The Hobbit: 11 Amazing Things You Missed In The Desolation Of Smaug
7. Legolas Is Older Than His Father
In last years list I pointed out how the mostly absent Thranduil, set to make a bigger impact this year, was in fact Legolas father. Im torn as to what extent whether that needs repeating because the interaction was so brief and un-fatherly that, beyond their similar hair, newbies to the story would be forgiven (to some degree) for not realising it. Even with elf action taking up a disproportionate amount of the story, there wasnt much time spent on the actual politics of the woodland elves. Of course with the whole treasure grabbing/orc fighting to come in There And Back Again it'll step up next year, with the Tauriel-Kili thing pulling Legolas out of his Daddy's boy rut leading to fans theorising therell be some elvish turncoats in the Battle Of The Five Armies. Now that would make the relationship interesting. In the meantime, well have to make do with that brief glimpse of Thranduils scarred face and this bizarre fact; Lee Pace is a spry thirty four compared to Orlando Bloom at thirty six, meaning Legolas is, in the real world at least, older than his father. Crazy, although I still dont think it justifies the horrible CGI aging.
