Billy Boyd

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What do you think of Billy Boyd as an actor? Do you think that he portrayed Pippin well?

Billy is quite a character. He has got to be one of my favorites (note my screenname) I love the fact that he he Scottish (he has the cutest accent! I wanna live there!) and he is a great actor in my opinion... he just looks alot like Pip too, and although he is actually the oldest of sean, elijah, and dom, it is beleiveable that pippin is the youngest and the least wise.

That is weird. And Frodo is the oldest of the four Hobbits. But Elijah Wood is the youngest of the actors.

I know... But some how it works. Although elijah's frodo dosn't look the oldest to me, and if I hadn't read the books I think I would probably think that sam was the oldest or something, not frodo.

In the book, Frodo is like almost 50 when he leaves the Shire. He is 33 when he inherits the ring. In the book, it takes several years for Gandalf to realize that the Bagginses have the "One Ring"

Oh yeah, his accent is sooo cute.

It reminds me of the time I lived in Scotland. But you can be glad he didn't speak genuine Scots, you would have been at a loss then, ye ken.

Merry, Pippin, and Sam all have Scottish-like accents. But then Frodo sounds more British. ???

Actually, only Billy is from scotland... Dom is from Germany, and both sean and elijah are from america. The reason that Frodo has a different accent from the rest is because he is supposed to be sort of an upperclass hobbit, which is why he is more learned in the way of languages and so forth. And Eoghanan, I like the way all scots talk, although billy's accent is a little less heavy.

I knew that billy was from Scotland and Sean and Elijah from US, but I didn't know that Dominic is from Germany. Nice info! And thank for the explanation about the accent. I never thought of it that way before. I guess that explains Smeagol's really bad grammar. After all, he is a river hobbit.

sure any time! ya, Dom was born in Germany, although I think that later he moved to England where he grew up.

I read this hilarious interveiw of Dom and Billy, and they were talking about this one time when they were walking through France with Elijah and this kid ran up and started screaming Igles! Ingles! at them or something like that and they were like, what? and then he just hits dom and runs away.

I had a crush on Sean Astin when I was growing up. I fell in love with him when I saw Goonies. I can't believe he gained 30 lbs for LOTR. He still looks good though.

I know, poor guy... that wouldn't be much fun to gain so much weight just for a movie. his daughter is so cute!

English... the french hate them because of the war or something... I wouldn't know the whole story... I'm american.... no cool accent, what a shame.

We have an accent to other english speaking countries. But it isn't cool. The British think our accent is grating.

Does Sean's daughter play Sam's daughter in the movie?

It is grating. And yes, the little blonde one in ROTK is really his daughter, although she's older now.

I haven't seen ROTK yet. Maybe this weekend. All my friends are talking about it though. We're all obsessed.

wow you really need to go! I've been 5 times already and am going again on friday!

If you like the way Billy talks go to his official web site and listen to the interveiws... some of them are really funny! www.billyboyd.net

Five times?! I can't afford to go see that many times. I will buy the DVD though and wear that out.

Filmography:

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

• Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Scottish accents are sometimes really hard to understand.

Yes, but they are very sexy.

I saw an interview with Billy Boyd one time and I had to listen really hard to figure out what he was saying.

He can be a little hard to understand now and then.

Yes, it is.... I LOVE accents. Especially New Zealand, Scottish and German!!!

I want to live in scotland at least for a while, just so that I can listen to them all the time That'd be heaven

It is nice to know that I am not the only one who appreciates the accent.

It is a very beautiful thing I adore him so much

I'm glad they chose Billy as pip... he just IS pippin-ish if that makes any sence at all...

It does make sense. That is exactly what I thought when I saw him.

Both Pippen and Merry were perfectly cast.... in my opinion!

I wasn't crazy about Merry. I don't know exactly why.

oh...i though they were both excellently cast. i loved those two...they were to funny.

I love the way that Dom plays Merry! he does a good job showing how sharp he is... and the way he always looks out for Pippin. Billy does a good job looking to Merry for guidence all through the trilogy. You can always see him looking at Merry to see what's happening. It's cute!

I think that Dom was great as merry. But when I first saw him out of his hobbit garb, I didn't even recognize him. Wow is he gorgeous. Merry wasn't very good looking.

at least you have some sort of interesting accent... american... boring... sigh

heh...i have boring old american too...but i can do a fairly good impersonation of other accents...and i do a mean gollum impression too....
the precciiiooouussss.

that's cool... i do alright with british... haven't quite got down the scottish yet.

