TORN is reporting comments from Del Toro beastie actor Doug Jones as follows:
“There’s been lots of speculation. I wouldn’t want to ruin anything. Guillermo creates things with me in mind and he’s got a better image of what I can do than I do,” [...] “However, there might be an elf king, father of Legolas kind of character that I would love.”
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Have to say I never saw that coming. I figured Jones would be a make-up covered beastie of some type - but this is a major acting role. I was hoping Christopher Walken would get the part of Thranduil.