Why is orlando bloom in the hobbit

Obviously we meet my father, Thranduil, who is a very powerful and strong character who is very particular in his vision of who the Elves are, who the Woodland Elves are, specifically. They are kind of, like I said, a militant group, the Woodland Realm Elves. So I think that the opportunity that Pete and Philippa and Fran and the writers and Pete saw was to create— I think there was a desire for Legolas to come back.

They felt that the fans would appreciate seeing Legolas in the Woodland Realm, and there was an opportunity to create a father-son, a prince versus king dynamic that would be interesting and serve the story. When asked if he was hesitant about reprising as Legolas in The Desolation of Smaug in addition to the third installment , There and Back Again for that reason, Bloom replied:.

Their ideas, which I have explained, were made to clear to me about how it could be made seamless and effective. It was definitely something that anyone would think.

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I have almost the exact opposite of that question. Have you had any scenes with some of the original cast members from the original trilogy, for example Ian McKellen, have you been working with him at all? But I believe there are plans afoot, so yeah, but not as yet, no. It is different though, because as it was pointed out earlier, the relationship-- The friendship that grew out of the relationship between Legolas and Gimli grew over a three movie period. I'm more seeing the dwarves as I would have seen them prior to going in to the Council of Elrond, which is full of disdain for what I, fundamentally as an Elf, believe their purpose is in life.

There's not the same sort of thing, but there's definitely some jibes and moments that are good. Even sillier question, have you seen The Avengers yet, and did you like the Legolas shout out in there? I was going to see it last night, funnily enough.

I didn't get to see it. There's a Legolas shout out? That's amazing. I really want to see it. I hear it's very, very good. It's amazing. Oh, that's cool, really?

That's awesome. In the first three Lord Of The Rings films, I'm curious, how much changed on the set in terms of dialogue and script, and how is it compared to this film? In terms of, are you getting pages the night before that are changing, or is it pretty much been sticking?

Pages the night before is a very common occurrence. It was often-- It's a huge undertaking, a movie like The Lord Of The Rings , but also this movie, it's a huge undertaking. There are two-- And I think that things are always in flux, but we started with a script that has been evolving, if you like, and improving as we go kind of thing. That's their goal and that's why when there are script revisions, there can be script revisions right up before, but it's essentially the tenant of the scene is the same, it's just there are moments that are heightened or created and stuff, but yeah, there's definitely a lot of movement within the script to keep moving it forward, but I think it works for them and it works for the story and it's a huge undertaking, do you know what I mean, and I know that they take it very seriously.

And their desire for it to be as good as it can be is what leads to there being revisions that continue on. That's the way I see it, and I think everyone else does, too. Can you talk about the dynamic a bit between your character and his father, and how much of that do we actually get to see? And when I say to you there is a certain rivalry-- A prince versus a king, a father versus a son, there's definitely a bit of father-son rivalry, prince-king rivalry that forwards the story, I don't really want to elaborate on it more than that, but it makes for a more interesting dynamic.

Thranduil being the king of the Woodland Realm and, as I've said, those Elves being more of a militant group of Elves. Knowing that Legolas goes on to be a bridge, like an architect for peace between the Elves and the rest of the world, you might be able to guess there might be a little bit of me trying to understand more of what the plight of the rest of the world is and therefore somewhat coming up against odds with my father. Does that help? How does the experience of making The Hobbit compare with the experience of making The Lord of the Rings?

It could never be the same, because there was no expectation. That was a unique thing. This obviously, there is a heap of expectation. Actually the way that the movie is being filmed and shot it's really very similar to what the experience was on The Lord Of The Rings , outside of the key cast and stuff.

There's a sort of creative chaos that breeds, I hope something really special that we saw on Lord Of The Rings. There's something about the way that the chaos that is created to make the movies that can lead, and we've seen it with Rings , and we hope to see it again.

Something quite special and unique. It's unlike any other movie experience for sure. The way that it works, but I think it plays out very well to the advantage of the film and hopefully the audiences when they get to enjoy it.

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