There are actors who make you wonder why they never actually took on a Lord of the Rings role. Saoirse Ronan belongs to this circle. The Irishwoman is known for her cool, distant aura, which gives her roles like Who is Hanna? brought in. Ronan later received credit for her performances in Brooklyn, Lady Bird and Little Woman Oscar nominations for Best Actress. At the age of 13 she was nominated for her supporting role in Atonement.
Ronan could have easily played an elf in the Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit trilogy. And indeed: she was given the opportunity to do so.
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Itaril? Saorise Ronan was supposed to play this mysterious role in Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson returned to Middle-earth in 2011 and filmed the prequel The Hobbit. He made three films from the Tolkien booklet. And Jackson wanted Saoirse Ronan in the trilogy with which he filmed In My Heaven in 2009. Her casting was almost certain and was officially announced at the end of January 2011, and filming began in New Zealand almost 2 months later.
However, the actress canceled with a heavy heartas she explained to the Irish Mirror: “There were talks about me playing the forest elf Itaril, but I had to decline.”
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Not Saorise Ronan, but Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel
The Figure Itaril does not appear in the film trilogy or in the Tolkien work. She was probably invented for Ronan and was deleted after her cancellation and replaced with the elf Tauriel, who was embodied by Evangeline Lilly. But why didn’t Ronan want to become part of the Tolkien world?
I was really disappointed, but there were other projects I had to consider and spending a year with The Hobbit would have helped me no time left for something else.
An understandable reason. Unfortunately, at least one of the projects she filmed instead of The Hobbit completely failed at the box office.
Saoirse Ronan starred in a fantasy film that flopped
In 2012, the fantasy horror Byzantium was released in cinemas. Ronan plays the vampire Eleanor Webb. At Moviepilot, fans rate the film with a 6.5. It’s not bad, the box office result was more of a problem. Against an estimated budget of $8 million, it only made $828,284, according to Box Office Mojo. A clear negative deal.
The Hobbit films were a financial success, but are controversial among fans. In any case, this decision will hardly hurt Saoirse Ronan today. Her career was too brilliant for that.
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