Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), January 18th, 2001
The fact that Liv Tyler is playing immortal love interest Arwen in Peter Jackson's three-part, bazillion-dollar adaptation of ``The Lord of the Rings'' is not the worst-case scenario. That honor is reserved for the black day when Jennifer Love Hewitt played Audrey Hepburn.
Another consolation for having a pouty American starlet play an ethereal elf princess is that the role of Galadriel belongs to Cate Blanchett. If we had elves -- the elegant, elevated beings envisioned by Tolkien, not Santa's little helpers -- Blanchett would be their queen.
Blanchett is a little bit like Kristin Scott T...
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