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"Elijah Wood has discussed his role in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.  The actor, who reprises his Lord of the Rings role as Frodo Baggins, told Digital Spy that he is anticipating the film&amp;#039;s release &amp;quot;as a fan&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a very different kind of story,&amp;quot; Wood commented. &amp;quot;But they&amp;#039;ve consulted original writings of Tolkien&amp;#039;s that refer to the same time period, to incorporate more storytelling within the concept of the piece, rather than simply just adapting from the book.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very excited - I&amp;#039;m a fan of the book and I&amp;#039;m a fan of the worlds that they all and we all created, and I&amp;#039;m excited to revisit it.&amp;quot; Wood went on to praise the casting of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, who was played by Ian Holm in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m really excited about seeing Martin Freeman revive that character - what I&amp;#039;ve seen so far is absolutely brilliant, he was so perfectly cast.&amp;quot; Jackson recently spoke about the differences between Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, suggesting that the latter presents a less &amp;quot;black and white world... slightly more of a fairy tale quality&amp;quot;. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;The Hobbit&amp;#039;: Howard Shore soundtrack details revealed &amp;gt; Ian McKellen on &amp;#039;The Hobbit&amp;#039;: &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s as exciting as Lord of the Rings&amp;#039; The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 14. Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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