Speaking to Business Insider at the 2025 Texas Film Awards, Wood confirmed his “Rings” salary was not a big one, despite leading the trilogy as Frodo. However, the actor doesn’t mind at all. “Because we weren’t making one movie and then renegotiating a contract for the next, it wasn’t the sort of lucrative scenario that you could sort of rest easy for the rest of your life,” Wood explained, referencing how Jackson and New Line Cinema shot all three “Rings” movie back-to-back. As such, there was never time for one of the films to open before the next started filming, thus no opportunity for contract re-negotiations based on the franchise’s box office success.