#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