Chris Kivlehan over at Cinescape confirmed up my story of Sean Astin being locked down for Sam Gamgee. Just so ya know, this was one of the casting choices that I did have confirmation on, but it's always nice for an outside media source to confirm it on up, though I did do the leg work. Personally, I really do think that Elijah and Sean are going to have fantastic chemistry together. They have a looooong road to travel in this film and ya know... I think that ring is in good hands. Here's what Chris wrote me...
I put in a few calls to official types today and received an off-the-record confirmation of Ain't It Cool's report that Sean Astin will play Sam Gamgee. After anonymity was agreed to, I was told simply that "He's in." I thought the three of you might be interested in that. Looks like two members of the Fellowship are set in stone. Good work, Harry.
--Chris
