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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

Ranking celebrity wedding-crashers, from Elijah Wood in Hobbiton to Tom Hanks everywhere

There are a few things that celebrities simply love more than the rest of us: selling hot sauces, buccal fat removal, and crashing weddings. The most recent example is far sweeter than the term “gatecrasher” might suggest: the Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood, who surprised a bride and groom during their wedding ceremony in Hobbiton, a set from the films, in Matamata, New Zealand.

We last ranked celebrity wedding-crashers a decade ago, by how welcome they’d be at the average wedding; given how often it seems to happen, we’re due another go. In the case of Wood, everyone was screaming, he came in politely and left quickly, and he was the only one not wearing hobbity clothes – so, as gatecrashers go, we can confidently say he was very, very welcome. 10/10.

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