25 Years After 'Lord of the Rings,' One Star Is Finally Starting to Read the Books

In the first Lord of the Rings movie, Frodo Baggins famously tells Gandalf "You're late" when the wizard arrives in the Shire. The same could be said for Elijah Wood, as the actor who played the heroic Hobbit in the iconic fantasy trilogy is very late in reading the books. 

In an appearance on The Late Show on Tuesday, host Stephen Colbert confronted Wood. 

“I have this other rumor I need to get into with you,” Colbert, a noted Lord of the Rings super-fan, asked the actor. "I don’t want to put you on the spot here, okay?