Episode notes
Elijah Wood emerged as a child star in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His first role was in a Paula Abdul video, directed by David Fincher, in 1989. Within a few years, he was a movie star, working in films like Radio Flyer and North. In his review of the 1994 film The War, Roger Ebert wrote that Wood was “the most talented actor in his age group, in Hollywood history.”
Wood made the transition to adult acting gracefully – when he was 18, he packed up his bags and moved to New Zealand to star in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He’s also appeared in films like The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Everything Is Illuminated and Sin City.
Wood is part of the ensemble cast of the new film The Romantics, which follows a group of young people from the rehearsal dinner to the ceremony of their close friend’s wedding. The film will be released September 10th, 2010.
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