After more than a decade, Orlando Bloom is ready to pick up his bow once more to play Legolas in The Lord of the Rings franchise.
The actor recently expressed his interest in reprising the role after Deadline reported in May 2024 that Andy Serkis will direct and reprise his titular role in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
“I have not heard a peep, actually. I don’t know. I know it’s focusing on Gollum, so anything’s possible,” he said on the Today show. “It’s such an amazing part. I’m so grateful to have been a part of those movies. But I haven’t heard.”
Bloom added, “Listen, I’d hate to see anyone else play Legolas, you know what I mean? What are they going to do? Are they going to put somebody else in as Legolas?”
“With A.I. they can do anything these days!” the actor joked after portraying the Sindar Elf prince in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003), before reprising the role in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).
After Deadline reported last May that Serkis is working on The Hunt for Gollum, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema announced a Dec. 17, 2027 theatrical release for the film, which is based on J.R.R. Tolkien‘s fantasy books.
Last month at a fan event in London, Ian McKellen teased his and Elijah Wood‘s return as Gandalf and Frodo Baggins in The Hunt for Gollum.
“I’ll tell you two secrets about the casting: There’s a character in the movie called Frodo, and there’s a character in the movie called Gandalf,” said McKellen. “Apart from that, my lips are sealed.”
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