When Lord of the Rings casting refused to let actors take the script home, Elijah Wood went into the woods with a filmmaker friend and a dialect coach, recorded himself performing Frodo's scenes in costume, edited it overnight onto VHS, and mailed it to the casting office. Peter Jackson personally called him with the offer. The role went to someone who refused to let process limitations block his demonstration of commitment.
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