Kiwi Talkz #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