Determined to choose smaller, independent movies after his long stint as Frodo in the "Rings" trilogy, Elijah Wood, of the amazing big blue eyes, joined the ensemble cast of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, chose to play a monster boy serial killer in Robert Rodriguez's Sin City and hits heavy this September as a disgraced young journalist turned soccer hooligan in the rough, R-rated Green Street Hooligans. In Everything is Illuminated, Elijah plays a strange young man looking for a woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in the Nazi-occupied Ukraine.

Green Street Hooligans Credit: Freestyle

Meeting with us to chat about his two unusual new films, the young actor had a real Elvis vibe going on; very black hair with long retro-1970's sideburns and a tan stripe shirt over a darker brown tee; a new look for Elijah who is about to add music producer to his resume. The actor gave us news about his visit to the King Kong set, let us know that, like his character in "Illuminated", he collects some pretty strange stuff and told us what it's like to work in a small car with a dog and two Russian guys and, for "Hooligans", to train to fight like some really rough English football fans who take their game a little too seriously.

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