Washington, April 3 -- Actor and film producer Elijah Wood shared that his pay for the 'Lord of the Rings' franchise was not massive, despite it becoming one of the highest-grossing film series of all time.

"Because we weren't making one movie and then renegotiating a contract for the next, it wasn't the sort of lucrative scenario that you could sort of rest easy for the rest of your life," Wood explained at the 2025 Texas Film Awards, noting how director Peter Jackson took "a real gamble" shooting the Rings trilogy simultaneously, reported People.

As there was no time between one film opening and the next one shooting, Wood and his costars never had a chance to renegotiate salaries based on box office performance.

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