Elijah on Jo Whiley at Radio 1 today -- fantastic! :-)

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

Elijah was great today on Jo Whiley. I took notes and he said some things that, for me, were really good to hear and had me almost jumping up & down in my chair with happiness! There was one particular thing he came out with that really had me squeeing for a particular reason. :-) I won't repeat any of it here because that might be too spoilerish for some. But really, the interview is definitely worth listening to if you can, and even more especially if you're a LOTR fan!

~Lyra

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[not-alone.livejournal.com]

It seems you were pleased about all the same things as me!! He mentioned the NZ thing at the very end of the Instant Talk Show he did in New York when they're in the taxi. The interviewer was asking him about New York - then it somehow got onto living in a cabin in the woods and he suddenly said "I'd like to live in NZ". There is a download link on this page - you'll need to scroll down a bit:

http://community.livejournal.com/elijah_finds/?skip=40#elijah_finds114292

I read your latest entry on this subject. I used to worry that he might start to distance himself from LOTR but I don't now - he has said so many things on this subject to completely reassure me - I could fill many pages with quotes to the effect that he'll always be proud to be known as Frodo, that LOTR was the greatest experience of his life - that he'd never even want to try to top it. At one time I couln't even bear to think of him associated with any other film than LOTR - but I knew that was silly. I feel confident now that whatever roles he takes on, Frodo will always be closest to his heart. I hated that HotDog headline too - but then I realised that those weren't Elijah' words - they were the reporter's. Elijah doesn't say that in the acctual interview. Journalists love to head any article about him with "Leaving Frodo behind" "Goodbye to ME" etc, etc - but those headlines are never Elijah's actual words. And I've noticed that very often in intervieews it's Elijah who mentions LOTR first - that was the case with this Instant Talk Show. Sorry, that's turned into a bit of a ramble but it's something I feel very passionate about.