Why do Legolas's eyes change color in The Hobbit?

Due to technical mishaps involving Bloom's contact lenses, in the films Legolas' eye colour sometimes changes between brown, purple, and blue. (In the director's commentary of the Extended Edition, Peter Jackson admitted that they forgot to put Bloom's contacts in several times.)
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What colour are Legolas's eyes?

Legolas' eye color? In LotR, he had brown eyes and in the hobbit he had blue eyes.
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Do Gollum's eyes change color?

Gollum's eyes are green in FotR and blue in TTT and RotK... Just ignore it, it won't effect the story... but in FOTR he has brown and in TT and ROTK sometimes he has brown and sometimes blue lenses. So now some people think elves change the colors of theirs eyes according to mood.
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Why does Legolas face look weird in The Hobbit?

12 He Turns Into Weird CGI Sometimes

In both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Legolas' usual, perfect appearance falls flat when his CGI gets wonky.
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What colour are Frodos eyes?

When Peter Jackson directed his film version of The Fellowship of the Rings, he made a lot of changes to the story line of the book. Probably the biggest change is Frodo's giant baby blue eyes. Those huge eyes – so often looking on the edge of tears, especially when Sam is imparting some piece of wisdom to "Mr.
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Why does everyone in LOTR have blue eyes?

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. Blue catches the light more than darker colours, which is perhaps why you noticed it.
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Does Gandalf have different colored eyes?

In the recent live-action films, however, many of the characters from Frodo to Legolas have blue eyes. Gandalf is only a slight exception, if an exception at all, with his eyes in the film being somewhere between blue and grayish-blue.
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Why does Thranduil's face melt?

he battled the dragon, it scarred Thranduil for life, and now he is forced to wear a glamour on his face to hide the ugly mark. But it probably reveals itself after a period of stress or in times of anger.
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Where did tauriel go after The Hobbit?

Tauriel was banished from Mirkwood by Thranduil, so what happens to Tauriel after the Battle of Five Armies remains unknown, although actress Evangeline Lilly stated in an interview that Tauriel returns to Mirkwood.
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What happens to Legolas after the ring is destroyed?

After the destruction of the One Ring and of Sauron, Legolas stayed for the coronation of Aragorn and his marriage to Arwen. Later, Legolas and Gimli went travelling together to Helm's Deep, visiting the Glittering Caves, and then later traveled through Fangorn Forest as Legolas and Gimli had agreed.
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Why do Gollum's eyes glow?

Gollum's will became chained to the One Ring and the "light" shining out of his eyes might be a part of the spiritual transformation into a wraith of some sort. Frodo inherited the Ring from a previous Bearer who laid it down of his own will.
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Why do Gollums eyes change?

For instance, Gollum spent centuries in the dark; I assume this is why he became pale, and his eyes became larger than normal. He didn't eat much, or particularly well, which may have caused his extreme skinniness (especially relative to other hobbits).
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Why were Legolas eyes different in The Hobbit?

When Orlando reappeared in the final two Hobbit movies, he didn't have to wear any contacts. Instead, his eye-color was changed in post. However, this led to his eyes appearing unnaturally blue, distracting, and kind of creepy.
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Is Legolas a half elf?

Character. Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves. As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindar; his mother's identity is completely unknown.
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Why is Galadriel dark?

During their meeting, Galadriel considered accepting the One Ring when Frodo offered it to her. Then, all of a sudden, she was changed into a terrifying "dark form" that could easily conquer Middle-earth with the Ring's power.
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Is Tauriel in Lord of the Rings?

The character Tauriel is a Silvan Elf, which means she is of a much lower order than the elves that had previously been seen in The Lord of the Rings film series, and holds a lower social status than characters like Arwen, Galadriel, Elrond, and Legolas.
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What did Kili say to Tauriel in Elvish?

Kíli says to Tauriel “amrâlimê”, which I'm pretty sure is David Salo's Neo-Khuzdul. Tauriel says she doesn't understand it, so it's very clear it isn't Sindarin. “amrâl” – means “love”. It used the abstract construction aCCâC as seen in the Tolkien original khuzdul words such as “aglâb”.
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Who was Elrond's wife?

Elrond married Celebrían, daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel, early in the Third Age.
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Did Thranduil ever get his gems?

In the end, after Thranduil finally agrees to fight in the Battle of the Five Armies, and helps the dwarves prevail against the evil that comes out of Angmar, he is given back the jewels by Bard, who has claimed them as a fourteenth share of the treasure, as was promised him by Thorin.
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Is Legolas Thranduil's son?

Legolas's Family Tree

Legolas is the son of Thranduil, King of Mirkwood, and the grandson of Oropher, founder of the Woodland Realm.
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Does Thranduil have a ring of power?

No, Thranduil does not have a ring of power in The Hobbit. There are three Elven rings of power, and they are worn by Elrond, Galadriel, and Cirdan....
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Does Gandalf know he is a Maiar?

He's aware of the Blessed Land and those residing there. But he has never seen a Maia before, not unlike Galadriel, Elrond or even Glorfindel. He couldn't have known Gandalf was a Maia; all he knew is that he came from Valinor as a messenger.
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