Considering The Lord of the Rings trilogy is made up of some of the best movies of the 2000s, and they’re truly remarkable fantasy films based on legendary books, it’s hard to believe the cast wasn’t paid a lot to do them. It's normal for stars of franchise films to make millions of dollars. However, that wasn’t the case for this team, and Sean Astin is making that fact go viral again with his latest comments on the salary he was paid to play Samwise Gamgee.
Back in 2017, Astin said he made $75,000 per movie on the Jim & Sam Show, and he ultimately brought home about $250,000 for the whole trilogy. Then, the topic came up again this year when he spoke to The Guardian. Opening up about all this, and the financial strain he was under at the time, the Sam actor said:
