http://www.zmonline.com/video/zmtv-andy-martin-richard
Here’s another interview with Andy, Martin and Richard with dear RA cleverly side-stepping the whole “hot dwarf” issue once more (love how Martin and Andy also chime in here). The image quality was a bit muddy on my end, but hey, you know how gorgeous he looks and you can hear him just fine. 😉 Thank you, Ali, for the link on Twitter.
And while I am at it, some more fanart from the premiere:
Oh, come on, Richard, you know you are!
the armitage effect 
Oh, I believe in magic, alright, and I know it when I see it and hear it.
Me, too, and he’s the original Magic Man.
I hadn’t seen this interview before…so thank you! I could watch him talk forever 🙂 Has he ever acknowledged in ANY interview that it’s him that we’re attracted to as well as his characters? Not that I want him to…I just find it so endearing that he gives the impression of thinking anyone who finds him attractive must be delusional 😉
I wonder just how many thousands of seemingly deluded women it will take to convince him.
Oh, the harem the man could have if he only wished it, ready and waiting to “convince” him. 😉
It is probably good that the central base of his fandom (at least to date) have been mostly women with at least some degree of impulse control-otherwise he’d probably need an NFL flack-jacket to ward off tacklers!
I agree. If we’d been like some of the (nobody throw anything at me) Twi-hards, the poor guy would not only need a flack jacket, he’d need a few bodyguards the size of that prisoner in Strike Back!
LOL-“Vincent, Vincent”..that’s Richard calling for backup!
Seriously, he could come in handy at some point. 😉
Sounds like good work for the entire defensive line of your beloved Tide.
Considering what they did to Auburn last week, I would say they could do an excellent job. They are either the number 1 or 2 defense in the nation. 😀
It just popped up in one of Ali’s tweets. I loved the ZM audio so much I figured I would like this, too, and I was right. 😀 Had to share!! I don’t ever recall him admitting fans might actually like him for HIM and not just the characters. He is totally endearing in the way he reacts to such things. ‘Me, a sex symbol? Are you mad??” Yes, over YOU, Richard. 😉
If this is madness then I don’t ever want it to end!
That’s a big part of why we are gaga over him!!
I think the fact that he still can’t see himself as “hot” or attractive is one of his lovely qualities. Some actors in his place would be positively preening while he looks rather uncomfortable with the praise and looks down rather shyly, bless him.
These pictures are wonderful by the way. It’s hard to imagine he could look even more attractive but he’s done it! Truly magical. 🙂
It is. Those who clearly think they are the hottest thing on the planet become much less appealing to me when I realize the depth of their self-absorption. He’s so sweet and endearing, he really is, in his self-effacing way.
I love that face he makes-as if he is again chagrined that interview brings up the hot factor (so cute that he never seems to expect it..especially from a female interviewer!) That, and Andy Serkis, “Not THAT kind of hot!” LOL-classic! These guys just seem like the would be so fun to hang out with don’t they!
I think that would be a fun trio to go on a world tour with–never a dull moment. 😉 I love it when they tease Richard. 😉
I hope he never figures out that he could probably diffuse some of the adulation by being just a little less adorable absolutely all of the time! 🙂 Did the girls from Wellington post an account of the experience somewhere? Real life has intruded on my Richarding in the past 24 hours.
Hang on, that’s coming up in another post. 😉 Thanks to Nadia, who has been supplying me with goodies today. 😀
Sweet-you know me, love the real life action!
No problem, kiddo. 😉
Well, he is the only one without a wife and children, so of course, he’s a target for every wink-wink-nudge-nudge joke they can throw at him.
Exactly. And I think they have great fun doing it. Of course, it looks like he has a good time flirting his way down the red carpet, too. 😉 Which he can do as a single guy.
Boys will be boys 🙂
They will indeed, and I love it when this boy is a boy. LOL
😀 Thanks God!
We can’t be certain he’s single, can we? He might be seeing somebody but keeping it under wraps.
Let’s say he’s officially single. Pretty sure he doesn’t have a wife and six kids as one silent movie star did 😉
Or a string of illegitimate progeny, as other stars have had.
May I simply say I appreciate the fact the man does not believe like a man slut? Y’all know what I mean.
An intriguing double life? Nah don’t think so either.
How I wish he had 6 kids…Ok maybe not 6 but 2-3.. All boys.. all the spitting image (do you actually have to put that in plural?) of him.. We NEED more people like RIchard in this world!!! I know, I know he’s very probably too busy for a serious relationship at this stage etc.etc, but my heart aches if I think that he might end up never having any children…*sighs*
I understand where you are coming from, my dear. Those genes need to be passed on for more reasons than one.
While I more than suspect he’d prefer the “regular way”, now would be a good time to bank some of that genetic material.
Really, it wouldn’t be a bad idea—just in case.
Wasn’t it Cary Grant that had children in his 70’s?
Yeah, his daughter Jennifer was born when he was an older man.
Viva Viagra! (I heard that from an 80 year old LADY at church!!) Rock on my sistah!
LOL Good for her. 😉
Or to quote my mother, “THAT’s why they call it ‘SEXagenarian’!” Age does not dampen desire; it just impedes your ability to do something about it sometimes.
That and breaking your tailbone. 😉
As more than one lady I know has found to her chagrin.
Nothing is ever certain I would guess, but the man must have the secreting abilities of the world’s secret services combined if he can keep a serious relationship quiet in this media onslaught..more power to him if he is/can/does!!
Relationships—ninja style!! LOL
See, now I am picturing all sorts of “action” ala Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. What kind of corner has this man unlocked in my mind?
Suddenly I find myself wanting to dig up my DVD and watch that movie again. 😉 It’s the Armitage Effect, I am telling ya! 😉 The things we think, say, do, watch, buy . . .
You realize that he has the key to almost all of them, don’t you?
Mr. Obscura is contemplating a letter of thanks 😉
It does not take significant cleverness to evade the media, but it helps. Sometimes it is just a matter of being where they’re not, or where they do not expect you to be.
Wherever Lindsey Lohan hangs out? Avoid like the plague. 😉
This is true, but it seems (to me anyway-wishful thinking?) that if there is something to tell, someone will always spill the beans eventually. Speculating of course, but I’ve wondered if he has avoided commitment because he can’t give 100% of himself to both career and relationship? I hope someday he is able to find a balance if it is something that he really desires in his life. That said, he doesn’t seem to be pining for anything at the moment 🙂
No, he definitely seems very, very happy.
I think this is my favourite interview so far!!! His reaction to the hot dwarf remark is so similar to the reaction he had when Lorraine Kelly called him “a beautiful boy” all those years ago! So, yes, I think he’s definitely become more confident, but he hasn’t changed all THAT much…The shyness does make an appearance every now and then..:)
I love the humor in it. And yes, there’s something rather comforting about seeing glimpses of our shy guy popping up every now and again. 😀
Oh yes, that shy guy underneath! That little bit of embarrassment is so lovely to see. He not you typical self-absorbed stud-muffin!! Thank goodness!
NO, he definitely is not the latter. 😉
I thought I’d seen all the short interviews with Andy and MF. Thanks for linking to another one!
I know, every time I think I have seen it all, something else pops up (as it did with Comic-Con). And you’re welcome. 😀