Elijah Wood has shared that while the Lord of the Rings films went on to become box office blockbusters, the cast’s salaries didn’t reflect it.
In August last year, Cate Blanchett, who played the elf Galadriel, spoke about the low pay saying: “No one got paid anything to do that movie. I basically got free sandwiches, and I got to keep my ears as pay,” she joked on Watch What Happens Live.