Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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No, I'm mixed up - I'm thinking of Gloin (Gimli's dad), who Thranduil once had imprisoned, hence the distrust between Gimli and Legolas when they met.
I do vaguely recall that Tolkien retconned why Legolas hadn't appeared in The Hobbit, but now I have no idea what the reason was. He was off somewhere doing something.
A quick search showed Orlando displaying skepticism at the idea of appearing in the movie. As much as I adore the character, I don't think the story should be rejiggered to pander to me.
If they just want him in the background somewhere, I'm sure they have enough motion-capture to make that happen without Orlando's involvement. If Legolas is in this movie at all, it should be as an easter egg, not a speaking role.
Doing a wild and crazy battle stunt?
I see no reason why he can't scale an elephant in the background while the rest of the travelers chat and drink mead.
I'm going to have to keep my eyes closed for almost all of the Mirkwood scenes, aren't I? I haven't read The Hobbit in forever, but I do remember Bad Things are in it.
Bad Things are in it.
Large Bad Things, yes.
I'll sit with you, Jilli! My least favorite part of the book!
Large Bad Things, yes.
And many of them, right? I think that is what the key difference between my being able to watch RotK and say, the second Harry Potter movie.
That part of HPatCoS I always skip since the time I innocently found the movie on TV and didn't know what was coming!