Arwen vs Glorfindel

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Originally Posted by Galin

Then possibly have Legolas meet Aragorn and the hobbits... sure it's not great, but if all directors really must run away from introducing 'a character that essentially vanishes later', like Glorfindel, well in that case I find it superior to using Arwen here, at least.

They had Legolas instead of Glorfindel in the animated Bakshi film (I think I spelled that right). The problem with Legolas is that even in the book, he's a minor character. An important minor character, but a minor character none the less. I guess they thought Arwen had more relevancy.