Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson recreates Bilbo Baggins' house in his basement
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas often visit!
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit director Peter Jackson has paid the ultimate homage to his multi-billion pound franchise.
Clearly still in love with the movie series, Peter has brought in a set designer to lovingly recreate Bilbo Baggins’ petite residence, Bag End, in the basement of his New Zealand home.
Artist and friend Bino Smith, who worked as a set finisher with Peter Jackson on LOTR and King Kong, says that the results are astounding and it looks exactly like in the movies.
“His eye for detail was such that we had to build it right down to the feather, so everything is exactly the same as the movie – but it’s liveable,’ Bino told Stuff.co.nz.
“You got the house, then you go down to the wine cellar and you pull a bottle, and it opens up a door, then you step out a look down this corridor – about 35 metres, we had to create it.
“Then you go down one part, then there’s a skeleton and some bodies, then you come out to a mock torture chamber, then you pull a book in a bookcase and the bookcase opens, and you walk into Bag End.”
Incredibly, director legends Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and actor Danny DeVito have all visited the grass mounded abode.
“Spielberg and Lucas are over here all the time,” Bino said. “Danny DeVito is one of his best mates. And it’s just for them.”
Can we get an invite too please, Peter?!
