F*** magazine (which stands for Film, Fame, Fact, so get your mind out of the gutter) has a set of complimentary interviews with Richard Armitage and Lee Pace wherein they reveal the complexities of, and challenges facing their respective characters. As a dwarf fan, getting to read the perspective of “the other side” was very interesting, and Lee Pace makes some persuasive arguments for Thranduil’s inaction at Erebor.
*Warning: There be spoilers*
(Richard Armitage interview via richardarmitagenet.com, Lee Pace interview via liyung0248.tumblr.com)
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There is an additional interview where Armitage and Pace discuss Thorin and Thranduil’s conflict, while Orlando Bloom talks about returning to the role of Legolas, and how he perceives Tauriel.