Heh...he got beeped a lot in the other interviews.
He's not NEARLY as dignified when he isn't playing Theoden...is he?
Billy Boyd...I actually rarely have trouble understanding him, mostly just 'cause of hanging out with pipers and all the Scottish stuff I listen to. However, we've listened to the interviews at his site before, and I tell ya one...having one Scot interview another seems to make 'em BOTH revert to the very, very strongest version of their accent possible, and especially when they crack each other up it's all but unintelligible. Funny, though!
Understanding those accents is definately learned. :~D
It pleased me that FINALLY in ROTK he and Dom talked more about their character developement, something that I missed tremendously in the first two (unless I just didnt click on the right feature...). I was also appreciative of the remarks Sir McKellan made about expanding the friendship Gandalf had with Pippin. He said something about how the scenes he did with Pippin were done in a bit of a haphazard way (my words, not his) that it was a point of frustration to him in not being able to set the right tone of that relationship...words to that effect at least. I went "THANK YOU!" because even with this extension, I felt Gandalf was WAY too harsh. Perhaps I am unable to take off the rose-colored glasses when it comes to that part of LOTR, but I have always seen the friendship of Pippin and Gandalf as two people who get a huge kick out of each other and believe in each other despite their foibles. I like what Billy and Sir McKellan had to say and it made me feel better.
But I still wish Gandalf hadn't knocked Pippin aside when he was talking with Denethor. Completely uncharacteristic of Gandalf.