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Dec 10, 2021 · Sean Astin reflects on why The Lord of the Rings fans love Sam so much, in a recent interview. Astin played the role of Samwise ‘Sam’ Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Released in three volumes, The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The ...
Aug 29, 2023 · While a few scenes feature Astin’s Samwise singing or referring to songs and folktales, the books by J.R.R. Tolkien include many more instances of Sam happily performing songs and quoting verses ...
- Sean Astin as Mikey Walsh
- Josh Brolin as Brand Walsh
- Jeff Cohen as Chunk Cohen
- Corey Feldman as Mouth Devereaux
- Jonathan Ke Quan as Data Wang
- Kerri Green as Andy Carmichael
- Martha Plimpton as Stef Steinbrenner
Sean Astin has continued as an actor since The Goonies, and had appeared on-screen before his role in the movie. After The Goonies, he has been in a huge number of big movies, including 1991's Toy Soldiers and 1996's Courage Under Fire. His big break in adult movies came with The Lord of the Ringstrilogy, in which he played Samwise Gamgee. Since th...
Josh Brolin is another actor who has continued to work since The Goonies, though the movie marked his on-screen debut. His roles have included Academy Award-nominated turns, such as in 2009 movie Milk, and roles in smaller films such as No Country For Old Men and Inherent Vice. However, he is now well known for his blockbuster role as Thanos in the...
Jeff Cohen played the Truffle Shuffle aficionado in the movie, one of the best-loved characters of the group. Though he acted in other projects after The Goonies, Cohen retired from acting in the early 1990s, and instead trained to be a lawyer. He is now a partner in his own firm, Cohen Gardner LLP, which works within the entertainment industry.
Corey Feldman was an established child star by the time he appeared in The Goonies, having appeared in two Friday The 13th movies and Gremlinsbefore the film was released. He then went on to appear in another childhood classic, Stand By Me, the following year. Feldman has continued to work in the entertainment industry, starting a band called Corey...
Jonathan Ke Quan is another who has remained in the spotlight, though once again his first film came before The Goonies, when he played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He has performed sporadically in film since The Goonies, working as a stunt choreographer in Jet Li's The One and X-Men. He was recently in the Netflix film Find...
Kerri Green made her on-screen debut in The Goonies, where she played Brand's love interest who joined the boys on their adventure. After that film she appeared in other movies as a child actor, including 1986 movie Lucas and 1987 film Three For The Road. She wrote and directed her own movie, 1999's Bellyfruit, as part of her production company Ind...
For Martha Plimpton, The Goonieswas not her first role either, but she continued to act consistently since the movie. She had a main role in TV series Raising Hope, but mainly appears in supporting roles in film, such as voicing Yelena in Frozen II. She is set to appear in upcoming independent film Mass, which received positive reviews on its premi...
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Nov 28, 2023 · The Big Picture. Sean Astin reflects on his favorite moments while filming The Goonies and the memorable interactions he had with director Richard Donner. The film is remembered as an iconic 80s ...
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Sean Astin (born Sean Patrick Duke; born February 25, 1971) is an American actor.His acting roles include Mikey Walsh in The Goonies (1985), Billy Tepper in Toy Soldiers (1991), Daniel Ruettiger in Rudy (1993), Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), Doug Whitmore in 50 First Dates (2004), Bill in Click (2006), Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24 (2006), Oso in Special ...
Nov 29, 2023 · The Goonies star Sean Astin says every day on set was memorable filming the classic '80s adventure. Sean Astin reflects on his experience filming The Goonies and remembers many memorable moments ...
Sean Astin. Actor: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Sean Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, producer, family man, author, marathon runner, political activist and philanthropist who is well known for his film debut portraying Mikey in Steven Spielberg's The Goonies (1985), for playing the title role in the critically ...
