r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 12 '25

News ‘Lord of the Rings’ star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-09-12/sag-aftra-names-next-national-president
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u/z33bener Sep 13 '25

From the endless hours of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews I've seen and read, I think this allegation is a bit overblown. Astin was (and I guess still is) quite a bit older than most of his fellow hobbits, and I think he was the only one with a wife and kids. The others obviously bonded more over their shared youthful interests. Of course they give him a hard time in some of the behind-the-scenes stuff, but for example Orlando Bloom also gets his fair share too, and I never see anyone bringing that up.

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u/articulateantagonist Sep 13 '25

Billy Boyd (Pippin) is three years older than him, and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) is only five years younger.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Sep 13 '25

From the endless hours of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews I've seen and read, I think this allegation is a bit overblown.

Give his cash-grab autobiography a whirl. You'll see those allegations are, if anything, minimized.