I've just stumbled on this random news from New Zealand about hardships exeperienced by actors filming the Hobbit, that include having to share coloured contact lenses and having to wear costumes that cut off circulation: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/121325/nz-actors'-union-still-seeking-minimum-standards A web search doesn't reveal any further detail and I cannot find a great deal more information on Hobbit eyes. Tolkein's decription, via Wikipedia, makes no mention:
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