10x04 - Beorn: The Shape-shifter | Hobbit Behind the Scenes

I think they did great with Beorn, but they should’ve kept his blue eyes, he is Scandinavian. They kept his accent they should’ve kept the ice blue eyes

I love how when Mikael was asked if he observed the wolves to research the role, he just looked at the guy like he was joking and said “I went there with my kids”.

It just goes to show that he’s only intimidating on the outside. A perfect fit for Beorn

Mikael is great lol

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I love how he calls himself Björn... this likely goes above and beyond English speakers, but Björn is the Swedish word for bear, and considering the similarities (I cannot prove), that the name Beorn is an Anglophication of the Scandinavian word for bear Björn/Bjørn

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For some reason, as I was reading the book in my teens I'd always pictured Beron to be played by James Earl Jones. Perhaps for his gravitas and stature.

Might have also been inspired by the story of Cú Chulainn

Not crazy about how Beorn was depicted in the movies. The Beorn of the book is no doubt a powerful and fierce character, but as we discover, that's just one side of him. He is also quite warm and hospitable once he drops his guard, to the point that he welcomes Gandalf and Bilbo and lets them stay with him for a while on their way back from Erebor.

In general, the Hobbit films took themselves too seriously. Being too hell-bent on matching the style and tone of the LOTR films, I think they lacked the charm and coming of age aspects of the book it was based on.

Was he born a bear or was he born a man? I could imagine that Q popping up in help with getting into the character

Beorn looks absolutely ridiculous and I hate it. No subtlety at all, which is common with Peter Jackson. Should have toned it down a whole lot more imo.

Beorn is the Bombadill of the Hobbit

All his long hair made him more wolf or horse than bear, to me

I wish i had been Beorn , s a ruff mountain man , but i was 8 in 2014 so wasn't going to happen

Na Glaurang was a little bit cooler but he couldn’t fly

Aw Alan Lee is so old now 😢 what a legend

Wasn’t the actor busted for drugs? This the role got reduced

He looks like Kevin Costner.

Haha why do they say his name different? Mikael would be Michael, as you say it in eng. How do i know, i have the same name and as Persbrandt, being swede. If they really want to pronounce his name in swedish it would have completely different on the tounge.

Also he got what we younger generation label swenglish accent, people from the 70s and backwards usually have that kind of accent, meanwhile the 80-90- generation zero, majority of them speaks english with less Scandinavian accent if you like. Perhaps more of the american style.

I wanted Beorn rescuing Thorin and coming back to crush Bolg/ Azog in an utter rage. Going full beserker.

He is a bit... Sabertooth, from X-Men, in look.

Didn't know Beorn was so fond of knitting and sheep-herding, when he hasn't shape-shifted into a bear.
People don't need to hunt, nor kill, in order to make a garments from animal skin. Animals die naturally, just as humans...

The wolf handler being killed is sad

Lol I always thought Beorn was played by Kevin Costner.