I found this old interview with Orlando and Elijah dating to back to around 2003 on
YM.com...
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What's been your weirdest fan experience so far?
Orlando: There was a Japanese girl who was dressed as Legolas. She had the blue eyes and she actually had a wig on and the whole costume and the bow. Cool. But I was like, "Whew, where'd she get all that from anyway?"
Will you miss your friends in the cast?
Orlando: We grew up together. We did a lot of growing. It was my first movie. All of us separately and together — we were all experiencing the same incredible emotions. It really brought us together.
Do you have a favorite of the three movies?
Orlando: I see them as one movie. I can't quite break them up. The third one is definitely the most dramatic and exciting. But I love the first one; I loved being in Hobbiton for the first 20 minutes. I love the action in the second one. I love the battle sequences, because it's the first time you see all the cool action stuff. And the third is like all three rolled into one. It's a hard one to call, really.
Will you miss your characters?
Orlando: It's very sad to say goodbye to a great character like that. I was really connected to Leggie for such a long time. It was kind of a coming-of-age time for me being in New Zealand. This whole fanfare has been like a Christmas gift at the end of each year. Amazing. There is something about these movies that seems to have been growing over the last three years. And if we were to continue, it's like I don't know where it would stop. It's nice to have the sense that it's come to a natural close. Plus I feel that with the DVDs and the books, the characters will live on in the minds and hearts of people.
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"I feel that with the DVDs and the books, the characters will live on in the minds and hearts of people."Orlando is right. I never tire of reading the books or watching the films. Even now I still watch them and have a moment where I think "I don't remember seeing that before now!" Legolas is the character that started it all for me and has a very special place in my heart.
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HERE Jesse,
Thanks for finding that.
There was/is something about Legolas. So many of my friends say that of all the characters, he sticks out the most in their minds. I loved his stillness and being astute at seeing things from afar, but that was the elf in him. I have often wondered what happened to them after they all left - well we kind of know, but you know what I mean.
I think though that Sam was the real hero in the film. He kept Frodo going, and even when Frodo was temporarily taken over by the power of the ring, and pushed Sam aside, Sam stayed loyal to him.
Thanks Jesse. I like LOTR when I first saw the movies. But I didn't fall in love with them and the story until the end of 2006 when I watched every single bit of each of the four discs of each of the three movies. I learned so much about the cast and their individual journeys and the production as a whole and so much about Tolkien himself. It was just astounding. As an aspiring writer myself struggling with a story too big to handle sometimes, it was inspiring to see that most of his work was done in that one universe of Middle Earth. I wouldn't have found any of it if it hadn't been for Legolas. Like you all have already said, he will hold a very special place in my heart as well.