Please explain the benefits of a man doing motion-capture for a dragon

Please explain the benefits of a man doing motion-capture for a dragon
Presumably by now you'll all have seen the photos of Benedict Cumberbatch covered in mini ping pong balls, contorting his face like a trooper in order to provide motion-capture for Smaug, the dragon in The Hobbit. Now I don't mean to be a killjoy, but... this is a wind-up, right?

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