RETURN OF THE KING

Elijah Wood Crashes Couple’s Hobbit-Themed Wedding

A couple getting married at Hobbiton in New Zealand were shocked when Frodo Baggins himself turned up at the ceremony.

A couple getting married at a Lord of the Rings movie set in New Zealand were left shocked when none other than Elijah Wood himself crashed the ceremony and walked down the aisle. Wood, 44, who plays Frodo Baggins in the blockbuster fantasy trilogy, was in town attending a local Comic Con and decided to check in at Hobbiton, a tourist attraction where a number of the film’s scenes were filmed. Upon arrival, he discovered a wedding between two LOTR superfans, Sharik and Jessica Burgess-Stride, was taking place, and after some encouragement from wedding photographer Cath Ullyet, he decided to crash the party. “We were just finishing the signing of the paperwork when all of a sudden Elijah Wood started to walk down the aisle,” Sharik told the Waikato Herald. “At first I thought, nah, that’s not him – then oh s---, it is him!” The groom, who included several Tolkien references in his vows, said the wedding had been a “perfect day,” and that his claim that the rainy weather had been a “sign of good luck” was proven correct when Wood walked through the door. “After the couple had finished signing, I rushed around to meet him and asked him to come and have a few photos with the couple,” Ullyet said. “Being the gentleman he is, he didn’t want to interfere, however, with some friendly encouragement he stepped in and was welcomed by all. Thank you Elijah for making their special day that much more memorable. We all loved it!”