::.,:ll+l.r$i(tl o zE'D zo €lijah Wood is getting drafted ... again.</p><p> In last year's multi- character drama "Bobby," he played a young man in 1968 called up to fight in Vietnam.</p><p> And in the "Iord of the Rings" trilogy, Wood was the reluctant, hairy-foot- ed center of the Fellowship formed to strike a blow against Sauron and save Middle Earth.</p><p> And now in "Day Zero," opening Jan. 18, Wood is called up to fight a new war.</p><p> He's one of three friends who get the dreaded - some might say long-delayed - letter in the near future where conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere have prompted a reinstatement of con- scription.</p><p> Chris Klein costars asa young lawyer whose career is flourishing stateside and can't see zrny reason why he should have to ship out, and Jon Bernthal is a cab- bie who believes it's their duty to go to combat fortheir country.</p><p> Wood plays a struggling novel- ist trying to finish his first book in 30 days, and is frightened to death both by the prospect of completing his opus and showing up for a mil- itary tour.</p><p> With his pals, he shaves his head, gets a tattoo, has wild nights on the town and generally does everything he can think of to test himself and prepare for the or- deal.</p><p> The last detail to tend to, nat- urally, will be surviving.</p><p> Michael Giltz''i.l* i 't Joz
