Sean Astin, who plays Sam Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s upcoming Lord of the Rings films, told SCI FI Wire that he learned “so much” about the acting craft as a result of his participation in the big-screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy. “I learned a lot about my voice, about my body,” said Astin, who put on 30 pounds to portray the Hobbit gardener who joins Frodo (Elijah Wood) and the other members of the fellowship on the treacherous journey to Mt. Doom to destroy the Ring. [More]

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