Not so precious. Elijah Wood recently revealed that the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which made a huge profit from 2001 to 2003, did not end up in a big pay day for the cast. “Because we ...

Elijah Wood is the latest cast member to be asked about the surprisingly low salaries the cast of “The Lord of the Rings” earned as part of Peter Jackson’s landmark trilogy, which went on to ...

Elijah Wood is the latest cast member to be asked about the surprisingly low salaries the cast of “ The Lord of the Rings ” earned as part of Peter Jackson’s landmark trilogy, which went on ...

Elijah Wood promoting The Lord of the Rings. Photo by DOUG KANTER/AFP via Getty Images. That said, Wood made it clear that the salary, however small, was not the big draw of participating in the film.