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Stephen Fry has revealed that director Peter Jackson has his character eating testicles in The Hobbit.

Fry plays "a very gross figure", the Master of Laketown, in the two-part sequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

He told Digital Spy: "He [Jackson] was a shlock, gore director of the highest quality and wit. My character is an opportunity for sheer grossness.

"He had me eating testicles... gross appetites. I mustn't give too much away but I've got a bald cap and then on top of that a really bad combover wig and this wispy moustache and wispy beard and horrible blotchy skin and disgusting fingernails."

Fry added: "And generally speaking a really unappetising piece of work. And a coward to boot and very, very greedy."

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is released on December 14, 2012.

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