 Peter Jackson (I) (qv)s original plan was to exclusively hire  British actors for the roles of the hobbits. As it turned out,  Billy Boyd (I) (qv) and Dominic Monaghan (qv) were the only  ones, and one of the tasks he charged them with was to coach  Elijah Wood (qv) and Sean Astin (qv) in the ways of British pub  culture.