Related: Elijah Wood and Sean Astin have a hobbity reunion at the SAG Awards "I had to gain like a million pounds to be in Lord of the Rings because I played a stupid fat hobbit," recalled Astin.

"I had to gain like a million pounds to be in Lord of the Rings because I played a stupid fat hobbit," recalled Astin. "That's a line from the show. I didn't like that line, but that was a line ...

Sean Astin might be best known for playing Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings, but he'll be playing a character that is ...