The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit director admits technology isn’t his strong point.
He’s known for making films that use every facet of available technology but Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson says he’s an “absolute idiot” when it comes to computers.
“I can’t even do an e-mail,” the New Zealander said. “But fortunately I know some wonderful clever people who are very good with computers.”
Jackson brings all his expertise and that of the clever people he knows to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the third and final movie in The Hobbit saga, which received its world premiere in London on Monday night.
Having spent 17 years bringing the literary work of J.R.R. Tolkien to the big screen in six blockbuster films, Jackson joked he was now “going to the beach.”
But the Oscar-winner admitted that the burden of responsibility of bringing the much-loved books to life has given him many sleepless nights.
“I have a recurring nightmare when I make a movie, and The Hobbit was no exception, where I’m lying in bed and there is a film crew surrounding the bed waiting for me to tell them what to do but I’m not sure exactly what movie we’re making.
“I will have the nightmare from the first day of shooting to the last and then it stops. It’s hell because I’ve been on set all day and then I come home and go to sleep and I’m on set in my dreams as well.”
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