We never knew it would be that way, that it would have such an impact globally. “I’m honored to have been part of that process. Viggo Mortensen has fond memories of playing the role of Aragorn, he said in an interview with. Everybody can relate to that on some level.” Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) At the core of it, it’s the story about literally the smallest person in the world being capable of changing, of affecting real change, and I think that message is universal. There’s sort of something in it for everybody. But I also think that there’s a lot of heart in those films,” Wood said. He also believes the films will remain timeless to audiences. Everybody else has read it.”Įven with scores of other projects in his career, Wood will always be proud to be known as Frodo. I sort of pivoted my focus to just live in the world of the character as written in the scripts and trust the process. “I found it taxing to read the book with all the work in tandem I was doing on my character. “The book is dense and verbose and incredible and literary and beautiful, but heavy,” he said. In the interview, Wood admitted he never finished reading Tolkien’s book. “That will link us forever,” Wood said in the article. But 20 years later, he and his fellow hobbits are still friends and stay in touch through a group text, the actor told. It was his first time living away from home for an extended time. Doom in New Line’s film, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” Pierre Vinet, New Line Productions Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins)Įlijah Wood was 18 years old when he arrived in New Zealand to begin filming. “Sam” (Sean Astin) and ‘Frodo” (Elijah Wood) begin their climb towards Mt. Here’s what some of the film’s actors are saying as they reflect on their experience with “The Lord of the Rings” two decades later. “In 20 years time when people look back, they are going look at our work and say, ‘One of my top 10 experiences in the cinema of all time.’” When “The Fellowship of the Ring” premiered in London, actor John Rhys-Davies, who played the dwarf Gimli, offered the following prediction in an audio commentary: “A little bit of development here, a little bit of, ‘Let’s design some stuff’ here, and eventually they realize they’ve spent too much to not do it.” “You just incrementally do a little bit and then eventually the studio is in too deep to turn back,” Jackson said with a smile. The question, “How did you go about convincing a studio to let him make three massive films at once?” was asked of Jackson by Josh Gad in a “Lord of the Rings” Zoom reunion in 2020. Why Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' succeeded as an adaptation