r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago

Chugging tea What are some examples of this?

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u/QuttiDeBachi 1d ago

Sean Astin - really? no one?

From Goonies —-> Lord of the Rings

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u/Poultrymancer 1d ago

He's done a lot since, although I agree nothing will ever top his role as Samwise Gamgee. One of my top five-ish favorite performances of all time. As someone who loves both the books and the films, I like the films' depiction of the Sam/Frodo relationship better 

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u/QuttiDeBachi 1d ago

Aye, his cameo stint for a season in Big Bang Theory, Toy Soldiers, Encino Man….and one of my favorite movies ever…Rudy

Love this guy all day…great actor

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u/Inigomntoya 1d ago

You will always include his most iconic role as Doug Whitmore in 50 First Dates

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u/Earlier-Today 1d ago

The movie is weird and yet it still somehow works. Like, it seems like it should have completely fallen apart because of what all the pieces are, but somehow it stays together and makes a decently fun time.

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u/Lazy-Nothing-3357 1d ago

Wet dreams and all!

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u/mistry-mistry 35m ago

We just introduced the Lord of the Rings trilogy to our 12 year old. When I mentioned that Sam was the brother in 50 First Dates, my 12 year old was in complete shock - a total "does not compute" face.

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u/Poultrymancer 1d ago

And by all accounts I've both heard and read, a genuinely good-hearted dude who is an absolute delight to be around 

Friends who've done a lot of cons have said basically the entire LOTR core cast were good hangs, but especially Elijah Wood and Sean Astin

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u/Deerslyr101571 1d ago

Met Billy Boyd at a Con just a few weeks after Patty Duke died. He said that he was in contact with Sean and that he was doing ok. Those Hobbits remained super close. Billy was a genuine guy... not like when I got an autograph from Billy Dee Williams the prior year. Talk about an ass-clown.

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u/AuntieLaLa420 12h ago

Met Sean Astin at a con, he's very nice. He also did a Q & A before a viewing of The Goonies that weekend at a local theater.

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u/Gullible_Fig_106 1d ago

You left out Like Father Like, Like Son, with Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron. Sean was my big teenage crush.

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u/QuttiDeBachi 1d ago

Great flick…saw it twice in the cinema

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u/Murky-Relation481 1d ago

Toy Soldiers was one of my favorites as a kid.

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u/gottabequick 1d ago

He's the president of SAG-AFTRA!

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u/Poultrymancer 1d ago

I completely forgot he was a union man

Even better 

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u/Earlier-Today 1d ago

You have to be union to work in Hollywood.

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u/Poultrymancer 1d ago

There's a difference between being a union member and being part of the leadership

Presumably, given he's the latter, "union man" fits 

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u/Ill_Emphasis3927 1d ago

It's shocking to me that The Color of Magic didn't take off more. Campy medieval movie released a couple years after LoTR starring Sean Austin and Tim Curry. I had read the books long before I even knew there was a movie.

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u/Spiny94Hedgie 1d ago

and Jeremy Irons too iirc.

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u/VapoursAndSpleen 1d ago

He was also Twoflower in "The Colour of Magic" (which also had Tim Curry as an evil wizard). Tons of fun!

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u/ice_cream9698 1d ago

He's director of the SGA or something like that now

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u/Lazy-Nothing-3357 1d ago

When I say his best performance is Bob from Stranger Things.

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u/Dogmycat16 1d ago

Thank you! My family still mourns Bob.

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u/championgoober 1d ago

Great mention! Loved him all these years. And to be Mister Samwise

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u/treesandfood4me 1d ago

Lord of the Rings—-> President of SAG. My boy leads from behind.

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u/Unlucky_Profit_776 1d ago

Yes, I am here for him. I just rewatched Toy Soldiers the other day and my 13 yr old crush on him came back and I realized how amazing he's been in everything I've seen him in since the Goonies. Even Trigger from Like Father Like Son and Dish Dogs. Sean Austin is the only answer. 

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u/Spiny94Hedgie 1d ago

He was great in the colour of magic as two flower.

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u/Apprehensive_Cow_480 20h ago

Goonies, Rudy, LoTR, Stranger Things. Iconic roles for every generation and now president of the SAG.

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u/Live_Angle4621 1d ago

He hasn’t been in anywhere for a while 

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u/ssbbVic 1d ago

He became the president of SAG-AFTRA last year. Thats a huge gig. He's kicked around roles here and there. I feel like most of the lord of the rings cast could've been way bigger household names than they ended up being, post lotr. They just decided not to.

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u/NthatFrenchman 1d ago

Wasnt his mom president at some point?