Benedict Cumberbatch at Hobbit premiere: Actor talks taking on the dragon

More from The Hobbit Premiere: Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the eponymous dragon in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, talks about taking on the role at the film’s Berlin premiere. “I did a little bit of research and went and watched Kimono dragons at London Zoo and looked at all the illustrations from all the fantastic editions of the book that have accompanied it... I threw myself around and squished my legs together, tried to crawl on just my belly using my hands and forearm