K: And why did Tolkien not write a book about trolls? Wouldn’t it be fun to see how the Hollywoods make a brutal green-skinned pair of fabulous mimics? Gnomes is simple.
H: Well, it’s simple, because with Snow White in the head, that gnome is a cute, hard-working shortcut, a rookie in a hood, an ornament of a lawn. And not a armored greedy mountain devil with an explosive character and a steel kiwi.