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In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we meet Thorin Oakenshield’s nephew Kili, a naive, rash, yet brave young dwarf played by Irish actor Aidan Turner. Kili has his own story to tell over the course of the three films. He and the elf Tauriel bring a little romantic relief to The Desolation of Smaug and, in the final film, Kili’s character is developed further as Richard Armitage (who plays Thorin Oakenshield) explains,

“In the third film we [Thorin and Kili] had some really kind of sensitive, intimate moments. He’s [Kili] such a heroic character in the first movie and his journey is fascinating and he goes through all sorts of traumas, so it was a real privilege to play that with him [Aidan] and he really gave himself up to it.”

So who is this young actor who takes Kili on this prophetically traumatic journey? Aidan Turner may be a reasonably familiar face on Irish and British TV but he is pretty much unknown to the wider audience of The Hobbit.

I met Aidan recently in London and, yes, he is as lovely in real life as on the screen. The press will tell you of his meteoric rise but he is quick to counter this with a list of theatre credits from earlier years.
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