I know I’ve said it before but every rewatch I do cements this thought further - elijah wood’s performance in LOTR is absolutely insane, they really had a character whose name means “wise by experience”, hired an 18-year-old to do it, and he delivered so much that not only is it a beautiful and moving role on its own, it’s a performance equal to those of the absolute powerhouses he played side by side with like ian holm and ian mckellen. to name just a few
apparently it’s not common knowledge that he was 18 at the time (insert that xkcd comic, you know which) but. yeah
“let’s task this teenager with the monster assignment of portraying trauma of war in a quiet and subtle way. what can go wrong” and then somehow nothing did. because he killed the role
