Sean Astin Had to Sell His House Amid Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' Trilogy Era Due to Low Pay: 'I Negotiated Such a Small Amount'
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Frodo's companion in The Lord of the Rings, Sean Astin, did not make the money one would expect from Peter Jackson's trilogy. The post When "The Lord of the Rings" made $3 billion, Sean Astin was selling his house to survive appeared first on in.gr.
Sean Astin Says He Had to Sell His House During THE LORD OF THE RINGS Era Because He Negotiated Such a Small Paycheck
One might think that with the massive success of the Lord of the Rings films, the movie’s stars would be well taken care of money-wise. But that isn’t exactly true for one of the actors. Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s sprawling trilogy, said in a new interview with The Guardian that he was forced to sell his house amid The Lord of the Rings fame in the early 2000s because he negotiated such a small salary for his role i…
Sean Astin had to sell his house amid Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy era due to low pay: 'I negotiated such a small amount'
Sean Astin had to sell his house during the height of his fame in The Lord of the Rings trilogy because he negotiated such a small salary for his role as Samwise Gamgee. Those movies were massive cultural phenomena that hauled in nearly 3 billion dollars at the global box office between 2001 and 2003. You would naturally assume the stars of such a gargantuan project were rolling in cash, but the reality for the cast was far more complicated. Ast…
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The actor who played Samwise Gamgee claims that there was a “disconnect” between the success of the fantasy franchise and the cast’s salaries
One of the actors in Hollywood's most important trilogy, has just revealed unpublished details about the recordings that were made about "The Lord of the Rings." And it is that Sean Astin, known for his role as Samsagaz Gamyi, better known as Sam, revealed data about pay on Peter Jackson's tapes. It should be noted that to this day, this three-film saga, are the ones that Oscar has won most in history, including "The Lord of the Rings: The Retur…
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