» ARCHIVES Hobbits Hide In Cumbria     |     01 February 2003 Lord of the Rings hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Merry escaped Middle Earth to spend New Year in the Cumbrian countryside, the News & Star can reveal. Hollywood superstars Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan swapped the film shoot for a traditional pheasant shoot, before retreating to a farmhouse to see in the New Year. The News & Star found the hobbits and their Hollywood entourage on a country estate at Edenhall, in the Eden Valley near Penrith. Elijah, who stars as Frodo in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, said: "It's unbelievable here, absolutely beautiful. It's so good to get away for a couple of days." Asked how the rolling Cumbrian hills compared to the mountains of Middle Earth, the fictional setting for the Lord of the Rings, Elijah laughed and replied: "It's very similar actually, we all feel very at home here. I think of the land of Rohan when I look around." Billy, who plays Pippin, said: "It's like we're back in the Shire - Tolkien would have been proud!" American Elijah, 21, explained that after the December release of the second part of the film trilogy, The Two Towers, the three off-screen friends wanted to escape the glare of the public and rest for a few days. He said: "The public eye is the last place we wanted to be over New Year, so it's great to be here and away from everything. We're just having a few quick days away." Billy, a native of Glasgow who was voted Scotland's most eligible man in 2002, proudly displayed a brace of pheasants he had shot on New Year's Eve. He said: "Not bad for a beginner - I got three in a row today." Dominic, who is originally from Manchester, said that they hoped to hunt until dusk, and then enjoy "a few quiet drinks" to bring in the New Year. Elijah said they were going to leave on New Year's Day and hoped to move on to Scotland. He added: "It's going to be a very hobbity New Year." The visit to Cumbria comes just weeks after the release of The Two Towers, the spectacular second instalment of the film adaptation of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. An estimated 25,000 people have been to see the movie in Carlisle since it opened on December 18, and almost 5,000 people went to see the blockbuster at the Plaza cinema Workington in its first five days. [ source: newsandstar ] [ main | media | archives ] CURRENT PROJECTS • I Sell The Dead (2008) Official Site Character: Arthur Blake • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (05/01/2009) Character: Barnell Bohusk/Beak • Pet (2009) Character: Seth GALLERY UPDATES        FEATURED MEDIA  Mad TV  Date: 26 April 2008  Credit: Lisa  Size: 160.0 mb  [ download ] HOT TOPICS Favourite Piece From Dom's Collection? 5 Questions for Dom Dear Dom... TOP AFFILIATES             SUPPORT  Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation  Help support a cause near and dear to Dom's heart. Volunteer, donate or even adopt an orangutan! EMAIL Username :: Password :: [ sign up | password ] SEARCH FOR DOM :: Amazon.com :: AllPosters.com :: eBay.com SITE Since: 14 January 2004 Online: LiveJournal: stardom_lj Part of: Cerebralmunky Hosted by: Fan-Sites.org Designed by: Janine Mischor © starDom 2004-2008