Legolas
Prince Legolas, son of King Thranduil of the Mirkwood elves whose name
means Greenleaf, represents the elves in the Fellowship. He is 2,931 years
old and knows all about Aragorn and most
likely has traveled with him as Aragorn took the captured Gollum to the
Mirkwood elves for safe keeping. Legolas travels to Rivendell as an envoy
with the news that Gollum had escaped. "Not through lack of watchfulness,
but perhaps through over-kindliness...We guarded the creature day and
night, at Gandalf's bidding, much though we wearied of the task."
In the movie it is he who stands up for Aragorn and volunteers himself
for the Fellowship, "You have my bow."
Like most of the elves Legolas distrusts Dwarves and is disappointed when
Gimli stands up to take his place in the Fellowship. But along the journey
Legolas starts liking the dwarf and they become fast friends especially
after Aragorn convinces Legolas to be blindfolded by Haldir, "I am
an Elf and a kinsman here." Aragorn: "Now lets us cry: 'a plague
on the stiff necks of Elves!'" As on the boats out of Lothlorien
Legolas and Gimli share one and they have a competition to who slays the
most Orcs at every battle and share the joy when Aragorn tells them that
they will go and hunt some Orcs.
As an elf, Legolas is very fast and accurate with the bow and more than
deadly with two white knives with filigreed blades. Legolas is able to
see very clearly over distance and has an acute sense of hearing, "There
is a fell voice on the air." He even seems able to sense the danger
of the Uruk-Hai upcoming attack, "There is danger, I can feel it."
He is light footed, as he is able to walk effortlessly across the snow
and swift as he jumps onto the Cave Trolls chain. As a forest elf he can
read the environment which the same amount of clarity as Aragorn.
Legolas is played by spirited newcomer Orlando Bloom (who now has a legion
of female fans). 
Originally
he tried out for the role of Faramir (Boromir's brother) but found himself
cast as Legolas instead. He takes his job seriously and knows the way
of the elves but also knows how to have fun by jumping out of aeroplanes
and cable cars. "When I think of Legolas. I think of a cat...they
are graceful and poised, but always switched-on. That's Legolas."
Legolas has a much larger role in this movie than in the first - he speaks
more and shows heaps more emotion and the whole thing with Gimli is such
a crack up. As with Aragorn and Gimli, Legolas is hunting the band of
Uruk-hai and Orcs that have taken Merry and Pippin hostage across the
plains of Rohan. It is on this plain that he meets Éomer and defends
Gimli much to Gimli's surprise. In Fangorn forest Legolas spies that "Someone
is out there" and meets up with the returned Gandalf. He travels
with the rest to Edoras and when Gandalf is drawing Saruman out of Théoden,
he gladly bashes the men of Rohan that try to stop it (so much glee on
his face - it is a male thing).
He travels with the rest to Helm's Deep, using his Elf eye sight to look for any danger and when the Warg army come over the hill he is not afraid to stand in the open and shoot arrows at the oncoming Warg's with ease and easily vaults onto his horse. When the battle is over Legolas looks for Aragorn and is highly dismayed to learn that Aragorn has fallen off of the cliff into the river below - he doesn't believe the Orc "You lie" until he spies the Evenstar jewel in its fingers. He continues to Helm's Deep with Gimli and when Aragorn returns his eyes show all of the emotion - it seems like he is trying not to do a Gimli and hug Aragorn and simply says " You're late ... You look terrible" and gives Aragorn back the Evenstar jewel.
In the armory Legolas gets angry at Aragorn for staying, speaking to him in Elvish about how futile the fight is going to be "Three hundred against ten thousand" and is dismayed when Aragorn replies "And I shall die with them." Later on he gets armoured up and goes to Aragorn for forgiveness "There is nothing to forgive Legolas" and they give each other affectionate manly one armed shoulder hugs. They both have a laugh at Gimli's ridiculous chain mail "dress" and rush out when they hear the horns of the Elves. After Aragorn hugs the surprised Haldir Legolas gives him the "one handed- shoulder hug" and beams as he stands with his kin.
Legolas joins the Elves on the battlements with Gimli and says to Aragorn "You're friends are with you." It is here on the battlement that Gimli comments to Legolas, as you can barely see his helmet over the wall, "You could've picked a better spot." As the battle starts the my favourite quote occurs between Gimli and Legolas: Gimli: "I can't see, what's happening?"
Legolas: "Shall I describe it to you, or would you like me to find you a box?"
Fans of the book will greatly revere the fact that Peter Jackson put in the "scoring" of Orc kills between Legolas and Gimli, as the battle starts Gimli yells to Legolas: "Legolas, Two." In which the Elf replies: "I'm up to seventeen." Shoots two more Orcs "Nineteen." Then we hear Gimli counting the number of Orcs that he has killed as the camera pans around the battlement - a priceless LotR moment.
Legolas rides out with Aragorn and Théoden in a final stand and so his story will continue - a man and dwarf by his side. Click on the Return of the King Preview on the Left to see a much bigger version (it is one of the calendar pictures).
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