Evi is scheduled to do the following talk shows:

• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 3rd
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 4th
• Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on October 7th

She’ll be promoting the movie “Real Steel” which premieres on October 7th.

Mark your calendars!

It features Evi and Hugh Jackman. The movie premieres on October 7th!

Evangeline-Lilly.net turns 7 today! Wow, it sure has been awhile. That also means that 7 years ago LOST premiered on TV and introduced us to Ms. Lilly.

Who still remembers our first layout?

“I’m very concerned that I’ll be the black mark on The Hobbit!” jokes Lost’s Lilly to SFX’s Tara Bennett

After toiling for six seasons as feisty Kate Austen on Lost, actress Evangeline Lilly ended the first mainstream, long-running acting gig she’d ever had and asked herself the familiar question, “What next?” Always candid about looking for a life outside of acting, Lilly has spent the last year and a half writing, reconnecting with her life and giving birth to her first child. However acting is still beckoning Lilly and she’s taken some choice roles in projects she couldn’t pass up. First up, she co-stars with Hugh Jackman in Real Steel opening in October. And right now, she’s living in New Zealand for the duration of Peter Jackson’s dual Hobbit shoots, playing a newly-created character not from the books – Tauriel the Elf.

SFX got an exclusive chat with Lilly about life after Lost, working with Peter Jackson and bringing The Hobbit to screen.

You’ve been off the media radar for the last year but you’re about to go back into the fray with Real Steel being released. Are you trepidatious or excited?

“Right now I’m sort of holding my breath the same way before Lost went on the air because there’s been this beautiful calm after the storm. I don’t get harassed anymore and generally speaking I can kind of get away with not too much trouble from the paparazzi; a little but not on a large scale. I sort of felt like this is what I was working towards and why I say I’m not going to act anymore – I want this! I want this peace, this normalcy, to visit my family and go for walks on the beach. I’m hoping it lasts because I’m not sure what will happen when Real Steel comes out and The Hobbit comes out. I’m not sure if I’ve just totally f**ked myself.” [Laughs]

Real Steel came around right after the end of Lost. Since you wanted an acting break, what about the film or the character was enticing enough for you to jump into it?

“After Lost and having a character that was so complex, layered, nuanced and constantly running in fear, crying in sorrow or screaming in terror, when I got the script of Real Steel – and was reading Bailey Tallet – one of my prerequisites was that she be someone I could relax into and just do it. I didn’t have to put my heart and soul and guts into it. Bailey is sort of the anchor from which a lot of the story pivots around.”

The grind of one-hour TV is what wipes out most people, so going into a film right after Lost, was the experience very different?

“With Real Steel, I was so focused on what I was doing outside work and being so excited to be finished with Lost. I was spending a lot of time in Africa and my focus wasn’t so much on Bailey’s back-story or learning about boxing as much as it was my work outside of the film. I was sort of like a day player in that I came in and gave everything I had every day I was there and committed on set. When I was home, I focused on the other things in my life.”

Now you’re in New Zealand filming The Hobbit with Peter Jackson. It’s a long commitment which would make some actors balk. Was that a concern?

“I will be in and out of New Zealand for the course of a year. It worked out well. For a lot of actors, being that tied down would be problematic for their careers because they wouldn’t have the freedom to take any other part in the meantime. For me it’s perfect because I want to have time to spend with my family and relax and focus on my writing. This role gives me a framework within which to do that because I’m not working all the time but I’m working enough. When you’re not working at all, you get lost in space and time and don’t accomplish anything. It’s a flexible work environment and I don’t have to be estranged from my family.”
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Hey fellow Evangeline fans. Just wanted to check in and say that this site is not dead. LOL
I’ve finished my final semester of university and am busy working on my thesis but I’m currently also working on a new layout for this site, so hang in there. I’m already trying to get this thing coded.

In terms of Evangeline news, looks like she’s getting ready to start shooting The Hobbit seeing as she was spotted in New Zealand recently. Maybe we’ll get some news soon. *fingers crossed*

It took me long enough but I’ve finally finished sorting the screencaps of Evangeline in the movie Afterwards. She looked so gorgeous in it. These are BluRay screencaps, so enjoy the lovely quality.

Wow, incredible news!!

Evangeline Lilly and Barry Humphries Join The Hobbit!

Peter Jackson announced today on Facebook that Evangeline Lilly (“LOST”) and Barry Humphries (Dame Edna) have joined the cast of “The Hobbit” films! Here is his post:

Yikes! I can finally get back to some postings! We’ve finished our first block of shooting and moved straight into location scouting. More on that soon… But today, I’m thrilled to announce two new cast members who will be joining us for our second block of shooting.

Evangeline Lilly will be playing a new character—the Woodland Elf, Tauriel. Her name means ‘daughter of Mirkwood’ and, beyond that, we must leave you guessing! (No, there is no romantic connection to Legolas.) What is not a secret is how talented and compelling an actress Evangeline is; we are thrilled and excited she will be the one to bring our first true Sylvan Elf to life. (…)

Evangeline and Barry, along with Welsh actor Luke Evans as Bard and Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug, just about rounds out the major casting. I cannot wait to get stuck into these new scenes! (source)