NEWS: The Passenger: Elijah Wood Stars in Iggy Pop Biopic

CELEB: The Passenger: Elijah Wood Stars in Iggy Pop Biopic

It's official -- Perpetually disgruntled actor and Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has signed on to play Iggy Pop in an upcoming biopic about the punk icon's early days with The Stooges, titled The Passenger.

Funny, I never thought my fantasy of watching Frodo cut himself and smear peanut butter all over his chest would become a reality. Shows you what I know...

ummmmmmmmm?

Worst. Casting. Ever.

Elijah should stick to playing a torso...

Why would they name the movie after a song he recorded later in his solo career?

well thats an interesting choice

He's disgruntled? About what?

Whose terrible idea was this; I smell Bruckheimer.

better...

what a stupid idea

I'm with Salome on this. I just don't see it at all.

besides remakes, sequels, and adaptations of tv shows, biopics seem the norm. just pick out the best and worst bits in a person's life, and heck, it might garner an oscar consideration. most biopics bore me. they may be good to some extent, but if you know a little of the history already, it's kind of what's the point.

gary busey played buddy holly even though he didn't look anything like him. i can't say i've ever really seen elijah w. act, but he is a little weird looking and short and so is iggy. it could be the dumbest career move or the best thing to ever happen to the guy, but that would depend on whether the project is any good as a whole.

Wrong Answer!!!

So fucking annoyed at this choice. If they couldn't get Ewan to play him again then they should have checked out Chad Lindberg. This cat isn't well known but if you check out the movie 'The Flats' then you'd know, he's right on the money.

Odd that they couldn't wait for Iggy to croak before making a biopic about him... and I'm guessing that Mr Osterberg might wish he were dead once he sees it...

In related news (kinda) it looks like that Ian Curtis biopic that Anton Corbijn has been working on is slated to premiere at Cannes shortly...

With a bit of soft focus, I'd actually like to see Iggy Pop play Iggy Pop.

Weird. For some reason Elijah Wood just doesn't scream out to me: "punk god"

I didn't think it could get worse than Hayden Christiansen as Bob Dylan. Apparently it has.

Lame.

I agree. Horrible casting.

We hashed this all out almost two years ago.

I'm confused by this link.

I'm happy about the concept of the movie, anything Iggy related usually does this. I'm trying to keep the faith.

Yeah dude, you just linked to the top of the article that we are currently commenting on.

hes just posting...from the future.