Peter Jackson’s take on the classic Middle-earth J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy is one of the most beloved adaptations of all time, with each of the movies’ comparisons to the books an evergreen fandom topic. Now, as the first film’s 25th anniversary lurks around the corner, cast members such as Orlando Bloom have been sharing fun BTS tidbits, and I’m all in on the Legolas actor sharing his humorous thoughts about Frodo never saying the Sindar Elf’s name.
This isn’t the first factoid Bloom shared either; he just revealed that he’d sported a mohawk under his Legolas wig for Fellowship. He dropped another while promoting his 2025 movie release, the Prime Video crime caper Deep Cover, but this time it involved Elijah Woods’ Frodo. Bloom guested on the Sirius’ Faction Talk, with the discourse involving the nervous Hobbit’s conversational skills came up, and the Pirates of the Caribbean alum started with a good laugh and weighed in on realizing that the name recognition would never come, saying:
Actually, it’s funny, because this has become a whole memeable thing, but I feel like when I walked in and saw him at the end, in that moment, and he didn’t say ‘Legolas,’ I was like ‘Bro, not even there?’
main character who tanked their movies or a brilliant and intentional choice that would endure alongside the megahits? Fingers crossed on that front, and it’s half as thrilling as Bloom recalling working on LOTR as a newbie, we’re in for a treat.
Now, with all of Bloom’s thoughts fresh in my head, I’ll be preemptively planning on getting into my Max subscription for a Lord of the Rings rewatch weekend. And I will likely replay the shared scenes between Legolas and Frodo a few times over, especially when Baggins doesn’t say his name.