--- title: Elijah Wood on Daniel Radcliffe Doppelganger Interview VIDEO description: Eljah Wood is not Harry Potter, okay? canonical: https://time.com/4547843/elijah-wood-on-daniel-radcliffe-doppelganger/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-27T17:28:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T16:54:40.000Z og:title: Elijah Wood Is Tired Of Being Mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe og:description: Eljah Wood is not Harry Potter, okay? og:url: https://time.com/4547843/elijah-wood-on-daniel-radcliffe-doppelganger/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elijah Wood Is Tired Of Being Mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe twitter:description: Eljah Wood is not Harry Potter, okay? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Elijah Wood Is Sick and Tired Of Being Mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:54 PM UTCPublished: Oct 27, 2016 5:28 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:54 PM UTCPublished: Oct 27, 2016 5:28 PM UTC **Correction appended, Oct. 28, 2016** Elijah Wood did not play [Harry Potter,](http://time.com/4413658/donald-trump-harry-potter-study/?iid=sr-link1) okay? He starred in that other blockbuster movie franchise, [_The Lord of the Rings_](http://time.com/3533218/hobbit-safety-videoair-new-zealand-lord-of-the-rings/?iid=sr-link5)_._ While Wood is a dark haired, blue-eyed actor, like [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4110623/j-k-rowlings-biggest-harry-potter-revelations/?iid=sr-link3) star Daniel Radcliffe, Wood played both a hobbit, and is not British, which should help people keep them separate, but it doesn’t. Wood stopped by _Conan_ on Wednesday night to try to set the record straight. He explained that the [confusion](http://time.com/4506308/daniel-radcliffe-disney-character-hercules/?iid=sr-link3) started years ago when both movies were in theaters. Wood would be mistaken for Radcliffe, Radcliffe would be mistaken for Wood. “We get it, the joke is over,” said Wood, optimistically. Instead the joke just keeps on keeping on and Conan O’Brien didn’t help matters. He used a computer program to show how similar the actors actually look. The only remaining option? A duel, ideally one where they were both dressed as their beloved [characters](http://time.com/4417901/harry-potter-cursed-child-time-turners-time-travel/?iid=sr-link5). Watch the full clip above. **Correction:** The original version of this story included an incorrect acting credit for Elijah Wood. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4547843/elijah-wood-on-daniel-radcliffe-doppelganger/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4547843/elijah-wood-on-daniel-radcliffe-doppelganger/"},"headline":"Elijah Wood Is Sick and Tired Of Being Mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe","datePublished":"2016-10-27T17:28:08.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T16:54:40.000Z","description":"Eljah Wood is not Harry Potter, okay?","url":"https://time.com/4547843/elijah-wood-on-daniel-radcliffe-doppelganger/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Conan O'brien","conan","daniel radcliffe"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4547843/elijah-wood-on-daniel-radcliffe-doppelganger/","name":"Elijah Wood Is Sick and Tired Of Being Mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe"}}]}] ```