{"id":829652,"date":"2026-07-27T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829652\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:00:07","slug":"the-lord-of-the-rings-star-sean-astin-says-playing-samwise-gamgee-cost-him-his-house-ign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829652\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord of the Rings Star Sean Astin Says Playing Samwise Gamgee Cost Him His House &#8211; IGN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxOR3JoQm5aNW82TURFcG9rdFMzM2xOMnRFNHNRRzdWT2ZlRWpKS3VwWGE1TDFPVGk4U1hZVFQzMTltSWNkRVRjcDFhTUkwUEVpYXQ1d1VNY3dJNDk3bjFXdC03S3pSRGc0d0FoeDl4X1NBM2k3MzlqUV9wbEdfdzI5ZjdhaTVoSHZZMV8zb2dzdnFtTm9QakNTZFJ5YkdHMnc0RTd1M1NNWEV6U2Y1YWJhc0JjblBWQTlzSUJXYXpfZHRQblQwa1RZNVBKdVl2N1dFNUMyUkNXeU1FaDVMX1JmQ2RaOURxZkZ4bGNqX0JSTnNFbUtVQk5ORG5OZngzdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Lord of the Rings Star Sean Astin Says Playing Samwise Gamgee Cost Him His House<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;IGN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxNbXk5TFlPYXZ3SHBVLTNzNktra3liUEp2cjdMVW9MZEY1aXpfbDhTN2JEZ1NtMUx5WktvSE1BQTllcHg3ZTVjWE5kX0xTQTFjYXZBUmxCRHFySmh0RFR6bkdhTWEwUVJta0h3MU1OQ3ZhWElYREJyckliVXhxY19jclJSUGNzSDUtX2NkUERidnZsUGQ5UXRoUDlyM011Q0ZHUE85bC1JZTNCcllud1N0ckExXy1zdG1ERnFVUkV5TEM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018My mother was 4ft 11in and scared the hell out of people\u2019 \u2013 Sean Astin on child stardom, The Lord of the Rings and surviving 45 years in Hollywood<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPUi1GLUU1Y2I3UFJoczgyWWlGekxTTlBNYkNXSWRFNjVmX2dqSXl2VTdxYlVucVBoMEVYT0JVQjUtWVhVbkU5OVN5OENlY0hzUTFIUXFRaFNpdC0zSkozRGRocVdQNDgySXhEQW5iMDJYaVNqOXNQdEtfMGJwQUpwVEJXTEE0cUxPbGlIMmNVTndXSkRTMzh1N1NOUzJWOTNNOEd4VDNPaHdHQndhc0w2Ym1GdVltdkk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin admits making \u2018not a lot of money\u2019 from trilogy: \u2018I had to sell my house\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lord of the Rings Star Sean Astin Says Playing Samwise Gamgee Cost Him His House&nbsp;&nbsp;IGN\u2018My mother was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-829652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}