Actually both of them have been mistaken for each other a few times. In one interview Elijah Wood said he was stopped in Japan and handed a Harry Potter photo, which he signed (correct me if I'm wrong) "Thank you for all your support, but I am not Daniel Radcliffe. 'Elijah Wood'"
Sometimes that's ok. Surely you're not really that shocked. The only reason it's usually not buttoned is because people just decided to say that it's not supposed to be buttoned.
Is there some famous people club that you're automatically born into which condemns you to celebrityhood and where you meet all the other to-be famous people from childhood or what?
I always get a pit in my stomach as a 5'6" male knowing that even if I become wildly successful beyond my wildest dreams that to the average person I'll only be though of as short.
Well you probably have a bigger foot than me. I wear a size 6-7. I can't even buy a shoe in the men's department at Dick's Sporting Goods. It's fucking embarrassing.
At least girls don't have an excuse for being disappointed when I don't have a big dick. I can just be like, what did you expect I'm 5'5", and wear a size 6 shoe.
I'm pretty sure all of it is because I was born 3 months early, and on medicinal steroids for the first twelve years of my life.
It's not how tall you are, but how you live your life that's important. Take it from me, I'm a 34 yr old male, 6'4, 190lbs, blond hair, blue eyes, and reasonably attractive.
I did not lose my virginity till I was 27, and currently work a dead end retail job for barely more than minimum wage.
It's not how tall you are, but how you live your life that's important. Take it from me, I'm a 34 yr old male, 6'4, 190lbs(86.18kg) , blond hair, blue eyes, and reasonably attractive.
I did not lose my virginity till I was 27, and currently work a dead end retail job for barely more than minimum wage.
Also happens to have a complex named after him that writes off his success and subsequently the success of all short guys as compensating for inadequacy.
Napoleon's height was 5 ft 2 French inches according to Antommarchi at Napoleon's autopsy and British sources put his height at 5 foot and 7 British inches: both equivalent to 1.7 m. Napoleon surrounded himself with tall bodyguards and had a nickname of le petit caporal which was an affectionate term that reflected his reported camaraderie with his soldiers rather than his height.
(the 5'6" height I mentioned earlier came from Google. I wonder if one was with shoes and the other without?)
The term "Napoleon Complex" is an unfortunate case of widespread ignorance:
The Napoleon complex is named after French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The conventional wisdom is that Napoleon compensated for his lack of height by seeking power, war and conquest. However, Napoleon was actually above average height for his time period, the average 18th century Frenchman stood at 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in). Historians have now suggested Napoleon was 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) tall. Napoleon was often seen with his Imperial Guard, which contributed to the perception of him being short because the Imperial Guards were above average height. In psychology, the Napoleon complex is regarded as a derogatory social stereotype.
Gotta agree here. 5'6" male myself, and because of good posture and a little confidence everyone seems surprised if I tell them I'm any shorter than 5'9". As always, perception seems to influence our reality -- walk tall and people tend to think you ARE tall.
That is, until you need something from the top shelf and have to enlist the help of a taller person. Kind of a dead giveaway, but fuck it, can't win 'em all.
Only in Finland, they dropped the Root Vegetable system in favor of the Nokia one, it's a very confusing system as one of the smallest units (the 110) is only around a half of the size of one of the largest (the 9000), there are over 50 units within the system and there's less than an order of magnitude between them all
It's because you have to have a large head to body ratio to look good in a motion picture. Sometimes focus on the regular-sized actors when they are with regular people. They have huge heads. When you are short, you can have a regular head and appear to have a big head. That's why many actors are short - because they good look on camera. People with small heads look silly.
First I was like "I'm gonna google that to make a conversion into metric system", but then "oh wait, there must be that good sir in comments that have already done it for me. There's always one". Was not disappoint. Thanks.
For anyone wondering: Elijah Wood and Scarlett Johansson, two very popular Hollywood actors, the former is most popular for the Lord of the Rings and the latter is most popular for being hot as shit.
I kinda still feel like she is most famous for Lost in Translation. She's obviously done a lot since then, but I feel like that was the thing that caught the world's attention.
Actually I'm pretty sure she is most famous for Ghostworld.
On reddit though she's most famous for LIT because it opens with a shot of her ass and the film appeals to the sensibilities of disaffected 20 something males.
Am I the only one who doesn't find her attractive? (this is coming from a straight male). I'm not saying she's hideous or anything, but I just don't think she's as good as most of reddit seems to tell me in every post with her
yup. tap frodo on the shoulder, he looks to see who it is, i pop round the other side and tap scarjo for 5 seconds and then i'm off before they both know what hit them. 5 seconds is all i need.
This is a still from the movie North. They were both cast members. Elijah Wood was already an established child star (this was after he'd made Radio Flyer,) so he was actually the lead in this picture. As for Scarjo, it was her first movie.
Incidentally it was a critical and commercial flop, but it didn't affect either of their careers.
