Gavin & Stacey’s James Corden has opened up about his failed Lord of the Rings audition. The 44-year-old, who is set to leave his Late Late Show role in America next year, was in consideration for the role of Samwise ‘Sam’ Gamjee when Peter Jackson made the films in the early noughties.
Speaking to actor Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast, James opened up about how the role was one of his first auditions as an actor. "Not good," James replied to Josh when asked how it went, before going into more detail. "Every single person in London auditioned for Lord of The Rings, everybody, and I auditioned for Samwise. I was doing the accent and everything... Mr. Frodo!
"Two of my other friends went in. And then we all got called back the next day, and then we got called back the next day, and then none of us got called back after that.” The role, itself, eventually went to Sean Astin.
