effort To Protect
Environment


33:58 - Jed’s Favourite Place To Visit In NZ


34:47 - Jed’s Fitness/Jed Lost Roles For Being To Fit/Competition


37:17 - Voice Acting Work/Mimicking Getting Jed Into Trouble


39:47 - Jed Doesn’t Rate Himself/What Jed Did During Lockdown


41:08 - Stand Up Comedy


42:00 - Positive Effects Of Covid-19/This Generation Suffering


43:30 - Problems Within NZ/Problems With Solving Housing


47:00 - Educating With Film


48:31 - Shooting Films Now On A Phone


49:44 - Staying Up Technology/Younger People Knowing Tech


50:39 - NZ Doesn’t Have A Mobile Film Festival/Film Commission
Behind The Times


53:10 - Making The Film Commission Understand Shooting On Mobile
Phones/Mobile Phone Films


57:19 - Warner Bros Interfered With The Hobbit


1:00:05 - Horse Gallop Scenes In LOTR


1:01:00 - LOTR Is Synonymous With NZ/Tourism From LOTR


1:02:30 - NZ’s Landscapes


1:03:44 - Martin Freeman Was Annoyed By NZ’s Beauty


1:04:19 - The Beauty Of NZ Is Unparalleled/Glenorchy


1:05:05 - NZ Offers Amazing Beauty In Close Proximity


1:06:41 - Where To Follow Jed Brophy On Social Media