In order to save Legolas in The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Tauriel shoots an orc's arrow mid-flight. That's really, really hard to do.

Legolas LITERALLY treads on lives he deems worth less than his own - using dwarf heads as stepping stones in one of the more ridiculous scenes in the flick. Tauriel doesn't do things like that.

Here’s the first official photo of Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel in ’The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ and some quotes from Lilly about the character.

Tauriel and Legolas show off their mutually amazing ass-kicking skills in a number of action scenes, the best of which is the barrel sequence.

Thranduil, Legolas, and Tauriel are all on different life paths, which make for more interesting ability for Fran and I to write the narratives through their eyes.” ...

Give us more Bard, please. Warner Bros. Perhaps the only real likable character — other than Legolas, Tauriel, and (sure, why not?) Gandalf — is mysterious secondary character Bard.

Tauriel has been completely removed in this version of the trilogy, and Legolas is only given a cameo. Thank the maker. Here are a few more details about the edits made: ...

Luckily, they gain the assistance of elfin fan favorite Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and his female counterpart Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly), a new character created exclusively for the film.

Legolas and Tauriel take aim in this newly released image from \"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,\" the upcoming second film in \"The Hobbit\" trilogy. Today ...