{"id":31356,"date":"2009-03-10T16:14:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T21:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=31356"},"modified":"2009-03-10T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T21:14:54","slug":"astin-up-for-hobbit-if-hobbit-up-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/03\/10\/31356-astin-up-for-hobbit-if-hobbit-up-for-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Astin up for Hobbit if Hobbit up for him"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sean Astin told SCI FI Wire that he’d be thrilled to reprise his Lord of the Rings film trilogy role as Sam Gamgee in the upcoming big-screen adaptations of The Hobbit. However, because the Rings’ beloved quartet of Hobbits don’t actually appear in The Hobbit, Astin doubts that he’ll be asked to appear in the films. Astin’s comments run counter to those of his Rings co-star Dominic Monaghan, who told MTV News in January that he believes that he, Astin, Billy Boyd and Elijah Wood will play some role in the two Hobbit features. The films will be produced by Rings mastermind Peter Jackson and directed by Guillermo del Toro. SCI FI Wire spoke to Astin today, while he was promoting ION Television’s upcoming miniseries The Color of Magic. Following are edited excerpts from that exclusive interview, in which he also talked about the 10th anniversary of filming The Lord of the Rings and his other upcoming genre projects. Astin up for Hobbit if Hobbit up for him<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sean Astin told SCI FI Wire that he’d be thrilled to reprise his Lord of the Rings film…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[114,435,4,59],"tags":[717],"class_list":["post-31356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hobbit-casting","category-guillermo-del-toro","category-hobbit-movie","category-astin","tag-sci-fi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t