Orlando Bloom Says ‘Anything Is Possible’ About Returning to ‘Lord of the Rings’

Orlando Bloom is open to revisiting one of his most iconic roles. 

The English actor, 48, discussed a potential return to the Lord of the Rings cinematic universe in a Today Show interview on Friday, Sept. 5. With director-actor Andy Serkis bringing J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy world back to the screen in the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, Bloom could conceivably reprise the role of elf Legolas.

“I have not heard a peep, actually,” the star of The Cut said of being asked to return. “I don’t know. I know it’s focusing on Gollum, so anything’s possible.”

Bloom noted that after starring in Peter Jackson’s award-winning trilogy of Lord of the Rings films, the director asked him back again for parts two and three of the Hobbit prequels.

“It’s such an amazing part,” he said of Legolas. “I’m so grateful to have been a part of those movies. But I haven’t heard.”

The actor added, frankly, “Listen, I’d hate to see anyone else play Legolas, you know what I mean? What are they going to do? Are they going to put somebody else in as Legolas?”

Bloom quipped, “With A.I. they can do anything these days!” In contrast, his role as a boxer obsessed with losing weight in his new movie did not use any artificial intelligence trickery: “I didn’t do that in The Cut, by the way.”

The Cut, costarring Caitríona Balfe and John Turturro, premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival. Bloom told PEOPLE he was “excited by the challenge” of transforming himself for the demanding role.

“What I hadn’t expected and was surprised by was the mental toll that this kind of intense discipline takes,” Bloom said at the time. “The paranoia and anxiety were very real and disturbing, caused by the lack of sleep — turns out you can’t sleep when you’re hungry!”

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Bloom returning as Legolas in the Jackson-produced The Hunt for Gollum (in theaters on Dec. 17, 2027) is not out of the question, considering Sir Ian McKellen recently implied that he and Elijah Wood will reprise their respective roles as Gandalf and Frodo. 

“I hear there’s going to be another movie set in Middle-earth, and it’s going to start filming in May,” teased the actor, 86, at the For the Love of Fantasy fan event in London. “It’s going to be directed by Gollum and it’s all about Gollum, but I’ll tell you two secrets about the casting… There’s a character in the movie called Frodo and there’s another character called Gandalf.”

After this year’s The Cut (in theaters now) and Deep Cover, Bloom will star in the movies Bucking Fastard and Wizards!