"Essentially, I think of the fighting duo of Kili and Fili as the dream team!" This is how Aidan Turner, who plays one half of that team, describes the characters of himself and his screen brother. "They see themselves as being at the forefront of the fighting constabulary. They are close to the royal family and they are eager to impress Thorin, but I don't think they're too well informed. They've grown up on the old songs and stories about the wars of the past and the various challenges that have confronted the Dwarves. But when they arrive at Bag End, this ensemble of misfits confronts them: they really don't know what they've let themselves in for."