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TIL John Astin, the father of Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), auditioned for the part of Gandalf, & had previously starred in Peter Jackson's horror comedy 'The Frighteners' (movieweb.com)

submitted 1 year ago by CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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[–] MountainDrew42@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

I had no idea Sean Astin was an Addams

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, that's Sean Astin's dad? Is he adopted?

[–] kindenough@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes he is. When John married Sean's mother he adopted him.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That makes way more sense..

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

John Aston married Sean's mother Patty Duke when Sean was less than two years old. He grew up believing that Dezi Arnaz, Jr. (as in, the son of Lucille Ball and Dezi Arnaz!) was his biological father (though he found out later this wasn't the case). He's basically the ultimate nepo baby.

[–] Baratas@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Cara Mia!

[–] PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

He is the white sheep of the family.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

He was great as the shopkeeper in Eerie, Indiana

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Melethor! Glads is that Quenya?! You know what that does to me!

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