United Kingdom, March 19 -- Elijah Wood has finally started reading Lord of the Rings - 27 years after he started working on the spin-off movies.

The 45-year-old actor played Frodo Baggins in Sir Peter Jackson's film trilogy, and also had a cameo in the first Hobbit, but despite spending several years immersed in author J.R.R. Tolkein's universe, it is only recently he has decided to read the original material.

During an appearance on the Late Show, host Stephen Colbert - who is famously a huge Lord of the Rings fan - asked Elijah: "I have this other rumour I need to get into with you. And I don't want to put you on the spot here, okay? Is it true that you still haven't finished reading The Lord of the Rings?"

Elijah burst into laughte...