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

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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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It's a wonderful interview, isn't it? And I'll say what really made me happy - I'm sure most people have heard the interview by now. It's when he was asked which role he feels proudest of. I held my breath for the couple of seconds before he answered "Frodo". It always makes me feel good when he says things like that - one of my favourite quotes from a very recent interview was (of Frodo) "I always keep the character close to my heart". Bless him for that. I was even ridiculously pleased when he recently mentioned that he'd still like to live in NZ!! I was also pleased that he said in this Jo Whiley interview that he's still friendly with Dom & Billy & Vig. Would have been even more pleased if he'd included Sean, but perhapss he just forgot. Did you notice that he called "our film" 'The Oxford Crimes'? He's called it that before - I wonder if that will be the actual title.

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It's a wonderful interview, isn't it?

Definitely! :-)

BTW I've put up a new entry explaining exactly what I was rabbiting on about, as I appear to have confused some people!

I held my breath for the couple of seconds before he answered "Frodo". It always makes me feel good when he says things like that

I stopped breathing myself at that point ... but all turned out well!

I was even ridiculously pleased when he recently mentioned that he'd still like to live in NZ!!

You know, I caught a glimpse of that piece of news somewhere & now I can't recall where it is. Could you tell me exactly what he said or give a link to it?

I was also pleased that he said in this Jo Whiley interview that he's still friendly with Dom & Billy & Vig. Would have been even more pleased if he'd included Sean, but perhapss he just forgot.

I was so, so glad to hear what he said about the other cast members! Though it just makes me wonder why there seems to be this big kind of "forbidden" sign hanging over those topics on the UK TV shows he appears in ...

Did you notice that he called "our film" 'The Oxford Crimes'? He's called it that before - I wonder if that will be the actual title.

Yes, and that made me sit up a little! Though there's been some speculation, it seems, about what the eventual title will be.

~Lyra

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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.