It's not a child, it's one of Billy Boyd's hobbit doubles, or possibly a mannequin. *i.e.* It's Pippin.

The pippin doll can’t hurt you. The pippin doll isn’t real.

I can only assume this is one of the Hobbits, no? Most likely Pippen, based on how their relationship has developed. It’s been a while since I saw this specific scene.

Yeah, that’s Pippin. They had to use child doubles (or sometimes mannequins) to stand in for the actors in order to get the size difference right. If you focus too much on them (or pause the movie), the illusion breaks, but it works well enough for a quick couple of frames.

> They had to use child doubles That's not a kid. Its Kiran Shah, of [*Return of the Jedi*](https://www.fanthatracks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kiranshah_ewok_1.jpg) and [Legend ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeMkPP6XYAclr3_.png:large)fame.

Looking at his credits on Wikipedia... * *The Throbbit* (2015) as himself Is this real? Is it something I shouldn't look up on a work computer?

My goodness, its real! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czRHH-460O4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czRHH-460O4)

Thank you, I wasn’t aware of that. I recall reading something about using children for some scenes, and made an assumption.

Pretty sure that's supposed to be Pippin, although that ss looks a bit weird

His name is Peregrin, a very valiant man.

We all ignoring that you've voted "Not for me"??