Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd
Billy Boydis a Scottish actor and singer. He played Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, Barret Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and Glen in Seed of Chucky...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 August 1968
CityGlasgow, Scotland
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I was probably about fourteen I think, and probably like every boy who's fourteen that writes a song, it was about a girl. It was about a girl who I really liked, but she didn't like me as much as I liked her. I think most guys go through that.
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I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to go to these nights out, like the opening of a film or something, but I dip in and out of it.
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Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If that's not a Pippin thing to do, I don't know what is.
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Rather than thinking, 'If I do this, and in five years I'll be where I want to be,' you're better just doing something that makes you happy now.
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People love the movies and they just get excited when they see someone from them, no matter who it is. It's always positive.
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To play one of the main characters in it, it's not like the kind of thing you don't do. Oh, I'd rather not play Pippin in "Lord of the Rings". . . . in fact, I'm trying to think - what else would you rather do, you know? I can't actually think of another job that I'd rather do.
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I'm delighted to be involved with Discovery. For anyone growing up in Scotland who ever thought about a future in the massively exciting world of film, this is the place to discover the opportunities that are out there to help you achieve it.
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Nothing was ever set in stone and we have very much worked from a storyboard as the idea took shape.
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It's been two years since we filmed the three Rings films. It was like stepping back in time when I first walked on set. . . . Playing Pippin again was just like saying hello to an old friend.
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As a person, living in New Zealand for a year and a half has changed me as well. In some ways, I feel Hobbit-y , you know?
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There's something very exciting to be the first person to have done something, and that's the case on so many levels with this. The idea of having 10 different pieces launch, simultaneously, is as it should be. I hope that Scottish actors are going to take it to their hearts. This is a real historical moment in time.