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John Callen is a NZ Actor who has been acting for over 40 years. He is most well known for playing Oin in the Hobbit. #thehobbit #oin #peterjackson SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - John Callen TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Feeling Old Well Shooting The Hobbit/Weight Of Dwarf Suits 03:23 - Getting A Hernia While Shooting The Hobbit 06:19 - Scottish Accent For Audition/Auditioning For Smaug 07:26 - John Redoes His Smaug Audition Voice 08:15 - Voice Acting Got John Into The Industry/Time As A Journalist 11:44 - What Peter Jackson Is Like/LOTR’s Affect On NZ Film/TV Industry 16:28 - John Is For A Union In NZ/Hobbit Law 21:51 - Different Views On Hobbit Law/Camaraderie Of Actors On Set 23:42 - Debate Over The Hobbit Law/John’s Secret Spy/ 27:20 - John’s Experience On Set/Jed Brophy 29:58 - Having To Wait Around On Set/Getting Free Wine 31:59 - What John Would Do While Waiting Around To Be Used 34:23 - Adam Brown/How John Prevented Rashes From Dwarvf Beards 35:39 - Hair For Dwarves Was From Yaks/Food Getting Stuck In The Beard 37:58 - John’s Arthritis/Dwarf Hands 40:34 - Beorn’s House Set/Set Design 42:54 - Bag End Shoot Between The Dwarves And Gandalf/Ian McKellen Story 45:34 - John Talks Working With Martin Freeman, Billy Connolly and Ian McKellen 48:57 - John Dealing With An Unprofessional Actor While Directing Shortland Street 51:03 - Difference Between Stage Vs Film/TV 53:16 - John’s Directing Style/Shortland Street Actor Requirements 55:20 - Time Constraints 57:10 - Comparing Directing Style To Peter Jackson’s 58:39 - Peter Jackson’s Plans Sometimes Not Coming To Fruition/Lake Town Set Change 1:00:00 - Producing/Story Of Producer Losing Everything 1:04:25 - Unions Vs Non Unions 1:05:26 - Working On The Hobbit Was An Amazing Experience 1:06:41 - Voice Acting On A Star Wars Game 1:09:18 - John Took A Drama School To Voice Acting Sessions 1:10:14 - Doing Audio Books For The Blind 1:11:10 - Where To Follow John Callen