**RotK - Legolas (Orlando Bloom)**

[The Only Real Estel]

<B>I said</B>:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Can you imagine a director of a 300 million+ movie casting a major character simply to 'get the chicks to come to the movies? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><B>Elentari_O_Most_Mighty_1</B> said this:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>You can't have been talking about Orli?!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>I was responding to someone else's assumption that PJ simply cast Legolas to 'get the chicks to come out to the movie', & didn't care about anything else. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>That phenomenon was more of a result of the films than a draw to the films<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's the point I brought up also. <P>Arwen is really not as major of a character as Legolas is, even with her played-up role, but my original point still remains that even Liv was not cast only to get the guys to come out.<P>Also, Orlando is not a <I>bad</I> actor. He's been unfortunate to be put in movies with exceptional actors (Ian McKellan, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, Johnny Depp) that bring out his inexpierence a little bit. His acting isn't <B>great</B>, but give him some time.