The new Lord of the Rings movie The Hunt for Gollum has a lot riding on it, with Gollum actor Andy Serkis directing the film as well as starring in it. But Frodo actor Elijah Wood says that, despite the pressure to deliver something special, the new movie doesn't have to stand in the shadow of its predecessors.
"I don't think it has to, because it doesn't bear the weight of the trilogy," Wood tells the HappySadConfused podcast (around the 46 minute mark) when asked how The Hunt for Gollum will live up to the original Lord of the Rings movies. "It's not the trilogy. It's not those books. But it is certainly excerpts from the books, and it is characters from the books. It is all canon, so I can say that. It is a side quest. It's a side story."
