The Hobbit and Sherlock star talked to BuzzFeed News about why he gave the middle finger so many times backstage and why he reckons that he won’t do a bigger film.

He believes that The Hobbit will be the biggest film he will ever do.

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I think it is highly unlikely I will do something bigger than The Hobbit. Bigger doesn't always mean better, you know, but it's not that likely that I will do anything on this scale because there aren't many other things that are as big on this scale.

The advantage of doing this part for so long is that you slip in and out of character very easily, so it becomes like a familiar old jacket or something. You put the feet on, that literally helps you form how you walk… how you carry yourself and you are instantly back in that thing and before you know it your head's twitching around and your fingers… you know when your nose is twitching. It becomes very easy to be that character.

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