Orlando Bloom wore contacts to change his eyes to blue from brown but he couldn't wear them all the time cause they irritated his eyes so they had to be changed digitally so that might explain why his eyes look a bit weird.
In the films, Bloom wore contacts to make his eyes blue, probably to distinguish him from the Silvan elves of Mirkwood, Legolas, the son of Thranduil, is a Sindarin, often treated as nobility by elves of less distinguished lineage.
Why does everyone in Lord of the Rings have blue eyes?
Q: Why did everyone have blue eyes? Is there suppose to a meaning to that? A: Although coloured contact lenses can change an actor's eyes, as they did dramatically for Halle Berry in X-Men, it was chance that so many of us on Lord of the Rings are naturally blue-eyed.
This is because the names "Alatar" and "Pallando" do not appear in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit books, and therefore the films did not have the rights to use them.
The actor is suffering from Legolas Syndrome — where you accidentally get cast into a role that suits you far more than your real-life looks, leaving you with a tricky predicament after the wrap party. Do you A) nick all the costumes and stay in character the rest of your working life, or B)
It is later mentioned that Tauriel is a talented warrior and was therefore made leader of the Mirkwood border guards. Legolas, the son of Mirkwood's Elven king Thranduil, is indicated to be attracted to her, but as she is a lowly Silvan Elf, she does not believe herself worthy of him.
Since we know Thranduil is golden-haired, it makes sense to have Legolas be blonde too, especially since everyone else in the Fellowship had brown hair, (except for Gandalf, who had grey hair as an old man). Both Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and Ralph Bakshi's 1978 movie present Legolas as blonde.
Legolas has long been a fan favorite, and this came, in part, from his elegant, mysterious, and smoldering silence. What's more, most of the elf's character arc developed around his friendship with Gimli, so there wasn't much time for him to have meaningful bonding moments with Frodo.
Another reason the CGI looks great is actually because of the technical limitations. As the CGI models couldn't look completely realistic, they were often forced to hide in shadows so the details were naturally lost. So the CGI Shelob looked better, as there was minimal light reflecting off of her textures.
Legolas' proficiency with the bow and arrow can be attributed to his Elven abilities, including enhanced eyesight, attunement to the environment, and centuries of experience as a hunter.
It is of course possible that Legolas has become tolerant to alcohol. Thranduil and Legolas was Sindar elves but rules mostly over Silvan elves. Some people suggest this explains why Legolas is more resistant to alcohol as Sindar are generally considered more powerful elves than Silvan.
He refills his quiver with Orc arrows (the work of Saruman's people), which were noted to be longer in the shaft than Orc arrows usually are. Yes and No. Pretty sure it isn't addressed in the LOTR movies, but he does run out of arrows in the Battle of the Five Armies and is forced to switch to his daggers.
Legolas does not marry or have any children, based on the appendix of The Lord of the Rings. Regardless of who his mother was, Legolas is the last of his line. When he sails into the West at the beginning of the Fourth Age, he leaves no family members behind.
Legolas and Gimli's relationship is strong in The Lord of the Rings, even though it wasn't explicitly romantic in Tolkien's source material. The members of the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings forge an unbreakable bond while on their mission to destroy the One Ring.
Tolkien writes, "He [Legolas] could sleep, if sleep it could be called by Men, resting his mind in the strange paths of Elvish dreams, even as he walked open-eyed in the light of this world." Elves do, therefore, get tired to some extent, but because they can recover whilst awake, outsiders might assume they never grow ...
Originally Answered: Why does Legolas look so different in The Hobbit? They made him look much more angry and old. The actor, Orlando Bloom, had actually aged ten years in real life between the two series, so some use of makeup had to be applied to preserve the illusion he hadn't aged a single day.
It is unknown if Radagast left Middle-earth. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that he forsook his mission as one of the Wizards by becoming too obsessed with animals and plants, so presumably failing, perhaps being disallowed to return to Valinor with honour.
The contents of Tolkiens' notes and other works weren't covered and were thus off-limits to the filmmakers. That's why Gandalf's mind coincidentally went blank — he legally couldn't name the wizards. So, the writers had Gandalf exploit a loophole by alluding to the two Istari without explicitly mentioning them.
Gandalf the Grey became Gandalf the White due to a divine transformation after his battle with the Balrog, becoming a more powerful and wise being. Gandalf the White had greater powers and authority as the sole emissary of the Valar, though he also became more cautious and less humorous.
