Viggo Mortensen talked about some of the pranks he used to play on his co-stars in a recent interview on Live magazine. More
Category: Elijah Wood
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On the star list: Elijah Wood (#1), Viggo Mortensen (#3), Ian Holm (#4), Ian McKellen (#31), Cate Blanchett (#38)
From huffingtonpost.com: The Lonely Island team premiered a new SNL digital short last night called “On the Ground,” which featured Andy Samberg throwing increasingly ridiculous things…on the ground. Host Ryan Reynolds, along with surprise guest Elijah Wood, got in on the fun by tasing the comedian after he threw their dinner on the ground.
Cynthia sends this in: Film.com has posted the next stage in their “The Best Male Performance of the 00’s” poll: The Final Four. Elijah Wood’s Frodo is pitted against Heath Ledger’s Joker. Voting ends Wednesday, September 30. Go here to vote, and vote often!
Jan alerted us to an ongoing poll at film.com: The Best Male Performance of the ’00s. It’s down to the ‘Elite 8,’ two of whom are non other than Elijah Wood, for his role as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings vs. Johnny Depp, for his role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Follow the link, and scroll down to vote! film.com poll
Elijah Wood first broke into movies at the age of 7 as “Video Game Boy” in 1989’s ‘Back to the Future: Part II’ and quickly shot to stardom with leading roles in ‘Paradise,’ ‘Forever Young’ (with Mel Gibson) and ‘The Good Son’ (opposite fellow child star Macaulay Culkin).
But while the careers of so many young actors — including a certain ‘Son’ co-star — peter out as they hit that rocky patch known as puberty, Wood’s began to thrive. He bolstered his indie cred with Ang Lee’s ‘The Ice Storm,’ headlined one of the most successful franchises in movie history with his turn as Frodo Baggins in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy and voiced the lead penguin in $197 mil-grossing 2006 animated flick ‘Happy Feet.’ More..