It’s hard to believe that Elijah Wood filmed his role as the infamous Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings more than 25 years ago. After spending so many years attending conventions and meeting fans, you’d think that he knows everything he should about this universe. But that is not the case. Elijah Wood admitted that he is still trying to finish The Lord of the Rings books.
This came up during a conversation that Wood had with Stephen Colbert, who is a huge Tolkien fan. Colbert wanted to know if the rumors about whether Elijah Wood read The Lord of the Rings books or not.
“To have it be from you, I feel almost the most embarrassed,” Wood said to Colbert. “I know no one else in my life that loves Tolkien more than you,” Wood continued, looking sheepish, “and has read the books more than maybe anyone, so that 25 years later… actually 27, as we started shooting in September 1999.”
Well, we all have a TBR pile that haunts us. But decades to finish a book series is kinda wild, unless he’s reading one chapter per year or something. There are reports that Elijah Wood will reprise his role as Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, a prequel by Andy Serkis. It wouldn’t be surprising considering Wood said he doesn’t want anyone else to play Frodo as long as he’s alive. But Wood did not confirm nor deny his involvement. And maybe, just maybe, he will take some time before filming to finish those novels.