The Lord of the Rings Star Orlando Bloom Says He'd 'Hate to See Anyone Else Play Legolas' in The Hunt for Gollum

Orlando Bloom doesn't privation anyone other playing The Lord of the Rings elf Legolas, should the quality instrumentality successful Andy Serkis' upcoming Middle-earth movie The Hunt for Gollum.

While Legolas' engagement successful the movie is inactive to beryllium confirmed, Bloom has said that if the quality does appear, he'd "hate to see" different histrion instrumentality connected the relation instead.

"Listen, I'd hatred to spot anyone other play Legolas, you cognize what I mean?" Bloom told Today, via EW. "What are they going to do? Are they going to enactment idiosyncratic other successful arsenic Legolas? With AI they tin bash thing these days!"

Set betwixt the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Hunt for Gollum volition chronicle assorted characters' hunt for Serkis' loin cloth-wearing creature, who knows the determination of the series' all-important ring.

During this period, some Gandalf and Aragorn question the erstwhile hobbit successful bid to halt the ringing from falling into Sauron's fiery hands. Indeed, a country from this clip play is adjacent shown precise concisely successful Fellowship of the Ring, wherever the words "Baggins" and "Shire" are extracted from Gollum via torture.

Last month, Gandalf histrion Ian McKellen amazed fans by confirming his quality would someway instrumentality for the film, presumably with McKellen himself erstwhile again successful the role. Frodo volition besides appear, McKellen revealed, portion lasting connected signifier with Elijah Wood.

The Lord of the Rings prima Orlando Bloom. Image credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty.

So far, however, Bloom says he's yet to person his ain call-up. "I person not heard a peep, actually," Bloom admitted, regarding his involvement. "I don't know. I cognize it's focusing connected Gollum, truthful anything's possible. And I went backmost for The Hobbit."

Bloom, present 48, primitively played Legolas implicit the people of each 3 Lord of the Rings films and the second 2 Hobbit movies. Exactly however Legolas would beryllium progressive successful the events of The Hunt for Gollum remains to beryllium seen, however.

"It's specified an astonishing part," helium continued. "I'm truthful grateful to person been a portion of those movies. But I haven't heard."

Of course, this isn't the archetypal clip Bloom has shared his tendency to instrumentality for Serkis' upcoming Gollum movie. Back successful June, the histrion said he'd "absolutely" instrumentality to play Legolas if helium was asked to bash so, though admitted he'd request immoderate integer de-aging enactment done to look the aforesaid arsenic helium was successful The Lord of the Rings.

The Hunt for Gollum is owed to statesman filming successful New Zealand adjacent year, up of its merchandise connected December 17, 2027.

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