When Bilbo and the dwarves escaped Thranduil’s kingdom, they did so in empty wine barrels, rushing down the forest river, fighting wood elves and the rapids simultaneously. Their escape was a breeze compared to what director Peter Jackson and the actors went through to make the scene, as this Wired video reveals.
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Making The Hobbit 2‘s barrel escape was its own epic adventure
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Rob Bricken
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