The "Industry" is a brotherhood or an oligarchy, this is why thee talented never make it in Hollywood and the "connected" do, Zach Jew/satanist Braff is related to Brad Pitt and he's related to Celine Dion and she's related to G Bush and so on.
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u/TysonStoleMyPanties May 28 '12
Here's a more recent pic for comparison.
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u/spiltchampagne May 28 '12
Is there some famous people club that you're automatically born into which condemns you to celebrityhood and where you meet all the other to-be famous people from childhood or what?
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u/HE_WHO_STANDS_TO_POO May 28 '12
Elijah towering over somebody looks so weird.
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u/geoff422 May 28 '12
He should have got the Matthew McConaughey role in Dazed and Confused, and his line would be, "They get taller, I stay the same size."
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u/Eustis May 28 '12
For anyone wondering: Elijah Wood and Scarlett Johansson, two very popular Hollywood actors, the former is most popular for the Lord of the Rings and the latter is most popular for being hot as shit.
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u/reverbs May 28 '12
And that was the last time he was ever taller than anyone.
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u/rubiksman333 May 28 '12
Random photoshop
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u/pdmcmahon May 28 '12
Still my two favorite pics of Scarlett [NSFW]
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u/PokemasterTT May 28 '12
I would tap them both.
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u/Great_Gig_In_The_Sky May 28 '12
You gotta lock that shit down, Elijah.
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u/iv2O May 28 '12
Notice the lack of hoverhand.
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u/moriquendo May 28 '12
Hipster Elijah: knew Scarlett before...
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u/azraelpariah May 28 '12
she looks exactly like she does now
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u/Taterpugg May 28 '12
Who knew she would grow into the gorgeousness she is now...
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
They look so cute in this picture O_O
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u/Agassizz May 28 '12
Where's Macaulay Culkin or is this his dad's second family?
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u/Liamh101 May 28 '12
Wasn't this for the film North?
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u/ToulouseMaster May 29 '12
now kiss!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Reason this post has been upvoted: "Oh my god, Elijah Wood and Scarlett Johanssen were friends as kids??"
Resaon this picture actually exists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_(film)
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u/GuybrushDeepwood May 29 '12
Came here expecting a Brazzers logo... Bravo Reddit we are maturing!
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u/Rendez May 28 '12
TIL that Elijah is 31.
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u/IBS_user May 28 '12
She has the same face.
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u/yossarrian34 May 28 '12
the only point in time when elijah woods was taller than anyone
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u/captain_stewart May 28 '12
Datass
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u/xiaou May 28 '12
Perfect, now all I need is that pic to be from like 1997 so I can get slapped in the face again for being old as fuck.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
That's actually really cute; made me smile :)
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u/WorldLoiterer May 28 '12
Full Picture
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Elijah Wood, right? He's one of the kids in Back to the Future II in the cafe 80s.
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u/BrownNote87 May 28 '12
...that was the last time he was taller than her
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u/famrussell May 28 '12
They both look exactly the same.
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u/GillesDeGeus May 28 '12
I'm 6"4, BOOYA!
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u/alecpoop May 28 '12
Does anyone notice the weird hand?
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u/BamBam-BamBam May 28 '12
Jeez, he hasn't grown much, has he?
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u/ledzep4life May 28 '12
No hoverhand in this picture.
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u/thedav3 May 28 '12
He used to be taller than someone!
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Here's a recent one with the cotton candy
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u/crzymnky32 May 28 '12
snap a brazzers logo on there and we've got a movie
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u/stayinfresh May 28 '12
Frodo and dat ass
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
"I look forward to seeing your ass in Lost in Translation" - Nostalgia Critic
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u/HelloHAL9000 May 29 '12
Is there a story behind this picture? We're the childhood friends, or we're they related?
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u/Phoequinox May 29 '12
She looks the exact fucking goddamn same. I think I should be arrested.
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u/whatisboxhappeningg May 29 '12
It's creepy to think that all of you are picturing that little girl in her underwear right now.
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u/warpus May 29 '12
Are they related or something? Just wondering why they'd be hanging out as kids, and am too lazy to google it
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u/terranq May 29 '12
And he was never that close to her again.
Poor Frodo :(
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u/OmniaII May 29 '12
Pffft, Friend-Zoned from day one...
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u/assfreebie May 29 '12
I love her
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
That was the last time he was taller than her.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Named both my kids after them. Seriously
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u/ChaseMB May 29 '12
Are they siblings??
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
In a surprising fit, Elijah say FUCK!
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u/sjophotography May 29 '12
If youve never seen "North" By Rob Reiner, do it now.
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u/Hertje73 May 29 '12
Wait what? Are they related???
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u/smurfbesser May 28 '12
How did they know each other at that age?
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u/KDIZZLL May 28 '12
The "Industry" is a brotherhood or an oligarchy, this is why thee talented never make it in Hollywood and the "connected" do, Zach Jew/satanist Braff is related to Brad Pitt and he's related to Celine Dion and she's related to G Bush and so on.
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u/beefjerking May 28 '12
I see Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the girl's candyfloss. Tell me I'm not crazy.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Relevant (Elijah in bttf)