Elijah Wood gets key to California city 30 years after it was made

More than three decades after a young Elijah Wood came to Novato, California, to film the 1992 movie Radio Flyer, the actor has finally received a long-forgotten Key to the City that officials had prepared for him as a child.The unusual story was recently shared by the City of Novato, which revealed that the honorary key had been made for Wood in the early 1990s but was never actually handed to him. Instead, it remained at Novato City Hall for more than 30 years.The long-delayed presentation finally happened last month, thanks to an unexpected connection involving a city staff member’s son and Wood’s appearance at Fan Expo in San Francisco.Elijah Wood receives long-lost Key to the CityAccording to the City of Novato, a staff member discovered that their son, Malcolm, had a scheduled meet-and-greet with Elijah Wood at Fan Expo in San Francisco.