Elijah Wood Is Iggy Pop Frodo gets a lust for life... Source: Variety
Elijah Wood is a huge music fan. In fact, the 26-year old actor takes his music very seriously indeed. In 2005, he founded indie label Simian Records which has since overseen the release of a slew of rock-related singles and albums. Despite this foray into the heady world of rock n’roll, everyone’s favourite hobbit has still taken the time to blitz the big screen, most conspicuously as the rather bitey Kevin in Sin City and the definitely side-burny William in Emilio Estevez’s Bobby. With these two loves in mind, it should come as no real surprise that Wood has just been chosen to play Punk-icon and general topless-man-covered-in-blood, Iggy Pop.
New biopic ThePassenger will concentrate on the Rock legend's early years with seminal garage-punk outfit The Stooges – a band that released three era-defining records before decaying under a mountain of hard drugs and bad blood. It’ll certainly be interesting to see how Wood prepares himself for the shoot, especially considering Iggy is man who used to quite regularly digest huge quantities of high-grade LSD, smear himself in peanut butter and fling himself headfirst into the baying crowd. Still, Wood should be used to being pushed to his physical limits – don't forget, he had to walk around in those big hairy feet for years.
The Passenger is set for release next year.
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L: Enraged of Tunbridge
Elijahs a good actor and he knows his music so he probably has love for Iggy Pop. Its acting remember, pretending to be people you aint, can see how him not being similar to Iggy in real life doesnt really matter.
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Understand what you are getting at, but to a hell of a lot of people, physicality is a very important thing, me included, it is what starts the audience on their journey of believing the actor the character. It is a very strange casting decision,... Read More
Blimey.
Iggy's a god. A crazy god, but a god none the less.
Elijah's got a hell of a lot to do just to his torso it pull this one off, but he's a little fella like the Ig so ya never know.
Will he be wearing clear plastic trousers in his stage scenes?!
Ewwww, hope not.
Good luck to ya Hobbit-Boy! ... Read More
Oh my god Halfling you're so right! Eric Bana as Dave Gahan!!!! And rams, don't judge DM by their size in UK as they're still pretty huge in US! Biggest selling live act over there in fact! BRING ON A DEPECHE MODE BIOPIC!!!! ... Read More
This mut be the stupidest casting decision news I've heard in ages. I have nothing against Elijah Wood - but he's no Iggy Pop - I really don't think he will pull this off. Who was their second choice? Justin Timberlake? ... Read More
Elijahs a good actor and he knows his music so he probably has love for Iggy Pop. Its acting remember, pretending to be people you aint, so you can see how him not being similar to Iggy in real life doesnt really matter. ... Read More
Slight round faced actor gets to play an emaciated almost skeletal figure. If he can pull it off he is going to show himself to be a great actor. ... Read More
