

Stephen Fry (“V for Vendetta”) joins as a conniving and corrupt politician, the Master of Lake-town

Lee Pace plays Legolas' father, King of the wood-elves, ThranduilĮvangeline Lilly ("Lost") joins as a female elf, Tauriel, who Legolas has his eyes set on. Orlando Bloom returns as LOTR favorite Legolas Here's a quick rundown of who you need to know: However, other than the dwarves and Gandalf - who by now feels like a dear old friend welcomed into your home as the old wizard - the film has a lot of new faces (along with one old). (If you think about it, someone else was always saving his life - Sam - and in the third film, he was getting dragged and carried through most of it.) Having seen all of the “Lord of the Rings” (LOTR) films, Bilbo manages to be more courageous and do more in one scene at the beginning of the film than Frodo (Elijah Wood) did in three. Another downside to all of these characters, if you haven't memorized all of the dwarf names you'll be finding another way to identify the weary travellers (we suggest going by beard).Īnd i t's clear to say that of all the characters, Freeman masterfully delivers in his return as Bilbo.įor a small hobbit, he’s a ball of fire on screen.
