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"Elijah Wood has spoken about the experience of filming The Hobbit.  The actor, who reprises his role as Frodo Baggins in the upcoming film, described it as &amp;quot;very much in the same spirit&amp;quot; as the Lord of the Rings trilogy.    &amp;quot;Returning to that space, it&amp;#039;s largely the same group of people who had made The Lord of the Rings,&amp;quot; Wood told Collider. &amp;quot;I was definitely aware of the fact that there were more trucks now and more trailers, and the production feels larger in scale.  &amp;quot;On a technological level, obviously that&amp;#039;s a huge part of it, as well. But, at the end of the day, it&amp;#039;s still the same group of people, making it very much in the same spirit... so that intimacy and that family aspect on set is still the same.&amp;quot; He went on to discuss his nostalgia for the Hobbiton set, lamenting the fact that his limited involvement in the film meant his return had been brief. &amp;quot;It was too short - my involvement is so small. It was a gift to go back... I was in Hobbiton again, for the first time in 11 years. I turned 19 in Hobbiton. I&amp;#039;m 30 now. That put a lot of things into perspective.   &amp;quot;It was beautiful. It was just beautiful to go back. I only worked a small amount when I was there. I was there for a month, and the majority of my time was just going to set every day and meeting a lot of the new cast members and catching up with old friends and being in Wellington again.  &amp;quot;It feels like home, and those people feel like extended family to me. It was such a treat to go back.&amp;quot; Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkis are among the other Lord of the Rings actors who will reprise their roles in The Hobbit.  Director Peter Jackson has defended his decision to shoot The Hobbit at a rate of 48 frames per second rather than the industry standard 24, after preview footage received a mixed reception at CinemaCon.  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 14. Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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