- THE HOBBIT
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| Evangeline Lilly |
SFX spoke to former "LOST" star Evangeline Lilly
about starring in the upcoming Real Steel but also asked her about joining
Peter Jackson's two Hobbit films.
Asked how she was preparing for the role, Lilly said that
"With every film, you have to educate yourself on the material and it's
often things you don't know a lot about. Right now I'm studying Elvish and
having conversations with people about learning how to be an archer, a
swordsperson and how to fight like an elf instead of a gritty convict."
[Laughs]
The actress says she has been a fan of the books since she
was 13 and that she also was worried about the addition of her character Tauriel
to the story.
"I am very concerned to this day that people will watch
the film and I'll be the black mark on the film," she said. "I know
how adamant the purists are and I'm one of them! That said, upon reading 'The
Hobbit' again, as an adult, I can see why additional characters were needed to
round out the story as an adaptation – especially female characters! 'The
Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a
book for children, really. What Peter, Fran (Walsh) and Philippa (Boyens) have
done is all in perfect keeping with Tolkien's world, while adding a third
dimension to an otherwise very two-dimensional story."
Lilly added that she will be in and out of New Zealand for
the course of a year to film her role.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is scheduled for a
December 14, 2012 release, to be followed by The Hobbit: There and Back Again
on December 13, 2013.
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