Prank interview with Elijah Wood

Welcome to the Easter egg.
You found it, congratulations.

I hope we've made
it difficult for you.

Basically, this is, no exception
to the previous Easter eggs

Yet another comic piece of genius.
[chuckles]

Basically, this is an interview
with Dominic Monaghan and myself.

He interviews me.
I could not see him on the day

Therefore, I didn't necessarily
know it was him.

Because I was doing the interview via
satellite, I was in New York City

While they, the cast, was
actually in Berlin.

And so I couldn't see
him, but he could see me.

They had a monitor in Berlin that allowed
the interviewers to actually see me

Sitting in New York. And he sat down
and posed as a German interviewer.

And I bought it, initially.

And you kind of get the idea;
it's actually incredibly funny.

So I'll let, actually, Hans
Jensen set it up himself.

- [mock German accent] Welcome, willkommen
to Kino Das Bang Bang Boom Boom 1970

Gjon-Hai Ich Habe Eisen
Diese Nacht Willkommen 2004.

Today, I will be
interviewing Elijah Woods.

Elijah is a incredible actor from
Los Angeles, California, born in Idaho.

Or is it Iowa?
Not important.

He is an actor working in
the United States of America.

Incredible, incredible actor, and I
have been searching for him all my life.

He has incredible blue eyes.

And this interview has been the most
special interaction

I have had with an actor
in 17 years.

So please sit back, enjoy,
wear a smoking jacket and a bib.

And take on board the
genius that is Hans Jensen.

Good evening.

Hello, Mr. Woods!

- Hello, Mr. Hans.
- Uh, Mr. Jensen.

Mr. Jensen.
- Mr. Jensen, sorry.

- Hello.

You are having a nice day?
- Yes, I am.

Yes, it's very
early in the morning.

- What time is it in Australia?
- Oh, I'm not in Australia.

- You're in New Zealand?
- No, I'm in New York.

- New York.
New Amsterdam, ha.

- That's right.
- Yeah.

Okay, we begin now, ja?
- Yeah.

- Mr. Woods, a pleasure to
meet you, to have met you.

- Thank you.
- We're a big fan of music over here.

In Germany, we have Kraftwerk
and also Daft Punk. You know these?

- Yes, Kraftwerk started the
electronic music movement.

And Daft Punk are
brilliant, I love Daft Punk.

- Yes. We hear you—
- I actually worked with...

- Excuse me, I interrupt you.

- Oh, I actually worked with Michel
Gondry

Who directed the "Around the World"
video for Daft Punk.

- Yes.
She is a fantastic director.

- Yes, he is.
- He! Yes, I'm sorry.

[chuckles awkwardly] Ha.
Hm. Heh.

I'm nervous.
Excuse me.

So you deejay in,
uh, in New Zealand?

Australia, America? You enjoy...?
- Yeah.

Yeah...
- You enjoy music?

You're a very big fan of music
over here, over in Germany?

- Yes, I love music.
I have done a bit of deejaying.

I think deejay purists would
probably hate me...

- Ha!
- Because I only deejay with CDs. Um...

- I don't know if anybody
can hate you, Mr. Woods.

- Well...
- 'Cause you are... Your eyes

And your American voice.
- Thank you.

[holding back laughter] But I haven't
really graduated to vinyl yet.

But yeah, I've done a fair bit of
deejaying. It's good fun.

- Do you scratch?
- No.

- You mix.
You mix music.

- Yes, I mix music live.
Yes.

- So Frodo, on Page 720 of The Lord of
the Rings, there is a quote from Frodo.

He says, "In a world filled with mirth
and magic, you lose time in yourself."

You agree with this comment?
- "In a..."

- I will repeat it for you.
- Please.

- "In a world..."
You can hear me.

You can hear me.
- Yes.

- Yes?
- Yep.

- "In a world filled with mirth and magic,
you lose time in yourself."

You agree with this statement from Frodo?

- "You lose time within yourself."

