Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), Green Street Hooligans (2005), Everything Is Illuminated (2005), Paris, je t'aime (2006), Bobby (2006), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), Maniac (2012), Grand Piano, Cooties, The Last Witch Hunter (2015), The Trust (2016), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017), and Come to Daddy (2019). As a teenager, he starred in films such as North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). He went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with roles in Avalon (1990), Paradise (1991), Radio Flyer (1992), Forever Young (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), and The Good Son (1993). Wood made his film debut with a small part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). There are a lot of people who would love to sit down at a giant table and raise a glass to our experience, collectively, share stories and just hang out.” But given the massive outpouring of fan love for superfan Stephen Colbert’s recent rap tribute to the trilogy on The Late Show, it’s clear no one has forgotten Frodo.Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. I know we all want to celebrate together, and I think we want to be able to find a space that works for everybody. Still, as he told ScreenRant: “I think there will absolutely be a gathering. He also seems unsure of how anniversary celebrations will go for The Lord of the Rings, given Covid-19’s restrictions on travel (particularly to New Zealand, a country known for their highly effective pandemic response). In recent years, he has been refreshingly candid of his view that The Lord of the Rings movies would be unable to be made in the current film climate, given large studios’ aversion to risky moves like the mammoth 438-day shoot that Peter Jackson required and the omnipresent fear of plot leaks and spoilers. Still, he seems fully aware that Frodo Baggins will be the role that forever defines him in the public eye. I certainly haven’t had that since.”Įlijah Wood’s career has gone in interesting directions ever since, appearing in a supporting role in Michel Gondry’s acclaimed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, as a monochrome, mute cannibal in Sin City and the upcoming reboot of the cult trash classic The Toxic Avenger. I knew I loved it, but I couldn’t process it…And I think that was just the enormity of it all and separating our personal experience from what it is, seeing it for what it is, an amazing experience. As he told Esquire in an interview, “It was totally overwhelming…I didn’t know what to feel, to be totally honest with you. While Elijah Wood began his career with a small part in a Paula Abdul music video (directed by future Zodiac, Fight Club and Se7en director David Fincher, no less) and racked up an impressive slew of roles (including starring in Rob Reiner’s North, Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty and Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm before he was 18), his career truly took off with The Lord of the Rings. With the 20 year anniversary of the release of the first film in the series, The Fellowship of the Ring, arriving this year, there’s been a renewed interest in the films and its stars (not to mention Amazon’s upcoming prequel). And according to Wood: he’s never really had an issue with it. And as the actor who has perhaps best claim to being the trilogy’s central character, Elijah Wood has had to process the feeling of spending the rest of his career being known as Frodo Baggins first and foremost. It can be hard to believe that Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies were made a full 20 years ago their legendary practical effect driven imagery, massive scale and sheer ambition at filming the full trilogy in one long, faith-driven production make them seem somehow grander than practically any other film franchise.
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