Elijah Wood Reveals He Still Hasn’t Finished Reading ‘Lord of the Rings’ Books

Elijah Wood made a surprising revelation during a recent interview.

The 45-year-old actor appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and unveiled that he has yet to finish reading the Lord of the Rings books, over 20 years since he first filmed the movie adaptations.

“To have it be from you… I feel almost the most embarrassed, Stephen,” he said. “I know no one else in my life who lovesTolkien more than you and has read the books more than maybe anyone?”

“So that 25 years later — actually 27 if you consider we started shooting in October of ’99 — I’ll at least say this, there’s an update,” Elijah added. “I have started them, and they’re incredible.”

In addition, Elijah revealed that he still keeps in touch with the cast on the group text called “Shire Folk,” which was renamed by Dominic Monaghan from “The Hobbits.”

He also spoke to Ian McKellen spilling the beans that Elijah would reprise his role as Frodo Baggins in the upcoming The Hunt for Gollum movie.

“Nothing to add,” Elijah said. “Nothing to subtract either. We’re in a good spot!”

Via: Just Jared