Sean Astin and Elijah Wood onstage during the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Frodo and Samwise are a long way from the Shire!
Before namingDa’Vine Joy Randolph as the winnerfor her role inThe Holdovers, Wood, 43, and Astin, 52, reminisced on how long it’s been since their time on screen together and referenced a special character.
“How’s it been 20 years?” Wood asked Astin, who replied, “It’s been 20 years and yet I’m sorry you couldn’t be there that night.”
Wood went on to joke about their win, telling Astin, “Shawn you were supposed to collect my statue for me if we won, what happened to it?”
Astin continued, “No, I just read that Marie Kondo book, and it was just sort of a purge. Anyhow, I just threw it in the fire.”
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Elijah Wood and Sean Astin inThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003).Pierre Vinet/New Line Cinema/Kobal/Shutterstock
Pierre Vinet/New Line Cinema/Kobal/Shutterstock
Wood and Astin first starred as friends Frodo and Sam in 2001’sThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,taking the final bow as their Hobbit characters in 2003’sThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Since then, the cast has reunited several times over the past two decades, includingfor a dinner outwith costarsDominic MonaghanandBilly Boydin 2022, which Monaghan, 47, shared on Instagram.
“It was another one of those successful smash it out of the park kick it into row Z slap my arse and call me Lucy any of it was recorded none of us would work again … meals,” Monaghan wrote.
New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. announced in 2023 that the studio had obtained amulti-year deal to develop new featuresbased onJ.R.R. Tolkien’sLord of the RingsandThe Hobbitbooks.
“I’m fascinated and I’m excited,” Wood toldGQwhen asked about the upcoming new movies in an interview published that April. “I hope it’s good. I’m surprised — I don’t know whyI’m surprised because, of course, there would be more movies.”
“Obviously, at the core of that, is a desire to make a lot of money. It’s not that a bunch of executives are like, ‘Let’s make really awesome art,’ " theYellowjacketsactor continued. “And, again, not begrudging anybody because, of course, it is commerce. But great art can come from commerce. So those two things are not mutually exclusive.”
“ButLord of the Ringsdidn’t come out of that place,” Wood added, in part. “It came out of a passion for these books and wanting to see them realized. And I hope that that is ultimately what will drive everything forward with whateverthese subsequent movies are.”
The 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are currently streaming live on Netflix, from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
