Liv Tyler Talks The Hobbit
by
Scott Collura
May 20, 2008 - IGN caught up with actress Liv Tyler yesterday in New York City to discuss her new horror film
The Strangers, but while we had her pointy Elven ear we just had to ask her about whether or not she'll be returning to the
Lord of the Rings universe as Arwen for the upcoming pair of recently announced
Hobbit films.
"Somebody just said to me, 'Has your agent called Peter Jackson yet?'" says the actress with a laugh. "And I was like, 'Whoa. What are you talking about?' [The reporter] was so aggressive. It's so funny the way people think and see [these things]. Someone just told me now that [director] Guillermo del Toro was doing it and that they're going to split it into two films, which will be
The Hobbit plus some sort of a bridge to
The Lord of the Rings. As far as I know, Arwen and Aragorn are not in
The Hobbit, or definitely aren't in it. But I don't know yet."
- New Line Cinema
Liv Tyler as Arwen
While Tyler points out that Arwen does not show up in the book version of
The Hobbit, the so-called bridge film could be another matter altogether.
"It's very interesting and I guess I should try to find out," she says. "I'm curious because there were all those other books like
The Silmarillion. And the appendix, that's where they got the whole idea for my part, just from the appendix. There's so much other amazing stuff."
She says she is definitely onboard for a return appearance if del Toro and producer Peter Jackson invite her.
"Oh, are you kidding?" she says when asked. "In a heartbeat! I'll buy my own ticket and be on the plane in a second. I mean, that was a magical experience and it was just a once in a lifetime, amazing [thing]. Because it was so like… we knew and we didn't know that it was sort of something that had never been done before, and there was this feeling that was really gung-ho. Like, 'O.K., let's go off together!' And we just rolled our sleeves up. It really was this amazing, crazy, special thing."
So only time will tell if Arwen will return or not, but stay tuned to IGN Movies for all your
Hobbit news as it breaks!
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Interesting. Far more interesting is Liv, someone who has read the books, knows Arwen and Aragorn aren't in the hobbit so as far as the second film is concerned, who knows what it'll involve. Looking forward to learning more.
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