July 19th is the birthday of the actor that brought life to Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit trilogy - Benedict Cumberbatch.
While not actually being ‘seen’ in the trilogy, Benedict provided the Motion Capture and voice that brought life to the CG dragon. Actually, this was not his only role in the film, as Benedict also provided Motion Capture and voice to the Necromancer, who was revealed to be Sauron in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
This seemed to be a fitting event; Smaug is a dragon, and the Dragon is the 12th souvenir you can achieve during the Hidden Creature promotion. To celebrate, join me at Fuddrucker on 8th Street at 8:30pm (the Rider football game should have just ended, or else I will be listening to the end of coverage on my phone, haha). Event will wrap up by about 9:30pm. Hope to see you all there!