**RotK - Sam (Sean Astin)** - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Orual · 12-17-2003, 06:17 PM

I cried more during Sam's scenes than I did during anyone else's. Carrying Frodo up the mountain, the line after the destruction of the Ring about marrying Rosie, his facial expressions at the Grey Havens, and, of course, "Well, I'm back." Actually, I think I cried more when he said that--"Well, I'm back"--than I cried at anything else. I was so happy that they kept that line.<P>Sam was my favorite character in the books, and I was terribly afraid that they wouldn't get him right, but as soon as I saw Sean Astin in <I>Fellowship</I> I knew we had a first-rate Samwise Gamgee on our hands. He hasn't let me down. Way to go, Sean.

12-17-2003, 06:17 PM	#7
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	I cried more during Sam's scenes than I did during anyone else's. Carrying Frodo up the mountain, the line after the destruction of the Ring about marrying Rosie, his facial expressions at the Grey Havens, and, of course, "Well, I'm back." Actually, I think I cried more when he said that--"Well, I'm back"--than I cried at anything else. I was so happy that they kept that line.<P>Sam was my favorite character in the books, and I was terribly afraid that they wouldn't get him right, but as soon as I saw Sean Astin in <I>Fellowship</I> I knew we had a first-rate Samwise Gamgee on our hands. He hasn't let me down. Way to go, Sean. __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"