Elijah Wood to play Iggy Pop in upcoming film

Elijah Wood, who recently appeared in a popular trilogy of movies, has signed on to play a young Iggy Pop in an upcoming biopic of legendary musician, Iggy Pop. The Lords of the Rings and Sin City star is apparently apprehensive of the pressures of the role saying that

I'm scared to death of doing it, because I love him so much and I respect the music so much. I don't want to be the person responsible for screwing that up.

The film is currently in the planning phases and will begin shooting in early 2006. Iggy Pop made his public debut in the late 60s with The Stooges, but has since released a series of successful solo recordings as well as appearing in films like Sid and Nancy, The Adventures of Pete and Pete and as himself along with Tom Waits in Jim Jarmush's Coffee and Cigarettes.

Most recently, Pop released the retrospective anthology A Million in Prizes.