![]() ![]() And I hope that that is ultimately what will drive everything forward with whatever these subsequent movies are. “It came out of a passion for these books and wanting to see them realized. “But Lord of the Rings didn't come out of that place,” he adds. So those two things are not mutually exclusive.” “And, again, not begrudging anybody because, of course, it is commerce. It's not that a bunch of executives are like, ‘Let's make really awesome art,’” Wood continues. “Obviously at the core of that, is a desire to make a lot of money. I'm surprised-I don't know why I'm surprised because, of course there would be more movies,” he says. What does Wood think of the impending remakes? “I'm fascinated and I'm excited. And in February, Warner Brothers announced that they’re going to use the original IP to make “multiple Lord of the Rings movies”-eliciting groans from longtime fans of the trilogy. Amazon spent $715 million on their Rings of Power series, released last year. After the trilogy, Peter Jackson made his Hobbit adaptations. Tolkien’s work is still omnipresent in another way: as hot intellectual property. “But honestly, over time, it wasn't really motivated by anything beyond falling in love with material or wanting to work with a filmmaker.” Plus, he’s just a good old horror buff. With all the goodness and decency associated with his character in Lord of the Rings, was this a deliberate swerve? “Maybe right after Lord of the Rings, the idea of pushing boundaries or pushing up against preconceived notions as to who I am ,” Wood says. In the years since he broke out as Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, his roles have often veered dark: He played a cannibalistic serial killer in Sin City, the FBI profiler up against Ted Bundy in No Man of God, and produced the Nicolas Cage psychedelic horror bender Mandy through his company SpectreVision. Even his segment in the 2007 anthology film Paris, je t'aime involved a vampire plotline. The Yellowjackets role makes sense for Wood. ![]() It’s more about them being soulmates.” Their connection just happens to hinge on conducting sketchy ad hoc interrogations. “And so we designed Walter as somebody who actually sees her and appreciates her for who she really is and is hoping to get that in return. We built Misty as somebody who very few people understand, who has gone through life feeling very much unseen and unappreciated,” Lyle says. “These are two characters who, more than looking for romance or sex, are just looking for someone who understands them. Though Misty and Walter’s friendship seems to be evolving into something more, this isn’t meant to be a straightforward romantic relationship. ![]() Lyle and her co-creator Bart Nickerson pitched Wood over the course of a lunch and, he was such a fan of the first season, that he said yes without even seeing a script. Walter and Misty initially meet on a citizens detective message board-PuttingTheSICKinForensics seeks AfricanGrey-before hitting the road to find her missing teammate Natalie. One of the now-adult survivors of an infamous plane crash that left her team stranded in the wilderness for 19 months, Misty has an offbeat way of interacting with the world (talks too much about her pet parrot) and a twisted sense of justice (drugging a woman who was sniffing after the Yellowjackets and chaining her up in a basement for most of season one). Wood plays Walter, a new companion for Misty ( Christina Ricci) and a true crime obsessive who happens to be so friendly and chipper that you have to wonder if he’s a serial killer. It’s this quality, even when discussing the freakier aspects of human nature, that makes him so precisely well-suited for his role on this season of Yellowjackets, TV’s hottest cannibalism drama about a girls soccer team. Though the actor is now 42 and a father of two, with flecks of gray dotting his beard, he still retains his trademark youthful innocence and affability. “Serial killers were always really interesting to me.” “I'm fascinated by cults,” Elijah Wood says, trademark blue eyes widening. ![]()
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