As someone who wouldn’t be needed for at least the first of what is increasing looking like two precursor films, Elijah Wood has more room to comment than some of the LOTR cast, and spoke candidly to Empire Magazine. “I can’t imagine any of the original actors would want to join it how can you imagine a prequel that didn’t look the same, and didn’t have the same continuity after all that work?” [More] Thanks to Syed for the link!