Elijah Wood: Hollywood actor talks returning to New Zealand for adventure-comedy Bookworm - The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

Elijah Wood, the star of Lord of the Rings, has returned to New Zealand shores as part of his latest project.

Wood stars in Bookworm, an adventure-comedy that follows a young girl and her estranged father on their mission to find mythological beast known as the Canterbury panther.

He describes the film as an emotional father-daughter story - where the connections are the central focus of the piece.

"It's actually quite beautiful and emotional - and ultimately connective at the very end of it all. Those things also really appeal to me."

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