Orlando Bloom Close to Being Cast in The Hobbit

Ahhh [frick] him, he's a pussy... h8 him in PIRATES, was good in LOTRS tho!

Oh wait... he's gonna be the same character cool lol! ; p

Nice to hear about a movie that cannot be anything less than good. Might be Great but at least good.

Waiting patiently for a Jackson CBM. Well not that patiently really but I try. Come on Peter you know you wanna.



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The only way I would want to see Legolas here is in a cameo (NOT addressed by name) during the scene with the Wood Elves. Leave his presence as an easter egg for eagle-eyed moviegoers.

I just don't want to see this thing turned into "Lord of the Rings parts 4 and 5".

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Comic Book Guy. A cameo in mirkwood is fine, and I don't even mind a good chunk of dialog there or whatever, but if he accompanies the dwarves in their quest..emmm, even I think that would be too big a liberty.

I'm sure he appears in the story at the same point in which Galadriel does since he is from Mirkwood. I could also see them instead using him in the Elven kingdom in northern Mirkwood when the group is captured by an Elven King (his name illudes me right now).

Everyone chill with this purist shit for [frick] sake. Having Galadriel and Legolas cameo is not going to ruin the movie. Now, I'm with those of you who seriously hope Legolas isn't featured as a main/supporting character as that is too big a liberty, but loosen up folks. This is Peter Jackson handling the property and he did deliver expertly on the original trilogy. Have some faith.

All good, Legolas is awesome!!

@Ror - hey bud, you need to get on it and post the fact that there is a Transformers trailer online @ Apple. CBM is little behind the curve for the first time!! Would do it, but I don't know what the he'll I'm doing!

This is a terrible idea.

There's enough material already without adding shit that doesn't belong. Least of all to accomodate him. Are these the "plank of wood" elves?

@BillyBlack

You have read the Hobbit? LotR"s? It's all there. None of this is out of the realm of the books or the history. Most is in each stories Appendix.

An all full lot went on outside of the Hobbit. It will now be part of the entire story.

I am as big of a Tolkien, Hobbit and LOTR fan as there is (read them when I was in 7th grade and that was back in the early 70's) and I really don't give a rat's behind if they add in Galadriel and Legolas. They add a continuity for the prequel for those movie-goers that didn't read the books. This is a movie...not the book...and it doesn't have to be 100% true to the book. The elven army never went to Helms Deep for the battle in the Two Towers, but I thought it kicked ass and added a great moment on big screen.

As The Myth said, you all need to chill with the purist shit. Yeah, that would be you Billy Black. What trouble would it be other than being a great marketing/publicity move for them? How would it create contradictions? Please enlighten us.

Well that all depends on what role they plan on having him play, doesn't it Ranger14?

I never said it had to be 100% faithful. Not near that. But adding Legolas just for the sake of ass in the seats is a waste of time. What about his character adds to the story that isn't already there? Should he replace Bard the Bowman? It just doesn't make sense. You could take a step off that soap box too bro. We're all real impressed that you read the books before most of us were born, but it's not gonna help the story. He's window dressing. Good frames can't save bad paintings.

haha superdog

you've been saying that since day one. How's tricks pup?

shiiiiiiiittt!!! If he shows up in Mirkwood thats fine, and if he shows up at the battle of Dol Gulder or Five armies thats fine but thats it! No mas!

No, Spidey, it will not be fine. As for you SFCamerica, I'm sorry if some of us "purists" just don't want to see a bunch of crap thrown into the movie in the hopes that it will eclipse the source material or even LOTR, just so it will make a few more bucks at the box office. How many good movies have been completely messed up with this attitude?

Forgive me for being a purist, but sometimes you just don't mess with success.

And how are they messing with success Knightstalker? How can the appearances of these characters contradict the continuity? Petr Jackson, remember, that guy who made the Trilogy, the very same guy who co-wrote this script is also directing these. He made 3 EPIC movies based on LotR and you still can't let a PROVEN MASTER do his thing? Think about this bud, stop getting negatively excited over news regarding this film, it's in good hands.

BillyBlack, it's not really a stratch at all. Legolas is from Mirkwood and it is featured as one of the treacherous areas navigated in The Hobbit. That's where they escape to from the Misty Mountains, encounter some nasty spiders, and are held captive by an Elven King. I definitely see a wide open chance for a cameo in the lattermost event.

Actually, it's been said many times that they will be adding things into the story in order to create two films. We will most likely see Galadriel at the White Council with Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast, Elrond, maybe Celeborn or the two blue wizards...I don't recall their names.

Wish they could get Christopher Lee for Saruman but he has stated he would not be willing to travel to NZ at his age.

I don't think they're going to take too many liberties with the actual storyline that was written; however, I think they'll most likely go in-depth with Gandalf's whereabouts when he leaves the dwarf group. We'll see a lot more of the happenings around Middle Earth as the gang is headed to Lonely Mountain. That's where I imagine they'll bring Legolas into this.

Yeah, I'll bet that Legolas' roll will be in Mirkwood and at the battle of the 5 armies. both of which make sense since, while he's not mentioned in the book, it doesn't mean he wasn't there in the story once you take the knowledge from LOTR into account. After-all, nothing ever says he wasn't there and I imagine that by the time Tolken wrote LOTR, the idea had occured to him that Legolas likely wold have been there for those events.

And @ Billy, don't worry man, I seriously doubt that PJ would make such a big change like letting Legolas take the place of Bard. That would change the men's roll in the battle of the 5 armies (Bard is declared King after killing Smaug and leads the humans in the battle).

I think it'll mostly just help keep the continuity more than do anything significant.

Let's be clear, Ranger14

I don't doubt that Jackson will make a great film, or that he is the best person for the job. But I also don't feel the need to blindly say every snippet of information on this film is the best movie news I've ever heard. Would you like if I put you in that category? Because apparently, you're either a purist nut or a pj can do no wrong lemming. Let's try and find a middle ground shall we? Can I not think Legolas is a bad idea? I'm not starting some tolkien jihad here. I (just me personally) don't like it. That doesn't mean it won't work, or that I won't wind up liking the finished product. I just think it's a bad take. I've already spent too much time on it. It really isn't that big a deal. I won't lose a wink of sleep on it, believe me. And to tell you the truth, I'd have even less of a problem with it if I thought Orlando Bloom was a better actor... but I don't. So time will tell I guess.

FoxForce5

Thanks dude. I'm confident that it will be handled the right way, I just find it silly. If people saw and liked LOTR, but aren't familiar with The Hobbit, I doubt it will be Legolas that makes the difference. I'm sure there were plenty of people that went knowing nothing of LOTR when Fellowship came out, and that movie did just fine.