And we can thank the actor for making that happen thanks to an epic audition tape.
Wood’s over-the-top and dedicated approach worked: Jackson called him personally to offer him the role.
“All we knew was that the books themselves have a massive, very supportive fanbase.
Elijah Wood in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’.Pierre Vinet/New Line
And have since its release.
And so many people grew up reading those books.
It was way bigger than all of us could have imagined.”
Watch Wood reflect on his journey to Frodo-dom in the first 10 minutes of the video below.
