orlando bloom acted as legolas in lord of the rings: the return of the king.
orlando bloom acted as legolas in lord of the rings: the return of the king.
who acts legolas in lord of the rings: the return of the king?
orlando bloom
in peter jackson's "lord of the rings" movie trilogy (2001–2003), legolas was portrayed by orlando bloom. he is presented as an unstoppable fighter, performing various feats or stunts in battle scenes; in the book legolas's exploits in battle are not presented in great detail. the character's relationship with gimli is shown to have moved from brief hostility as seen in "the fellowship of the ring" to respect and friendship in "". this is first seen when éomer tells gimli that he would cut off the dwarf's head "if it but stood a little higher off the ground". legolas drew an arrow on éomer immediately afterwards, claiming, "you would die before your stroke fell." during the battle of helm's deep, the two engage in a contest to see who can slay the most enemies, as they do in the novel, though the films depict legolas constantly being at least one kill ahead of gimli. in "", legolas and gimli continue their friendly competition, which usually (and comically) leaves gimli on the losing side. due to technical mishaps involving bloom's contact lenses, in the films legolas' eye colour sometimes changes between brown, purple, and blue. (in the director's commentary of the extended edition, peter jackson admitted that they forgot to put bloom's contacts in several times.)
legolas
the grey horse given to legolas by the riders of rohan in "the two towers". gimli also rides him, sitting behind legolas, until they reach minas tirith. the epilogue to "the lord of the rings" (published in "the history of middle-earth", volume ix, "sauron defeated") has sam saying that "legolas let his horse run back free to rohan from isengard", presumably after the war, when legolas and gimli left the rest of the company to visit aglarond and fangorn. the name arod means 'swift' and 'noble.' in "the lord of the rings" by "j.r.r. tolkien" legolas refers to arod as 'brave' and 'a defender of the elves' when the horse so willingly carried legolas and gimli through all their perils on their quest.
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