Orlando Bloom would “hate” to see another person play Legolas in a brand new Lord of the Rings movie.
The 48-year-old actor portrayed the elf in three Lord of the Rings movies within the early 2000s and once more within the Hobbit movies a decade later, and whereas his former co-star Andy Serkis is returning to J.R.R. Tolkein’s fantasy world with The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, he insisted he hasn’t been approached to be a part of the challenge.
Requested in regards to the movie on At present, he mentioned: “I’ve not heard a peep, really. I don’t know. I do know it’s specializing in Gollum, so something’s doable.
“It’s such an incredible half. I’m so grateful to have been part of these motion pictures. However I haven’t heard.
“Hear, I’d hate to see anybody else play Legolas, you realize what I imply? What are they going to do? Are they going to place any individual else in as Legolas?
“With AI they’ll do something nowadays!”
However he jokingly quipped AI hadn’t been a part of displaying his excessive bodily transformation in his newest movie The Lower.
He added: “I didn’t try this in The Lower, by the way in which.”
Sir Ian McKellen lately teased he might doubtlessly seem in The Hunt for Gollum, which is due for launch in December 2027.
He instructed the viewers on the For the Love of Fantasy occasion in London: “I hear there’s going to be one other film set in Center-earth, and it’ll begin filming in Might.
“It should be directed by Gollum and it is all about Gollum, however I will inform you two secrets and techniques in regards to the casting… There is a character within the film known as Frodo and there is one other character known as Gandalf.”
Sir Peter Jackson, who will produce the movie, beforehand defined that it it made sense to discover Gollum/Sméagol greater than the likes of Aragorn (Viggo Mortenson) and Legolas with the upcoming film.
He instructed Deadline: “The Gollum/Sméagol character has all the time fascinated me as a result of Gollum displays the worst of human nature, while his Sméagol facet is, arguably, fairly sympathetic.
“I feel he connects with readers and movie audiences alike, as a result of there’s just a little little bit of each of them in all of us.”
“We actually need to discover his backstory and delve into these elements of his journey we did not have time to cowl within the earlier movies.”
Whereas Jackson insisted it is “too quickly” to make any guesses about which different characters might flip up, he did promise to remain true to ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ creator JRR Tolkien’s imaginative and prescient.
He added: “It is too quickly to know who will cross his path, however suffice to say we’ll take our lead from Professor Tolkien.”
Serkis has been a pioneer in movement seize and voice appearing since taking over the position of Gollum, and Jackson insisted there was little doubt he’d be returning for this regardless of not taking part in the character for over a decade.
He defined: “Andy was a pleasure to work with directing Second Unit on ‘The Hobbit’.
“He has the power and creativeness and, most significantly, an inherent understanding of the world and of the story that’s wanted to step again into Center-earth.
“We’ve collaborated on eight movies collectively and every time it has been a implausible expertise. There is not any one on this Earth higher outfitted to deal with Gollum’s story than Andy.”
