User blog comment:Gcheung28/New Tauriel and Legolas Image from The Hobbit/@comment-68.184.197.70-20130809023059/@comment-4829508-20131007154834

I think they want to even-out the appearence of the ladies in the movies; Galadriel had blonde/white hair, Arwen had brown/black hair, Eeowyn had dirty blonde hair, so what's left? Red head/crimson Tauriel... who I don't remember from the book, but that's ok- I'm all about diversity.