Sean Astin on 'The Hobbit'
"I've said since before we started making the movies and have never wavered for a second that 'The Hobbit' would get made. The fanbase wants it. There's too much money to be made doing it. It seems like maybe the time is now."
And what of the fact that Samwise is born AFTER Bilbo leaves Bag End?
"But obviously Peter is so creative that he can find a way to connect that character if he wanted to. And he knows that anytime, anywhere, he could just make a phone call or send an email and I’d get on a plane and go anywhere he wanted me to."
"It would bum me out is if somebody else played Samwise. But I suppose he could hire a little kid to play Samwise because he’s the son of Hamfast Gamgee and Hamfast [is approximately] the age of Bilbo."
Or maybe Astin himself could play the Old Gaffer in a bit of cross-generational casting?
"No, I haven’t [talked to Peter about doing a cameo in ‘The Hobbit’ but it’ll be interesting to see what he does. He’s the master."
And what of the fact that Samwise is born AFTER Bilbo leaves Bag End?
"But obviously Peter is so creative that he can find a way to connect that character if he wanted to. And he knows that anytime, anywhere, he could just make a phone call or send an email and I’d get on a plane and go anywhere he wanted me to."
"It would bum me out is if somebody else played Samwise. But I suppose he could hire a little kid to play Samwise because he’s the son of Hamfast Gamgee and Hamfast [is approximately] the age of Bilbo."
Or maybe Astin himself could play the Old Gaffer in a bit of cross-generational casting?
"No, I haven’t [talked to Peter about doing a cameo in ‘The Hobbit’ but it’ll be interesting to see what he does. He’s the master."