Um... Yeah, that's interesting.
Yeah, I see...

- You begin
to forget yourself, I think.

- Yes, and I think that's
exactly what Frodo goes through.

Because ultimately, by the end of Frodo's
journey, he doesn't have...

- It's a bad question. It's a bad
question, forget it.

- No, no, no. It's not a bad question.
- No. Forget it, forget it.

- It's not a bad question.

- Sean Astin, your hobbit friend,
quoted as saying you are

"A beautiful man, a beautiful man."
Do you have a comment for Sean?

And also, there is... Um, how do I say
without being rude?

A gay connotation.

- [bursts into laughter]

- Oh! You laugh, it's funny.
- [coughing laughter]

- No? You agree?
He says you are a beautiful man!

You are a beautiful...
- Yeah, well...

Yeah, there is no gay connotation to that
whatsoever.

- Sean Astin is gay.

- Uh, no.
- Sean Astin is not gay?

- No! [chuckles]
- Okay.

- No, no, no.
- You have very big eyes.

Very big, blue eyes.
- Uh-huh.

- Do you think this is the reason
why you are successful and famous?

- Um...
- Big, blue.

- Yes. [chuckles]
- You are famous, because of this?

Because of your eyes.

The next job you do, you work
on a movie called Hooligans...

- Yes.
- About football hooligans.

- You play football,
you kick balls?

- [uncontrollable laughter]
- Mr. Woods?

Mr. Woods?

- [laughter]
- Do you play football?

- Oh! [Coughing laughter]
- This is funny to you? I am...

- Do I kick balls?
- I'm upsetting you?

- No.
- Am I upsetting you?

- I don't play football.

- [sighs] In the photoshoots you do with
Vogue magazine and Cosmopolitan and

Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine

Your hair changes dramatically,
from short to long. Do you wear wigs?

- Uh, no, I do not.
- Have you worn wigs?

- [holding back laughter] No, I have not.
- Will you wear wigs?

- Maybe.
- When will you wear wigs?

- [uncontrollable laughter]
- Mr. Woods, I will ask you

Coming to the end of your...
- [coughing laughter]

- I must close soon, but uh...
- Yes, you must close soon.

- Yes. I hear you collect sex toys.
- No.

- No?
You do not collect toys?

- Alright, there is... This
has to be [beep]ing...

- Mr. Woods? Mr. Woods?
- Yes.

- You have sex with a German
woman called Franka Pontente.

She is famous German actress.

- And you drop her, you finish
relationship with her. Why?

- Um... It didn't work out, unfortunately.
- How long was she your wife?

- She was never my wife.
- You were engaged to her, though.

- No. No, I was...
- You have baby?

- No.
- I hear she has small child, Filipper.

Uh, Flippa is her name.
- Oh, no.

[crosstalk] for Franka Potente.
- You make a movie called Flipper.

- Yes.
- Very famous movie.

The dolphin is dead.
Did you know this?

- Yes...

- No, I did not know that.
That's terrible.

- Died in a car accident.

- [uncomfortable laughter]

-Elijah, I must finish now, but
I must tell you now that

[accent drops] It is Dom
Monaghan talking to you.

- Brilliant.
- How are ya, mate!?

- I knew it, you [beep]er. You [beep]er!
- How are ya!? [laughter]

- I [beep]ing knew it!

- I love you.
- That was [beep]ing brilliant

You [beep]hole.
- How are ya, mate? I wish I was there!

- [groans] Oh, I wish you were here, too!

Oh, that's so awesome.
- We filmed you on the DVD

So you're gonna be on the...
- No!

- Yeah! [laughter]
- Yes!

- I love you, brother.
- Yes!

- I'll see you soon.
Hey, I'll see you in New York.

- Ugh! I love you. Thank you so
much for doing that.

That made my day.
- Alright, brother.

Big kisses, bye.
- Alright, mate.

Happy birthday.
- Thank you very much!

See you, man.
- Alright...

- [Crew laughs]
- [high-pitched laughter]