[Samwise]

Hm....do I really have to post his name? Most folks are going to say, "DUH, Samwise, like we didn't know that!!??" But I can't help it. I fell in love with the character of Sam Gamgee when I was 12 and first read the books. When I got here, who else's name could I take (I mean, gee, I went by his name for the majority of my 7th grade year).<P>As for the movies, I was at first concerned how Mr. Astin would play my Sam, (I mean, I hadn't seen the guy in anything since GOONIES at that time)....but he was wonderful. I can't think of anyone (well, one person, but he was just following a script he didn't write), who didn't play their character well in any of the movies...but Sean P. Astin WAS and always will be Sam to me from his performance, and if, as he seemed to indicate in an article I read, he ever wants to shake the character of Samwise Gamgee, so to speak, he never will. He played my dear favorite Hobbit far to well. He'll be the Gardener forever.