When Filming The Hobbit (2012), Evangeline Lilly wasn’t ready for this

    During the Filming of The Hobbit (2012), the Icorne elf horse-riding sequence was pure illusion.
    Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly were actually bouncing on green screen rigs designed to mimic horse movement – with very exaggerated motion to sell the effect on camera. Orlando later joked: “I never thought horse riding could be that satisfying, if you know what I mean”

    “The VFX team deserved a raise just for making this look family-friendly in the final edit.

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