The Hobbit’s Smaug terrorizes Stephen Colbert’s show

Stephen Colbert is known to be a big Tolkienite, and he had the honor of recently interviewing Smaug the Tremendous. The dragon is intimidating, but Colbert was able to hold his own.

Of course, Smaug couldn’t help but do some smack talk on other dragons, like the ones from Game of Thrones and Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon.

It’s pretty cool to see The Hobbit filmmakers taking the time to produce the Smaug CG animation for the talk show, along with getting help from Benedict Cumberbatch.

Smaug was an intimidating guest. Luckily I had a leftover black arrow from that time I interviewed Richard Branson.

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) December 12, 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits theaters on December 17, 2014.