Stephen Colbert puts Smaug in the hot seat for a change

Stephen Colbert, meet Smaug the Mighty.

The Colbert Report host welcomed special guest and enormous, fire-breathing fictional dragon Smaug to his program on Dec. 11.

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Colbert is no stranger to the King under the Mountain — the actor had a small cameo in The Desolation of Smaug in 2013.

In the interview, Colbert attempts to show Smaug why the two are not so different in terms of their core beliefs.

"We both live in gated communities, and we're both fiscal conservatives who sit on giant piles of money," Colbert told Smaug.

Smaug and Colbert covered a broad range of topics, including Game of Thrones, Sherlock and the use of motion capture in the trilogy. Read more...

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