Sean Astin & Elijah Wood's unique friendship...  

Sean Astin is a sincerely lovely human and gifted actor .

IMO The LOTR behind the scenes was just as important to me as the movies were. Basically the greatest documentary I've ever seen❤❤

Still find it funny that Elijah, who was 18 at the time, was playing a 50 year old Hobbit.

That's not strange at all thats just wholesome

Sean keeps finding ways to make us all love him.

They filmed so much behind the footage that they could make a whole documentary about the making of Lord of the Rings, and I'd watch it

Casting for this was perfect. Peter and Fran were genius with LoTR

this is why sam is everyone’s favorite character. and obviously the professor’s writings lol

He was baby, must protect the baby 😂 this is adorable, I did not know this ☺️

I wouldn't call that strange. It was deliberate, but hardly strange.

So wholesome. Honestly in another life I wish I had gone down the acting route. Film acting looks to be one of the best careers out there

Sam , Shawn did a great job

What did you think would happen if you filmed a high quality LARP with a bunch of guys in a fantasy world?

Sam is the GOAT

Nice ! Sean learned right from his Mom, and Step-dad 😊

I went to see these movies with my best friend who passed away recently. Sam and Frodo remind me of our friendship. ❤

Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins

The lore behind the scenes is almost as deep as middle earths lore.

frodo and samwises' relationship was based upon a commissioned officer and his personal servant know as an orderly or batman, and the closeness the two would often have. it's a wonderful concept.

I remember this movie it was is legendary now them actors became good friends

This is not a strange relationship... it os a gift

I just finished washing The Hobbit and Lord of the rings extended versions for the first time!! I'd only seen the regular theatrical version of each

Frodo: this is Samwise Gamgee Faramir: your bodyguard? Samwise: his gardener.. Haha gold.

We all need a Sam in our lifes

Samwise was the best character in the entire franchise hands down.

Movies based on "The Hobbit or There and Back Again." J.R.R. Tolkien's films are my favorites. Number one is the "John Wick" series. Warm greetings to all the actors and creators of both series. MB

Sam is the real hero

LOVE RUDY

Without sam frodo can't be main character

The Virgin Frodo Baggins can't compare to the Chad Samwise Gamgee.

And the medal for getting into ur role goes to samwise

❤❤❤❤❤

Sean Austin is Patty Dukes son🎉

I think homie was 17

Excuse me.. did he say gardener?

"Friendship"

Like usual, you're wrong 😂

It’s not one of the worst. Eragon was the worst

Im going to name my son Samwise Astin in honor of Sean Astin’s Samwise Gamgee character ❤️ He’s my favorite in all of LotR ❤️

Get a better AI Voice Over actor. This one is Jar-Jar Binks quality me say.

Sean had the Goonies and Rudy that he played in that solidied his ability to dive in character. Plus both movies are staples of fan love. Elijah was in Deep Impact (a copycat attempt at Michael Bay's Armageddon) that Mimi Leder created to compete with Jerry Bruckheimer. Plus Elijah overacted/over dramatized his Frodo character almost to the point of Brokeback Mountain. Elijah would also be confused with Lucas Haas all the time by everyone. I love them both for creating a moralistic movie that a moralistic man wrote and another moralistic man directed. Tolkien & Jackson created positive believers in good overcoming insurmountable odds not with miracles but with comraderry fueled by hope.

This has nothing to do with the actors, but I will ALWAYS hate Peter Jackson's misinterpretation of the "shards of Narsil". 🤔🤨🤷🤦🤦🙄👎 He must have just skimmed through the books, not really READING them.

Wrong! Elijah was 19 when he first played Frodo.

This is why Sam’s better than Frodo

The universe actually wanted these movies to be made so it actually aligned the stars for it to happen in every way 🥲🥲❤

"Friendship"