During
a break from shooting the second installment in The Hobbit trilogy, actor
Orlando Bloom, Legolas gave a group interview, where he talked about the movie,
what are differences between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and more.
“...
Is
there much difference between Legolas in The Hobbit, versus Legolas in Lord Of
The Rings? In terms of his personality and development.
BLOOM:
No. Not masses. Essentially the Woodland Realm Elves, which is where Legolas is
from, and my father being Thranduil, the king of those Elves, are a particular
type of Elf as described by Tolkien to be… I’m not going to quote him
correctly, but they are different from the Lothlorien and the Rivendell elves. They’re
more militant if you like. Legolas in Lord Of The Rings was sent as a bridge
from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything
else. This is an introduction into the Woodland Realm Elves. 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.
...
Because
we know that Legolas and Gimli form this bond in Lord Of The Rings, does your
dislike of dwarves in this, is it backwards acting to strengthen that bond by
seeing how different he is?
BLOOM:
Yes. This is a precursor and certainly you will understand where the rift has
come from. Absolutely.
Did
you have to retrain much for this? Is it all like getting on an old bike, and
it just comes back?
BLOOM:
No, I did. I came in early and it was a pleasurable thing to do. It’s a really
great character to be in the middle of. I got back in to some of the Elven
movement things and the physicality of the character which is very different
from– Ten years on your human body, how your human body behaves. And it was
useful for me to go back and look at the Elven dialect and movement and to go
back and do the archery and get my eye back in for all of those things. It was
a really great enjoyable part of embracing the character again for this, so
yeah.
...
Any
dwarf tossing like in the last trilogy?
BLOOM:
There’s some fun other dwarf moments coming up. I don’t want to give too much
away, but there will be some fun interaction. 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.
...
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?
BLOOM:
I can, somewhat reluctantly, because I think it’s more interesting for people
to see it. 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?
BLOOM:
The experience of making the movie is completely different. 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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