You know, if you want me to wear the blonde wig and to have pointly ears again, I would be honoured to do it.

However, Orlando has a small chance to repeat Legolas in The Hobbit, since his character has no role part in the original story:

It’s Guillermo’s movie and I’m a huge fan of that man. He’s obviously going to take his own idea of it, but I’m excited for that movie. I think it’s going to be great.

Let’s recall that Ian McKellan, Hugo Weaving, and Cate Blanchett are back, but we still don’t know who will play Bilbo Baggins. The scenes from the novel will be re created in The Hobbit with some additional events that make an impact to The Lord of the Rings, such as the expulsion of Sauron from Mirkwood by the White Council

Vic & Raewyn James from Red Carpet Tours, send this along: Red Carpet Tours is pleased to announce that it has opened a register for LOTR fans wanting to tour at the time of the New Zealand Premiere of “The Hobbit”. We are ‘guesstimating’ that this will probably happen in December, 2011. For the Premiere of “The Return of the King” in December, 2003, 160 fans toured with Red Carpet. If you wish to add your name to ‘The Hobbit Tour 2011’ register, you can email Vic James directly. Meanwhile, Red Carpet Tours’ monthly 12 day LOTR tours continue. The New Zealand dollar is currently @ 57 cents against the U.S. dollar, which makes this a great time to visit Middle Earth!

What are you waiting for? The Hobbit is just some dollars away, just save your money to 2011, and you’ll be ready for it. Go register, and then you tell us.

Thanks TheOneRing!

Crave Online: I know it’s too early to talk casting, but doesn’t James McAvoy sound like a good idea right about now?
Guillermo del Toro: Really, if I was to answer either way, it would be unfair because I will tell you, Bilbo changes every time we write a new scene. It really is not facetious. Wherever we end up at, it’s going to come out of those pages.
Crave Online: But that was the most publicized rumor.
Guillermo del Toro: Yeah, but the fact is, the only thing I know of McAvoy is his movies. I’ve never met him. We’ve never had a chat and this is not me saying, “I did not have sex with that woman.” It really hasn’t happened. If it happens with any actor, I think it’s going to come out of the pages.
Crave Online: Have you made any casting decisions?
Guillermo del Toro: Not yet. Just the ones that have been announced. There’s not lack of information. It’s not withholding. We really don’t have more information because we’re writing. And literally, like every week, what you discover writing the two movies, writing the two stories, it changes. So every week there’s a discovery and anything we say this week would be contradicted next week. Certainly that would be true in casting. Why create hopes or why create expectations if down the line you’re going to go, “You know what? That was not a good idea.” So we won’t cast it until we finish writing.

Thanks Crave Online!