I AM British! and i have an 'Oxford' accent. Believe me it is not cool! It is soooo annoying! you just sound soo snobbish saying some things! But it does mean i can do a good Frodo impersonation...and i my mum's boyfriend who livs with us is from scotland (Glasgow...and his name is Bill....freaky!) so i can do quite a good Pippin one too! yay! I love the American accent! I dont find it grating!

Hahahaha Peregr!n but your accent is so unique to us americans.....since the only accent here is the southern one which most of us are not at all pleased with................

good point! It's just so dull. And at least you say things how they were origionally intended to be said... I have an uncle from Austrailia... and I love to listen to his accent... but I think scottish ones are best! Go billy!

Sometimes Billy's accent is hard to understand. Not in the movie, but in interviews.

It's so cute! I love it. did you listen to the ones at billyboyd.net? I've listened to them so many times that I've gotten used to his accent.

No I haven't had a chance.

oooohhhh! Listen to those! they are really funny! and you get to hear some other guy talk... he sounds WAY different. I like Billy's better

i love the scottish accent, it is really cool!

must visit scotland.... NOW!

Does anyone think that Billy Boyd looks a little like Edward Norton?

there's something a little bit similar... but I don't think they necessarily look alike.

Ive been to scotland...to edinburgh though, not to Glasgow, and some of the people there you cant understand! Thier accents are so thinck...those that have lived there all their lives...so confuzzling!

I love it... it would be awsome to live there for like a year. I want to go and just listen to them talk. and I love rain.... so it would be perfect for me

i had to walk to school in the rain and the hail and the wind today. i dont like rain when it dont like me...if you get my meaning!

haha! I've had snowdays the past three days! no school for me

lucky! i wish we had snow...but noooooo...it has to rain!

Does anyone know when Master & Commander is coming out on video and DVD. I would really like to see Billy Boyd in something other than LOTR but M & C is no longer in the theaters in my area.

Oh my God! I never knew that the Scot's accent was so popular! Though I have to take offence at the "You can't understand the one's who've spent their whole lives there" comment! I've lived here all my life and so far have had no problem being understood! Though I have to admit that yes there are some that even I can't understand easily, but that's true of most accents. You get harsh and soft one's, like the London accent, is very easy to understand, but the Cockney accent is almost impossible sometimes, though with all honesty, when Scot's get going and excited we have difficulty understanding each other at all sometimes! Interesting point though, the best English speakers in the world come from Inverness! (I suppose that that's the equivalent to the Deep South for you americans! (No offence intended to anyone from Inverness!
))

I heard that: about the best English speakers from inverness.
And with the understanding thing...it does depend on how fast you talk! I live with a Scottish person and i still have a bit of trouble understanding the people who live there when we visit!

It's not the accent so much that is sometimes hard to understand... but more the different phrases that Scots use that are sometimes confusing to me. But I absolutly LOVE the accent.

well, when we go to college in scotland, we can be SURROUNDED by that BEAUTIFUL accent. ahhhh.... SAVE YOUR MONEY SARAH

I'm trying rachel! lol. Does anyone know if it's possible to get the eppisodes of Taggart that he was in? I really want to see them.

Yeah me to, ive never seen him in anything else other than LOTR.

Isn't Billy Boyd a little old for you?

I never said I was going to marry him! I still think he's handsome, cute, and funny. I actually think guys are more handsome when they are in their late twneties- thirties for some reason.

Maturity!

ya... that (I personally can't stand most highschool guys), and they just look better... I don't know! I also like Billy because he is so talented! as a singer and especially an actor

He seems really down to earth too. Well, from the interviews that is the impression that I get. I won't presume to know him just by the interviews. He just comes across as a normal, unHollywood, type of guy.

yes... kind of like Viggo. They don't try and get too much attention and publicity.

ooo, handsome eh? since when did you start using that word? but i agree, most of the actors in lotr are very humble about what they do

well I can't really say that Billy Boyd is hot... because I don't think that describes him very well.... handsome does

Yeah, I guess he's not too bad.

not to mention he's a great actor...

We were having a debate today in school about what makes a good actor, and when i said....laid back i think it was, and i mentioned Billy Boyd, people were like : who the hell is he?? *rolls eyes* honestly!
when i told them that he was Pippin in LOTR they were like: oh yeah! him! he was cool!

Yeah, in America, nobody really knows the name Billy Boyd. He could walk down the street of my town, and probably no one would recognize him.

I would! but I agree about no one knowing who he is. I'm always like, "I love Billy Boyd!" and talking about him and stuff and people are like who?

