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 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Before he ever threw a punch in "Hooligans," Elijah Wood had to fight just to get the movie made.
The "Lord of the Rings" star helped secure financing for the film by Lexi Alexander, which made its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival, about the violent gangs — or "firms" — associated with England's soccer teams.
"I read the script and loved it and then we met, and this is before it had any financial backing, before it was greenlit to go — quite some time before — and then we met, hit it off really well," Wood said. "In meeting her and seeing her vision and her passion, it was kind of infectious."
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