Elijah Wood’s strange second act

ELIJAH WOOD. HE’S a nice boy, right? He was that lovely Frodo Baggins, after all. Wouldn’t hurt a fly. Yet that only tells half the tale. For the past few years, Wood — now shorn of any of the baggage of the movies — has been involved in making some of the most original and intense genre movies around, whether as actor or producer via his company, Spectrevision. “There’s certainly no strategy,” he laughs. “I’m just reactive, and have really been reactive most of my life.” Strategy or. He talks to us about that and his other strange standouts…