If you haven't seen LOTR you wouldn't know him from Adam.

how did I get the word love to be underlined? wierd.

its not underlined is it?

nvm... that was wierd... I think I am going insane. well back to Billy... anyone know why he wasn't at the golden globes? I wanted to see him... Dom was there.

Only nominees, presenters, and their guests are invited. Billy wasn't any of those. I don't know why Dom was there. I asked that question in another thread. Was he in another film that was nominated? It's possible too that he was someone's guest. I don't think he was at the LOTR table.

I didnt see the Golden Globes hmmmm i dont know why he wasnt there.

The only cast there were Elijah(presenter), Cate(nominee), and Dom(don't know why he was there, probably someone's date)

Dom was at the LOTR table, and I don't think he was with a girl... and I thought that Billy would be there because his song was in the soundtrack and that was nominated. hmmmm. oh well. They will hopefully be at the Oscars!

I didn't see him at the table. HMMMM

he was there. I have it on tape! Muah ha ha! and he was a little bit teary when Peter Jackson won best director. it was sooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!! *sniff*

I have it on tape too. Yeah I saw him when PJ won best dir, but I didn't think he was at the LOTR table. I have to go back and watch it again! Darn!

Did anyone hear that Billy is going to be doing a romantic comedy. I haven't heard much about it, but supposedly they began filming this month. It's a british film and I think it's called "On Love". Hopefully it's released in America too. It's weird though, because I remember reading in an interview one time that Billy wouldn't want to play a romantic lead. Oh well, I'm glad he is. I think he has what it takes to be a romantic lead. What do you ladies think?

I really like Billy Boid, he is way cool, and he is really funny. and i love him playing Pippin, that is like the best part about him!

I think Billy is incredibly cute, and he would make an awesome romantic lead, that will be really interesting to see...I hope it opens in America too

If it's not released in America, I'll have to buy the DVD on a British site. He's great. Unfortunately, I've only ever seen him as Pippin. I haven't seen Master and Commander yet. It's not in the theaters in my city anymore. Do you know when it will be coming out on DVD?

It would look odd with Billy being tall, I would always imagine him standing at 4ft

It will be different to see him without the dumb look on his face all the time. The open mouth wonder.

Hey Sandy, I didn't realize that you posted on this thread too. Sorry about just asking the ladies. Gentlemen's comments are welcome too.

It was just a passing comment, so don't worry about the 'ladies' thing, you can have your thread back now! To be honest, talking about how sexy Billy Boyd might be isn't exactly my 'thing'

Does he have much screen time?

Sandy, you are welcome back anytime.

Not a whole lot, but some

Thanks for the release date Misty. I'll mark it on my calendar. Billy should be proud that two of his movies are up for Best Picture. Wow, that's going to really boost his career.

Sandy_Murray: not that he is very tall anyways I've been looking for two of Billy's movies lately that he's suppoedly been in, Sniper 470 and the Urban Ghost story, but I don't think they have them in American video store. It's sad

You'll have to go online to find them. British websites are sure to have Urban Ghost story. I don't know about Sniper though. Wasn't that a tv movie? That might be harder to find. If you find them, let me know.

He's only 6 inches taller than me and I'm tiny.

alright. You might be right about the TV thing. I'll do some snooping around and yes, bill is short... but I think elijah is shorter. either that or he just has a really big head, which throws everything else out of proportion.

For some reason I thought you were British. Where are you from?

america. oregon.

If i hadnt told you i was british, would you have thought that?

I know you're British, Pip! Some of the things you say are British. Americans don't usually use the phrase, "I reckon" That gives you away.

I know you knew i was british.....i posted it like.....3 days after i joined!
I was born in Florida though, and my dad lives there

I think Billy's accent is great! Ive been to Scotland but alot of their accents are nothing like Billy's (must be the part of it you come from) but some are really hard to understand!

Hehe - I'm from Britain too - me and Pip live quite close to each other!

I love going to America though, the horse-riding there is brilliant and it's just great allround!

I'm American, and I've never been on a horse. That is such a stereotype. People think that we're all cowboys. America, from what I hear from friends that have traveled, isn't much different from most of Britain.

Yes, Billy's accent is a little difficult to understand at times. But I like it. It's very "musical".

You have never been on a horse????? wow! you have to put that on your 'to-do' list!
And britain isnt that different....just more miserable!

I live in the middle of suberbia. Not too many chances to get on a horse. We drive our cars everywhere! It's the American way. That's why we're all so unhealthy. We drive everywhere.

Back on topic!!! How did we get distracted from talking about Billy? I thought that was impossible to do.

