# What happens to the Hobbit actors now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738 "2003-01-20T04:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/61 "2004-03-08T04:58:24Z")
Don’t worry, you’re not the only pervy hobbit fancier out there. I’ve got a soft spot for Billy Boyd in particular. Now I just have to hope for that comedy he’s writing with Dominic Monaghan to get made… ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/62 "2004-03-08T06:51:14Z")
> [@peterW](#): > > I suspect all hobbits will be the Mark Hamills of this generation, particularly Elijah Wood. They will be tied to their LOTR characters for the rest of their careers. After a few roles in big budget movies, which will tank, they will gain only small roles in B grade flicks parodying the characters which made them famous. > > They will die bitter and broke, supplementing their income with neverending LOTR movie conventions, and whoring themselves out to every stranger who asks “I’ll give you 5 bucks if you show me your tatoo.” The fact that three of the four hobbits have already moved onto fairly major supporting roles (Elijah Wood in _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,_ Sean Astin in _50 First Dates,_ and Billy Boyd in _Master and Commander_) would seem to indicate otherwise. The difference between Hamill and the hobbits, as others have pointed out, is that they all have had fairly extensive (and solid) careers prior to LOTR. The fact that they all seem intent on taking on roles that are dramatically different from their LOTR roles should help stave off the brick wall of typecasting. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/63 "2004-03-08T07:15:59Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Yea, didn’t they meet by chance or at one of his shows and they both immediately noticed a striking resemblence and decided to investigate? I think that’s the story I heard, seriously. Well, not quite. Liv was already acquainted with Steven Tyler through her mother, Bebe Buell, and had suspected for some time that he might be her bio dad. Then when her mom took her to an Aerosmith concert she met Mia Tyler (now a successful plus-size model), Steven Tyler’s daughter by Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler. Liv and Mia are about the same age, and there’s an obvious family resemblance. They both realized that they must have the same dad, and Buell confirmed it when Liv asked her after the show. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/64 "2004-03-08T12:44:51Z")
Mark Hamill also had a pretty bad motorcycle accident which kind of screwed up his face. Hard to be a successful Hollywood actor when your facial expressions have been limited by reconstructive surgery and you aren’t very pretty either. If I were a Hollywood producer, I’d be looking to cast Billy Boyd in a Hugh Grant/Tom Hanks-ish romantic comedy. Charming, not bad looking (but somehow still ordinary looking) guy meets girl sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![peterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@peterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peterW)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/65 "2004-03-08T14:04:46Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Mark Hamill also had a pretty bad motorcycle accident which kind of screwed up his face. Hard to be a successful Hollywood actor when your facial expressions have been limited by reconstructive surgery and you aren’t very pretty either. That hasn’t stop Sylvester Stallone. 🙂 As for the rest of the hobbits, they may have had plenty of roles beforehand, but, none of them made them household names. And I don’t think their roles in the LOTR series will change that. Kudos to them if they do, but I don’t think anything they do afterwards will overshadow what they have done in LOTR. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/66 "2004-03-08T14:20:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t worry, you’re not the only pervy hobbit fancier out there. Oh, definitely not. I got a sharp note from Samwise regarding what would happen if I tried anything. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/67 "2004-03-08T16:18:33Z")
> [@Ms Macphisto](#): > > Don’t worry, you’re not the only pervy hobbit fancier out there. I’ve got a soft spot for Billy Boyd in particular. Now I just have to hope for that comedy he’s writing with Dominic Monaghan to get made… Did you see B.Boyd on the Sharon Osbourne show? (I have Tivo set to record anything with ROTK in the description – I don’t normally watch the show). He sang a Britney Spears song, accompanying himself on the guitar. Quite charming, actually. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/68 "2004-03-08T17:19:43Z")
So will “Seed of Chucky” speak in a Scottish accent? If so, I somehow can’t envision the character as being very frightening! ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/69 "2004-03-08T20:43:43Z")
Smilin’ Jack Ruby of [CHUD.com](http://CHUD.com) got to talk to Elijah Wood at a press junket for _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_… > [@](#): > > S.J.R.: Elijah, you were just announced in a new movie as well - what’s that one about? > > Elijah: Hooligans. It’s a film about football hooliganism set in London about an American who goes over to London to visit his sister and gets mixed up into that world. > > S.J.R.: Is it a comedy? Is it an actioner? > > Elijah: No, it’s a pretty intense drama. > > S.J.R.: Are you a fan of the sport? > > Elijah: I’m not a huge sport fan in general, so I don’t really follow any sport. I think it’s a great sport and every time I’ve watched it, I’ve enjoyed it, but I don’t think I have the patience to follow teams. I’m always fascinated by people who follow a team and know every single player and their records and players on other teams. It won’t just be that team - it’ll be every other team and every other player. I really don’t care enough. > > S.J.R.: Who’s directing this? > > Elijah: This woman Lexi Alexander who is a German director. It’s her first feature film. That’s the extent of S.J.R.'s talk with Elijah, but you can find the rest of the article here… [http://www.chud.com/news/mar04/mar7spot.php3](http://www.chud.com/news/mar04/mar7spot.php3) He also talks with Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Kate Winslet and, of course, Jim Carrey… ---
**Author:** ![Peach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Peach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peach)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/70 "2004-03-08T21:43:53Z")
Here is a link to what all the hobbits are doing next… > **[What Lies Ahead For The Hobbits?](https://www.mtv.com/news/1484836/what-lies-ahead-for-the-hobbits/)** > > Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd all busy with new film projects. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/71 "2004-03-08T21:57:53Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Did you see B.Boyd on the Sharon Osbourne show? (I have Tivo set to record anything with ROTK in the description – I don’t normally watch the show). He sang a Britney Spears song, accompanying himself on the guitar. Quite charming, actually. No, I missed it. ☹ I have seen a clip of the song though, and couldn’t stop laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/72 "2004-03-08T22:15:45Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > > [@peterW](#): > > > > I suspect all hobbits will be the Mark Hamills of this generation, particularly Elijah Wood. > > Yeah, just like Harrison Ford was typecast by those Star Wars pics. :rolleyes: > > Anyway, Hamill did ok for himself. He writes, does plays, and provides voices for lots of cartoons. And seems to be enjoying life. Except for that car accident which messed up his face a bit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738.md?page=3)