{"id":336309,"date":"2026-03-18T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336309\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:33:10","slug":"elijah-wood-embarrassed-to-admit-he-still-has-not-finished-reading-the-lord-of-the-rings-books-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336309\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Wood Embarrassed to Admit He Still Has Not Finished Reading the \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 Books | Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

While he was embarrassed to admit it, Elijah Wood<\/a> confessed during his Tuesday night appearance on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d<\/a> that he still has not finished reading the \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d books.<\/p>\n

Wood, who played Frodo in director Peter Jackson\u2019s \u201cLOTR\u201d trilogy<\/a>, acknowledged that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the 2001 release of \u201cThe Fellowship of the Ring.\u201d Minutes later, Colbert, a J.R.R. Tolkien superfan, said he\u2019d heard a \u201crumor\u201d he had to ask Wood about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to put you on the spot here,\u201d Colbert prefaced. \u201cIs it true that you still haven\u2019t finished reading \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019?\u201d Wood, for his part, immediately hunched over in laughter. \u201cTo have it [come] from you, I feel almost the most embarrassed, Stephen. Because I know no one else in my life that loves Tolkien more than you,\u201d Wood responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll at least say this. There\u2019s an update: I have started them!\u201d the actor added, noting, \u201cAnd they\u2019re incredible!\u201d Laughing, Colbert told Wood, \u201cI don\u2019t want to tell you how it ends. But I\u2019ll give you a hint: You know how it ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

During their conversation, Colbert also asked Wood about \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d co-star Ian McKellan\u2019s comments last year that both Frodo and Gandalf would be in Andy Serkis\u2019 forthcoming \u201cRings\u201d film, \u201cThe Hunt for Gollum.\u201d The \u201cLate Show\u201d host asked Wood if he had \u201canything to add to the rumors,\u201d to which Wood playfully responded, \u201cNothing to add.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything to subtract?\u201d Colbert pressed. \u201cNo! Nothing to subtract, either,\u201d Wood replied. \u201cSo we\u2019re in a good spot. Nothing to add or subtract.\u201d (Do with that what you will, \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d fans.) McKellan and Serkis are both expected to reprise their respective \u201cRings\u201d roles as Gandalf and Gollum in \u201cThe Hunt for Gollum,\u201d while \u201cTitanic\u201d star Kate Winslet has reportedly been cast<\/a> as the film\u2019s female lead.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Wood revealed that he and his former co-stars still keep in touch daily in a text group they\u2019ve named \u201cShirefolk.\u201d \u201cWe text each other every day,\u201d he said. \u201cWe do the New York Times mini crossword, and so we share our scores on there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colbert, naturally, asked who among the \u201cRings\u201d actors usually posts the best score each day. \u201cOn that thread, generally me,\u201d Wood boasted. As for who generally loses, Wood sheepishly added, \u201cSean [Astin] is really intelligent. He\u2019s so smart\u2026 but he takes a while. He just takes his time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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