With nearly two dozen feature films already to his credit, it’s no surprise that 21-year-old Elijah Wood landed his first movie role at the age of 8. <\/p>\n
That bit part–as a boy playing a video game in “Back to the Future II”–was hardly an indicator of what was to come. Wood quickly established himself as a go-to child actor in films such as “Avalon,” “Radio Flyer,” and “North,” the latter of which garnered the young thespian critical praise despite being a box-office flop. <\/p>\n
Though Wood was keeping himself busy as a teen actor with parts in “The Faculty” and “Sudden Impact” in the late ’90s, when he heard about plans to make live-action features of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy trilogy “Lord of the Rings,” he actively lobbied for the part of Frodo Baggins. It worked. <\/p>\n
“Elijah instinctively understands how to act for the screen,” “Rings” director Peter Jackson told Premiere last year. “It’s quite humbling to see so much talent in someone so young.” <\/p>\n
With the second and third parts of the trilogy due in 2002 and 2003, Wood will continue to enjoy the fruits of Middle Earth for a long time. But the seasoned actor is quick to point out that as far as life in Hollywood is concerned, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. <\/p>\n
“I simply want to carry on doing what I am doing for as long as I can, and I don’t want to take advantage of a specific moment and burn out really quickly,” he told Premiere. “Believe me, the world does not revolve around movies. Mine certainly doesn’t.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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