For some reason or any other, individuals are really gravitating toward Elijah Wood nowadays. A lot of this has to do with Elijah reputedly being at the start of a large Hollywood comeback. It may additionally have to do with the fact that he's simply so undeniably likable. He's a polite, soft-spoken, and gifted man. But more than likely it's because Elijah has been a part of one of the vital most loved motion pictures of all time.
Elijah Wood has been appearing since he used to be 9 years outdated but after he was cast as Frodo in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, he was a household name. This is basically what allowed him to get invited to join the star-studded solid of 2005's Sin City. Of course, the R-rated, highly-stylized, crime film wasn't everybody's cup of tea. But what does Elijah think?
How Elijah Was Cast In Sin City And What He Really Thought About Being Part Of It
In his retrospective about his biggest movie and TV roles with GQ, Elijah explained that he was deeply grateful for being requested to be part of Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's Sin City. This is mostly because he was once an enormous fan of the graphic novels.
"It was weird, the timing of [making the movie]," Elijah Wood explained to GQ. "I read through all of it. Then went out to dinner with [director] Robert [Rodriguez] and he said, 'I'm making Sin City'. And I was like, 'Holy s***, I just read these books and in my head I was thinking wouldn't it be amazing to see this animated because the artwork is so beautiful and so specific.' And so we were out at dinner and he's like, 'Our next project is Sin City, do you want to see some of it?'"
It turns out, Robert Rodriguez had already shot the outlet sequence with Josh Hartnett out at the roof. He did this as an evidence of idea with a purpose to turn out to Frank Miller that he may just do his graphic novels justice and to get the film made with the studio.
Robert took Elijah out to his automotive and showed him that first scene on a computer. Because Elijah was once so blown away with what Robert had achieved, as well as Robert's friendship with the Lord of the Rings star, he asked Elijah if he'd audition for the role of Kevin within the movie. However, for the reason that murderous role that Elijah ended up playing had no lines, his audition was once merely to stare as Robert read lines from the script.
Elijah Spent Very Little Time On Set And Didn't Even Get To Work With The Actor Opposite Him
"It was a joy to be able to work in that space."
The major explanation why Elijah was so delighted to be filming Sin City used to be because of his love of the graphic novel and the fact that Robert used to be really doing his best to duplicate it frame-for-frame.
The graphic novel ended up being a blueprint for lots of the filming procedure. So, relating to designing and executing each shot, a lot of mimicries were required. This used to be extremely appealing to Elijah since he used to be any such fanboy who geeked out on every occasion he were given to do a shot-for-shot from the supply subject matter.
However, Elijah did not have too much time to revel in himself...
"I shot all of my scenes in two days," Elijah explained. "Predominantly, the movie was shot against blue or green screen. There were a few sets. The bar was a set. And there were a couple of others. But most of it was a green screen."
Elijah additionally didn't get to work with former MCU star, Mickey Rourke.
"And Mickey Rourke [who played Marv] had already shot his scenes... so, I shot everything with Mickey's stunt double."
This intended that Elijah had completely no time on set with Mickey nor did he have him to behave off of. However, he was once overjoyed so that you can work with the stunt double as well as do some primary action sequences for the first actual time.
"It was awesome. It was so much fun. And fun to play a villain. I had never played a villain or psychopath before. Certainly not a mute one."
Playing a murderous cannibal like Kevin didn't finally end up being as laborious as one might assume. This is for the reason that character in the graphic novel has no dialogue nor displays any actual facial expressions. Because of those boundaries, Elijah used to be ready to find the character somewhat temporarily.
But none of this really mattered to the Wilfred celebrity. Even if discovering the character of Kevin used to be a large number of work, Elijah would have completed it. He just beloved the graphic novel THAT much.
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