From TheAge
The Hobbit star Richard Armitage had an unusual introduction to the entertainment industry. ”I was actually in the circus in Hungary, doing a little bit of juggling, some skateboarding and a bit of tumbling,” says the tall 42-year-old English actor. ”It wasn’t my intention to get into show business in that way but it was an English company and at the time it was the only way I could get a union card to work in the theatre that I wanted to work in. So I was sleeping next to the elephants,” he adds with a chuckle, ”which felt like the bottom rung of the business for sure!”
And this gem:
We tried to make him not look like an ageing rocker but deep down I kind of did enjoy having that hair. “
- Source:RichardArmitageNet.Com
We tried to make him not look like an ageing rocker but deep down I kind of did enjoy having that hair.
Armitage Agonistes 
I repeat: Kim Thayil.
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I’m glad an Australian newspaper managed to pick up a good new quote- I thought the well might’ve run dry by now, but that was indeed a gem!
I know we’re all tired of the circus being referenced, but I think it’s a good twist on the usual type of show business story for anyone who’s not come across it before.
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RA as Thorin is giving Steven Tyler a run for his money in the great long hair department. Didn’t RA like Tyler’s “Love in an Elevator” song? Ha!
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