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# Escaping Frodo's Oppression
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2298/
- Published: 2005-09-08T16:53:38.000Z
- Updated: 2005-09-08T16:53:38.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Entertainment, #wpChunk

I can't blame the guy:

> Can you picture gentle Frodo as a violent soccer hooligan? Is it possible to envision a timid soul like Baggins as the grandson of a Ukrainian Jew, exploring his relative's survival of the Holocaust? No, these aren't alternative-universe ­sequels to *The Lord of the Rings*. They are roles Elijah Wood has embraced to distance himself from everyone's favorite Hobbit.

> "Getting away from Frodo comes up a lot," Wood admits, a slight smile - or is it a smirk? - flitting across his face. For *LOTR* fans, the face is very familiar, so Wood wanted to show it bashed and bloodied in *Green Street Hooligans*, opening tomorrow. Then, in *Everything Is Illuminated*, to open the following Friday, he hid it behind heavy black-framed glasses.

[Link](http://nydailynews.com/news/gossip/v-echo/story/344418p-293854c.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).