Evangeline Lilly: 'The Hobbit's Peter Jackson is super-inspiring'

Evangeline Lilly has said that working with Peter Jackson on The Hobbit is "super-inspiring".

The former Lost star - who is playing woodland elf Tauriel in the two-part movie adaptation of JRR Tolkien's book - was speaking to Access Hollywood at the US premiere of her new movie Real Steel.

Lilly said: "We've been working up there for about a month now, and working with Peter Jackson is super-inspiring.

"The amount of support that they provide for an actor... as far as every single aspect of your acting [is concerned]. I have a dialect coach, I have a motion coach, I have a language coach, I have a stunt coach, so I should by rights be great in this film!"

Lilly also quipped: "If I f**k up, it's my fault! There is so much support for me in New Zealand."

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She also said that her character Tauriel may divide fans of the film, but argued that she has faith in the production team's abilities to create a convincing original character.

Lilly added: "I am scared, I am very scared, because my character is actually not in The Hobbit. My character is an invention of Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, so either fans are going to love her or absolutely despise and be bitter towards her because she's not authentic.

"I believe that she is truly authentic because Tolkien refers to the woodland elves, he just doesn't talk about who they are specifically... [the producers] know that world so well and they are not going to create a character that is not true to Tolkien's world."

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due to be released on December 14, 2012, followed by The Hobbit: There and Back Again on December 13, 2013.

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Watch Evangeline Lilly talking about The Hobbit - and speaking Elvish - below: