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Benedict Cumberbatch in Total Film magazine discussing his costumes for Smaug in The Hobbit. (via cumberbatchweb)

In the realms of pointless trivia about motion capture suits, one of my oldest friends works in performance-capture in a professional capacity. He has many, many stories about big-name actors refusing to allow behind-the-scenes footage of themselves in the suits to be put on the DVD features, simply because they’re so goddamn tight you really CAN tell exactly what they’re weilding down there. Or not-weilding in the case of one or two notable instances.

That’s the glamour of showbiz; a tackle-displaying tight wetsuit made of fuzzy grey lycra with balls velcro-taped to your extremities.