Humans, Elves, and Orcs: A Bright Character Guide

The moon is full. The streets of Los Angeles are teeming with dangerous characters. And most of them aren’t even human. Netflix brings you the Bright character guide.

In the upcoming Netflix blockbuster Bright, Elves and Orcs and other supernatural beings live side-by-side with humans. Starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, and Noomi Rapace, and directed by David Ayer, Bright chronicles the adventures of two LAPD officers as they embark on a routine night patrol that will alter the future of their world. Battling both their personal

differences and an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a young female Elf and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which, in the wrong hands, could destroy everything.

“You can’t really tell how people are going to react until they see it, but it’s wildly unique,” Smith says. “It’s a very different kind of movie.”

Below is a guide to the characters of Bright, Netflix’s year-ending blockbuster that will be available on the streaming service, as well as in select theaters, starting Dec. 22, 2017.

Officer Daryl Ward (Will Smith)

A human LAPD veteran just five years from retirement, Ward sets out for a routine patrol one night with his new partner, an Orc named Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton). Cruising through violent neighborhoods while keeping watch for signs of trouble, Ward must keep his cool as he is forced to overlook Jakoby’s rookie mistakes. “That really intrigued me, the idea of these two worlds colliding—a gritty, hardcore cop drama in the middle of Los Angeles with Orcs and Fairies,” says Smith of the film’s premise.

Officer Nick Jacoby (Joel Edgerton)

By turns, sensitive, tough, and dryly funny, Jakoby is the first Orc to serve on the force. “I thought I was going to create some character that was more animalistic, yet what we discovered through rehearsal is that Jakoby desperately wants to be human,” Edgerton says of his mythical character.

Leilah (Noomi Rapace)

The sinister Leilah is the vicious leader of a group of rebel Elves known as the Inferni, who seek to resurrect a long-dormant evil. “Noomi is astoundingly committed,” says director Ayer of the film’s big bad. “She really did a lot of research to get inside of this character and not just play a caricature, but to play somebody with a soul and intent and power. And that’s a scary bad guy.”

Kandomere (Edgar Ramirez)

Kandomere is an Elf who spearheads the Magic Task Force, a federal law enforcement organization that monitors magic activities.

Tikka (Lucy Fry)

Watch the trailers for Bright here, here, and here.

Find out more about the unique partnership of Ward and Jakoby here.

Bright will be available in select theaters and on Netflix starting December 22, 2017.  Visit Bright on Netflix.

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About Bright

Set in an alternate present-day, this action-thriller directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, writer of Training Day) follows two cops from very different backgrounds (Ward, a human played by Will Smith, and Jakoby, an orc played by Joel Edgerton) who embark on a routine patrol night that will ultimately alter the future as their world knows it.  Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.

The Netflix film stars Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Oliveri, and Kenneth Choi.  The film is directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis.  David Ayer, Eric Newman, and Bryan Unkeless serve as producers.

Bright trailer

I do hope this Bright character guide will help you understand the world where the good guys and the bad guys operate in this flick. And remember, Bright opens December 22 exclusive on Netflix.