In August last year, Cate Blanchett, who played the elf Galadriel, spoke about the low pay saying: “No one got paid anything to do that movie. I basically got free sandwiches, and I got to keep my ...

Elijah Wood is the latest cast member to be asked about the surprisingly low salaries the cast of “The Lord of the Rings” earned as part of Peter Jackson’s landmark trilogy, which went on to gross ...