[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: LOTR movies

[Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner]

> Elijah Wood is very young (I don't think he's twenty yet). Is Frodo a
young
> character? That would make sense.

Frodo's not that young -- about the human equivalent of thirty -- but
Hobbits look younger than they are (people often mistake them for children)
so it's not an issue.

> >I have seen a picture of Legolas (a still from the new trailer), and
> >from what I can see, he does have the long hair, but they have
> >completely avoided making him feminine,

> I believe this role may be the one played by Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean or
> Hugo Weaving

No, Legolas is played by Orlando Bloom.  Viggo Mortensen plays Aragorn (a
man, not an elf), Sean Bean plays Boromir (also a man), and Hugo Weaving
plays Elrond, who is half-elf, half-human.

I think they almost made the elves *too* macho, myself.  I imagined them
being thinner, with finer (though certainly not feminine or "cute")
features... ah, well.  I'll wait and see.

> There's a Harry in LOTR?

*chuckle*  No.  That should have been Frodo.

> Arwen is to be played by Liv Tyler, who is
> actually my main reason for seeing the movie. I have liked her since
seeing
> Armageddon. I read an interview with her in which she said something about
> her character being mentioned only in the appendix of the first volume(?)

Not quite true.  Arwen is mentioned more than once in the trilogy and even
appears briefly "on screen" as it were, but her role is quite tiny.  The
appendix to which Liv is referring is the story of Aragorn and Arwen, which
apparently is being worked into the main plot to give Arwen more screen
time.

I have no idea whether Liv Tyler can act, not having seen her in anything,
but she is very lovely and perhaps the most truly elf-like actress in the
film.  The pictures I've seen of Cate Blanchet as Galadriel don't quite work
for me -- she reminds me too much of Buttercup in THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
However, it's hard to get a good picture of a character just from still
photographs, and she might be just fine on film.
--
Rebecca J. Bohner
rebeccaj at pobox.com
http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj