Evangeline Lilly on Playing Tauriel in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
Total Film spoke with Evangeline Lilly (LOST) about playing Tauriel in Peter Jackson’s (Mr. Jackson if you’re nasty) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: There and Back Again. She remarked to the mag that Tauriel is a “very, very young elf. She’s only 600 years old, unlike Legolas who’s like, 1,900 years old and Thranduil who’s about 3,000 years old.” She added, “Tauriel doesn’t have quite the wisdom and pose that those two boys do; she’s a little more… gritty. A little more spontaneous, passionate perhaps.To play this character I need to have a certain amount of grace. But I’m also supposed to be an absolutely ruthless, deadly killer.”
Lilly previously remarked that her character was a big shot in the army, a great warrior and the head of the Elven guard (no self-esteem issues here…). “So she knows how to wield any weapon, but the primary weapons that she uses are a bow and arrow and two daggers. And she’s lethal and deadly.”
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hits theaters on December 13 of this year while The Hobbit: There and Back Again opens December 17, 2014. Via TF & CS.