20 actors who rejected typecasting and reinvented themselves

By Deeya

Modified Dec 10, 2024 02:14 ET

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17. Elijah Wood

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Elijah Wood became famous as a child artiste and played roles in The Good Son and North. His breakthrough role happened in The Lord of the Rings trilogy where he plays Frodo, the underdog. The actor, however, decided to shake things up by taking on darker roles like the psychopath Kevin in Sin City, and a killer in Maniac.

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Edited by Vinayak Chakravorty