{"id":229987,"date":"2026-03-22T00:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/elijah-wood-reveals-he-still-hasnt-finished-reading-lord-of-the-rings-books\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T00:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:42:30","slug":"elijah-wood-reveals-he-still-hasnt-finished-reading-lord-of-the-rings-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/elijah-wood-reveals-he-still-hasnt-finished-reading-lord-of-the-rings-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Wood Reveals He Still Hasn\u2019t Finished Reading \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/elijah-wood\/\" title=\"Elijah Wood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elijah Wood<\/strong><\/a> made a surprising revelation during a recent interview. <\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old actor appeared on <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> and unveiled that he has yet to finish reading the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lord-of-the-rings\/\" title=\"Lord Of The Rings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lord of the Rings<\/strong><\/a><\/em> books, over 20 years since he first filmed the movie adaptations.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2190822\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have it be from you\u2026 I feel almost the most embarrassed, <strong>Stephen<\/strong>,\u201d he said. \u201cI know no one else in my life who loves<strong> Tolkien<\/strong> more than you and has read the books more than maybe anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that 25 years later \u2014 actually 27 if you consider we started shooting in October of \u201999 \u2014 I\u2019ll at least say this, there\u2019s an update,\u201d <strong>Elijah<\/strong> added. \u201cI have started them, and they\u2019re incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elijah Wood On Those Frodo Rumors And His Epic &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; Text Chain\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ptRp_KE5m1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <strong>Elijah<\/strong> revealed that he still keeps in touch with the cast on the group text called \u201cShire Folk,\u201d which was renamed by <strong>Dominic Monaghan <\/strong>from \u201cThe Hobbits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke to <strong>Ian McKellen<\/strong> spilling the beans that <strong>Elijah<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/18\/ian-mckellen-reveals-gandalf-frodo-will-return-in-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> would reprise his role as Frodo Baggins<\/a> in the upcoming <em>The Hunt for Gollum <\/em>movie. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing to add,\u201d <strong>Elijah<\/strong> said. \u201cNothing to subtract either. We\u2019re in a good spot!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <strong>Elijah<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/12\/elijah-wood-addresses-lord-of-the-rings-return-plays-coy-about-the-hunt-for-gollum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke out about his apparent return<\/a> at a fan convention, where he also didn\u2019t confirm or deny.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/03\/21\/elijah-wood-reveals-he-still-hasnt-finished-reading-lord-of-the-rings-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Keep reading to find out more\u2026 \u201cTo have it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-229987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}