Sean Astin Reveals the Real Challenge of Carrying Frodo

Sam was the real hero of the films, and Sean was the real hero during filming.

"Floop, there goes Frodo, all the way down.

My favorite anecdote is that Sean kept a tally of how many days their feet were not in frame, but they still needed to have their hobbit feet applied.

The intrusive thoughts from sauron telling you to end frodos journey there😂😂😂

Nowadays that scene would be 100% greenscreened. That trilogy really was a monumental accomplishment.

Sean: **does all the work** Elijah: those were tough days for *_us_* Sean: 😑

I love that we have video preservation for moments like these.

Love that Sean is basically describing how he was in intense dread of something happening and falling to their doom while filming, and Elijah is just like, “Yeah those weren’t fun days.”

Do you think that Elijah Wood will ever wear wigs?

And Sean Astin is now the leader of the screen actors guild. Bravo! 👏

And because they didn't patent them, they missed the opportunity to make millions before the Crocs came out.

Unfortunately, I was born with hobbit feet.

It genuinely feels like filming Lord of the Rings was a meatgrinder for the actors. Still remember all the ways Vigo Mortensen got hurt or almost died.

Then sauron would have been like... Seriously? You can just drop some of you creatures and you die? Heat can kill you and I have a literal mega volcano at my base...Tf am i building massive armies for?

Back when directors didn't rely on special effects so much

Frodo was lucky they hadn't destroyed the ring yet...

“Dont worry, you’re safe. Your co-star, on the other hand…”

They don’t make actors like these wholesome guys anymore.

"Oops there goes frodo* 😂 sauron would be like: Huh..... That's all i needed to do?

I hike and mountain climb... and that sounds terrible...