Cumberbatch, Freeman talk “The Hobbit” reunion

PanARMENIAN.Net - The release of Peter Jackson's second Hobbit chapter The Desolation of Smaug was always going to be feverishly anticipated, but for fans counting the days until the third series of Sherlock finally debuts, there's an extra reason to get excited, Digital Spy said.

The film sees Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman back together on screen more than a fortnight ahead of their long-awaited reunion as Holmes and Watson, and although Freeman's Bilbo shares a lengthy dialogue scene with Cumberbatch's motion-capture dragon Smaug, the pair never actually acted together.

Freeman and Cumberbatch shared theirs thoughts about the surreal non-reunion with Digital Spy.

"In truth, without being glib about it, it was like acting with a great dragon who doesn't exist," Freeman said. "Regardless of whether it was Ben."

"The characters had an interaction which was very different from the dynamic of Sherlock," Cumberbatch expanded. "It was a shame not to have [Martin's] presence, we love sparring off one another, but it would have been a very odd dynamic to practice."