Richard Armitage World Tour: the Pacific-Asian Leg

Big week for Richard Armitage and us fans starting first stop, New Zealand. Hard to believe that was only a week ago because this week seems to have gone by at a very fast pace. First we start with the landing of the Boeing 777 tricked out in The Hobbit theme landing in New Zealand:

Then of course there is going through the airport terminal in Aukland, New Zealnd

Nice and scruffy

Which the cast must have stayed for a little while before heading off to Wellington and the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

And more photo ops for the press in Wellington:

Then of course there was the press conference before the premiere but first their had to be the traditional Maori greeting for Richard:

Somewhere in the middle of alll of this Richard, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis and other cast members  had time to do a little sight seeing.

With the break over it was time ti get down to the business at hand..The world premiere of The Hobbit: an Untold Journey.

Keep thinking that this suit is Lucas North-ish

RA signing autographs for some some lucky fans

Graciously handling the press as he tries to get down the red carpet

Then in front of The Hobbit door that he would eventuelly step through:

After this hoopla, Richard, Martin and Andy were in Australia to present at the ARIA Awards and gave Goyte the Best Pop Release.

So, after all of these events in New Zealand and Australia our man, Richard, & co. were on their way to Japan for the Tokyo premiere of The Hobbit on December 1, 2012.

Here is the Japanese Press Conference videos, parts 1-5, from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Sad thing is that the press just didn't seem to care to much about Richard because it was forever before someone was nice enough to ask him a question. Now Peter Jackson and Martin Freeman were asked about Richard first and said some wonderfully kind and true things about him.They absolutely gushed over him. Which I guess the Japanese press felt they needed more information about the man from those he worked with. Anyway, in order, the 5 videos of the Japanese Press Conference, courtesy of RACentral on Youtube :

Japanese Press Conference, part 1

Japanese Press Conference, part 2

Japanese Press Conference, part 3

Japanese Press Conference, part 4

Japanese Press Conference, part 5

And the transcript of the press conference can be found here courtesy of a twitter friend of mine.

Also some gifs of Richard at the conference:

 

At least he didn't pick his nose

Then on the night of December !,2012 was the Tokyo premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Richard in, what I have been told,in a waxed wool suit. From a distance it looks like leather, almost like an homage to Guy of Gisborne and his leather outfits. But then it seems Richard wears leather in most of his roles.

Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage,Martin Freeman,Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis at the Japanese premiere.

The introduction of the Japanese premier of The Hobbit on the red carpet is amazing. They are not there and then they are.

Richard signing autographs for Japanes fans:

I hope y'all enjoyed the post. This concludes the Pacific-Asian leg of the Richard Armitage World Tour the North American and English legs of the tour are up next. I'll get that post out as soon as I can.