First Look at Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel in THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
I’m sure this isn’t the way most of us wanted to see our first image of Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel in Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT: AN UNPEXECTED JOURNEY but we’ll take what we can get. Her character was created specificaly for the film(s) as Tauriel is nowhere to be found in Tolkien’s novel. Lilly remarked to Entertainment Weekly a few months back that Tauriel is ” a warrior. She’s actually the head of the Elven guard. She’s the big shot in the army. 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.” Hopefully Warner Bros. releases a hi-res version soon.
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever… Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities… A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
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