Elijah Wood

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q483771: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Good Son, which ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The Lord of the Rings (1978); The Good Son (1993); North (1994); The Ice Storm (1997); The Faculty (1998); Flipper; Oliver Twist (TV).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Rick Moody's novel: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they acted in: Rick Moody's novel ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Based on Rick Moody's 1994 book; the author cried at the end of a cut and said they got it.
“It's based on Rick Moody's 1994 book, who saw a cut of it and cried at the end and was like, my God, they got it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they acted in: The Brady Bunch Movie ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm.
“They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Swingtown (TV): 1 line

programming (programming) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they acted in: The Ice Storm ⇒ Swingtown (TV) (the host's read). Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax.
“That show has to be on Cinemax.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (10) everyone in acting

actor (Mikey), The Ice Storm (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
actor, The Faculty (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
actor, The Lord of the Rings (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
child actor of the era, The Good Son (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
actor, The Lord of the Rings (Blank Check — Patreon, RoboCop (2014))
actor (Mikey Carver), The Ice Storm (Blank Check — Patreon, The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free))
actor, Flipper (Blank Check — Patreon, The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free))
actor, North (Blank Check — Patreon, The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free))
actor, The Faculty (Blank Check — Patreon, The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free))
actor, Oliver Twist (TV) (Blank Check — Patreon, The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

unmapped (child-star cohort): Charlie Korsmo → Elijah Wood. Korsmo, Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood are called the early-90s three-headed dragon of child actors, like dunking KG and C-Webb.
“Exactly. Corismo Elijah and McCauley.”
The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:51:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

what-if (what-if): Macaulay Culkin → Elijah Wood. Fennessey proposes swapping Elijah Wood for Macaulay Culkin or any Culkin.
“what if we just swapped Elijah Wood for Macaulay Culkin?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.