I still say that Orlando would have made a good Faramir, if more properly written. As boring and colourless as he was as Legolas, he could have been a great Faramir. And grey contacts would have looked better on him than grey ones.

Not movie!Faramir, of course, that was a bad caricature. But a heroic and yet kind-hearted book!Faramir, yes. His role as Balian had certain similarities, IMO.