In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug gaan we kennis maken met de Elf Tauriel die gespeeld wordt door de erg lekkere ex Lost actrice Evangeline Lilly. Aangezien de film over enkele maanden in de bioscopen te zien zal zijn, begint de PR langzaam op gang te komen. Zo vertelde Evangeline Lilly tijdens een interview met Total Film het volgende:

She's a very, very young elf," Lilly said. "She's only 600 years old, unlike Legolas who's like, 1,900 years old and Thranduil who's about 3,000 years old. She doesn't have quite the wisdom and pose that those two boys do; she's a little more... gritty. A little more spontaneous, passionate perhaps."

She added, "To play this character I need to have a certain amount of grace. But I'm also supposed to be an absolutely ruthless, deadly killer."