Not impossible, just very hard to do!
Anyway.....BillyBoydBillyBoydBillyBoydBillyBoyd.....

peregr!n, have you heard anything about Billy's new project, On Love? It's supposedly a romantic comedy. I haven't been able to find any information on it. I think they are still filming it.

Hang on....i have heard that he was doing a romantic comedy. I'm gonna have a look....

Billy Boyd has revealed a few details about his next project. "It looks like I'm going to do a romantic comedy in Britain next," said the former hobbit.. "A film called On Love. I can't say who it is with yet, but we start in January."

Thats all i could find

Where did you get that? Wow, you're good!

thank you....and i am good at searching....it's one of the things i do best!

Hey I am American and I ride horses! lol. And I don't have a car yet so I walk. But back to Billy. It's so sad that Both his parents dies when he was young. poor little fellow

That's his personal business though. I'd rather not talk about someone's personal life.

It is just sad is all. And he turned out wonderfully.

We all have bad times in our lives. I know I do.

Does anyone know if Billy's coming out in anymore movies soon? I hope he does.

He's filming a romantic comedy right now.

and him and Dom have written a script for a film they are making together....something about scuba diving i think...

what's the romantic comedy called? do you know when it comes out?

Supposedly it is called "On Love". I read somewhere that they began filming it in January.

Don't know much more than that. Peregr!n is going to keep an eye out for information for me and I will let you know when I know.

Two eyes..as often as i can spare them!

Do you have a movie line for every situation?

Well, yes. At least well enough for my own people

ooooh! ive found something else!
(On losing the Empire awards to Orli): "F*** Empire! You had to give Best Debut to Mr. Cheekbones, didn't ya?!"

Yeah, Orlando Bloom is pretty good looking, but I prefer Billy Boyd. My favorite, however, is Dominic Monaghan.

Orlando shall no longer be known as 'Orli' to me...but Mr. Cheekbones!

Okay, me too!

yaaaaay!

Did you see Billy at the SAG awards? He looked so cute!

http://www.sagawards.org/photos_10_2.html#

didnt see it but found a picture you have to click on Billy's picture to see him in his kilt!

Yea, that was great! I never thought I'd see him in a kilt, but hey whatever works And thanks for the picture Pip!

I thought he looked great. And his date was beautiful. However, if he was going to wear a red kilt, she shouldn't have worn the colors she wore. The two of them clashed on the red carpet.

Really? I didnt even see his date....Guess I wasnt paying enough attention.

She was wearing a really pretty dress. It was blue and a bunch of other pastel colors. It would have complimented her more if he would have been in all black. Since he was colorful she would have looked better in something plain. Separately they looked good, but together it was a color mess. They totally clashed. Where was his stylist?!? Usually celebrities don't make that mistake.

here's a good website for SAG pics

www.bagendinn.com/group/events/sag04.asp

There's some pics of Sean Astin and his wife Christine. They dressed how a couple should. Their outfits didn't clash, they looked very good standing next to each other. I guess the Astins have been in Hollywood a lot longer than Billy Boyd and his girlfriend. They just know about the whole public image thing a little better.

I never knew that this "Billy Boyd" person existed, even when I watched FotR for the first time. It was when I saw him on the big screen for the first time (TTT) that I really fell in love with him. One, he plays my favorite character in the book, which is Pippin.

He seems like such a nice guy, and I really love his acting, and his singing (scary thing is that we share virtually the same vocal range, but I can go an octave higher, and he can go a note lower).

I also think that he looks absolutley stunning in the pictures from SAG, but when doesn't he look great? LOL!!!!

And a note on Sean Astin... *melts* LOL!!

Ahhh, another Billy Boyd/Pippin fan

LOL!!! I would also like to add that I really didn't like anything about the books when I read them the first time, but I had to for school, and then Pippin came in and everything changed.

I don't know what it is about Pippin, but he is just the character that you fall in love with immediatley.

You can relate to him! He is so...Pippin-ish!

My points exactly. He has his own word to describe him. But it is kinda irksome that mention Pippin, and most people are like, "Oh, Merry and Pippin!" He is his own person, LOL!!

I also think that Pippin is so lovable because everyone has a Pippinish moment. I mean, everyone has a moment when they are like Pippin, some more than others (*cough*ME*cough*)

No Comment! Welcome, welcome! If you love Pippin, this is the place to be. I'm looking forward to reading some of your posts.

Billy Boyd and Sean Astin are both supposed to attend the Oscars tonight. I don't know about the rest of the cast, except Viggo. He won't be there.

Are the Oscars tonight?

Yes!!!!!!! You're 5 hours ahead of me though. It won't start until 1 am your time. I don't think you get ABC over there either.

Nope