Evangeline Lilly Join The Hobbit!

Peter Jackson announced today on Facebook that Evangeline Lilly (“LOST”) has joined the cast of “The Hobbit” films! Here is his post:

“Yikes! I can finally get back to some postings! We’ve finished our first block of shooting and moved straight into location scouting. More on that soon… But today, I’m thrilled to announce new cast members who will be joining us for our second block of shooting.

Evangeline Lilly will be playing a new character–the Woodland Elf, Tauriel. Her name means ‘daughter of Mirkwood’ and, beyond that, we must leave you guessing! (No, there is no romantic connection to Legolas.) What is not a secret is how talented and compelling an actress Evangeline is; we are thrilled and excited she will be the one to bring our first true Sylvan Elf to life.”