It carried on for years after that to middling-to-poor results. It came at the end of the Kevin Williamson explosion, when everyone was trying to make a lot of these teen horror films. at least, from Факультет (1998) on - was really a much-maligned genre. For a while, the horror genre in the U.S. So I would say the last five or six years of my life feel like a galvanization of my own identity, the things I'm interested in. Some of that is aligned with my own autonomy and growth as a human being. But we're so lazy and completely hopeless at doing things, so it remains to be seen if it'll ever happen. It makes most sense to go in on a place because we could use it like a timeshare and then holiday at different times or together. I think Bill and Dom and I are thinking about buying a house here, because we don't want to lose our connection with the country. The whole thing has had a massive impact on us. I now have the ears, the feet, the sword, the Ring, and one of the maps of Middle-Earth. When it came time for me to give a speech, I was so gone I just couldn't do it. You'd go on to a sound stage and Peter would make a speech about each actor and then bring in their sword and a clapperboard. They gave each actor his own farewell, when we were back there earlier this year. I was heaving, I couldn't breathe, and the last bits of the movie really wrecked me. When it came to the end, I was very emotional. And if I've done my job right, then you should empathize with him. I was 18 then, and it's appropriate that he looks older, too. There is a massive transformation, but the journey should have a physical effect on him, which makes sense as I look a lot older than when I started filming. ![]() Frodo will look more haggard, but not as bad as Gollum. Wood also played Ad-Rock in the Beastie Boys' comedic video for Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011).Īn avid music fan, Wood founded Simian records and released its first album, New Magnetic Wonder by The Apples in Stereo, in 2007. ![]() The actor followed his work in the astronomically successful trilogy with a broad range of interesting screen roles and voice work, including a supporting role in Michel Gondry's Вічне сяйво чистого розуму (2004), as well as the part of a sinister mute sociopath in Місто гріхів (2005). Wood's work in Peter Jackson's film adaptations of J.R.R. In 1999, Elijah was in three movies that never made it into wide release: The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999) (released on satellite TV), Black and White (1999) (released on home video) and Chain of Fools (2000). Many critics wondered if his ability as a child actor to capture an audience was wearing thin, as had many child actors', but Wood deftly transitioned into a versatile performer with roles such as the endlessly curious Mikey Carver in Ang Lee' ensemble film Крижана буря (1997), as well as parts in popcorn flicks like Deep Impact (1998) and Факультет (1998). In 1996 Elijah starred in a movie remake of an old TV show, Фліппер (1996). ![]() Although the film was widely condemned and a disaster at the box office, Elijah was praised as the only good thing to come out of it. This was followed by the first role for which he received top-billing, Норт (1994). ![]() Following that, Wood became an in-demand child actor, appearing in a number of major films such as Paradise (1991), Радіо-пілот (1992) and Хороший син (1993), in which he co-starred with Macaulay Culkin. Soon after, he began to get bookings for small parts on television.Īlthough his first credit was a small part in Назад у майбутнє 2 (1989), Wood's first major film role was in the 'Barry Levinson' historical family drama Avalon (1990). Demonstrating a gift for performing at a young age, Wood's natural talent inspired his mother to take him to an International Modeling and Talent Association annual convention in Los Angeles. He is of English, German, Austrian, and Danish descent. He has an older brother, Zach, and a younger sister, Hannah Wood. In addition to reprising the role in The Hobbit series, Wood also played Ryan in the FX television comedy Вілфред (2011) and voiced Beck in the Disney XD animated television series Tron: Uprising (2012).īorn Elijah Jordan Wood on 28 January, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wood is the son of Debbie (Krause) and Warren Wood, who ran a delicatessen. Elijah Wood is an American actor best known for portraying Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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