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.

It took some convincing to get Sean Astin to play the part of Drew Barrymore‘s body-builder brother in 50 First Dates — and it took even more convincing to get him to portray Doug with a lisp. On this ...

"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 ...