As a young teen I was obsessed with all things Tolkien and I had a little Bilbo Baggins action figure I would take pictures of in random places having predicaments. When I heard the cast of the new Hobbit movie included Benedict Cumberbatch (who played Smaug the dragon) and that Benedict Cumberbatch & Mark Gatiss were in town promoting Sherlock (which I liked) I went with some friends to see the episode premier & hopefully get a picture of Bilbo with the actor playing Smaug. Mark Gatiss took one and was very sweet. BC said "it was an insult to the country of New Zealand" and walked away. It crushed me at the time haha, though now I think it's hilarious...what did he even mean?? Also sad Martin Freeman was not there since he's also in Sherlock.
