--- title: Sean Astin Reveals He Made Very Little From Lord Of The... description: Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, revealed he was paid so little for the films that he had to sell his house.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sean-astin-reveals-he-made-very-little-from-lord-of-the-rings-giscsdg2l twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sean Astin Reveals He Made Very Little From Lord Of The Rings | daily.dev og:description: Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, revealed he was paid so little for the films that he had to sell his house.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sean-astin-reveals-he-made-very-little-from-lord-of-the-rings-giscsdg2l og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GiSCSdG2L.png og:image:alt: Sean Astin Reveals He Made Very Little From Lord Of The Rings og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sean Astin Reveals He Made Very Little From Lord Of The Rings **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, revealed he was paid so little for the films that he had to sell his house. He noted a disconnect between the fame the cast received and their actual earnings. Orlando Bloom similarly earned only $175,000 for his role as Legolas. Since all three films were shot simultaneously before their success was known, there was no opportunity to renegotiate salaries. Astin says he is now financially comfortable and is open to returning for the upcoming new Lord of the Rings film, hoping for better pay this time. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tomislavpodunajec** · 0 upvotes > well, I thought you misspelled his last name hahah ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Report: Amazon cancels The Lord of the Rings MMO](https://daily.dev/posts/report-amazon-cancels-the-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-vetm7kind) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Super Mario Galaxy Movie earns $747M at box office](https://daily.dev/posts/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-earns-747m-at-box-office-rb7josnub) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon reportedly cancels Lord of the Rings MMO](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-reportedly-cancels-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-vwmomir9l) · GamesIndustry.biz · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon committed to developing Lord of the Rings game, is "evaluating different concepts"](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-committed-to-developing-lord-of-the-rings-game-is-evaluating-different-concepts--viv5idx0q) · GamesIndustry.biz · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sean-astin-reveals-he-made-very-little-from-lord-of-the-rings-giscsdg2l) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Sean Astin Reveals He Made Very Little From Lord Of The Rings","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-astin-reveals-he-made-very-little-from-lord-of-the-rings-giscsdg2l","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-astin-reveals-he-made-very-little-from-lord-of-the-rings-giscsdg2l"},"datePublished":"2026-07-28T14:16:54.919Z","dateModified":"2026-07-28T14:19:21.124Z","description":"Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, revealed he was paid so little for the films that he had to sell his house....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2495e9ae6c18831a7c83b6e81b8bda46?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2495e9ae6c18831a7c83b6e81b8bda46?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-astin-reveals-he-made-very-little-from-lord-of-the-rings-giscsdg2l","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sean Astin Reveals He Made Very Little From Lord Of The Rings"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sean-astin-reveals-he-made-very-little-from-lord-of-the-rings-giscsdg2l","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"well, I thought you misspelled his last name hahah","datePublished":"2026-07-29T13:23:27.093Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GiSCSdG2L#c-h7ZIVNdFL","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Tomislav Podunajec","url":"https://daily.dev/tomislavpodunajec","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--o5WK9-gI--/f_auto/v1720602038/avatars/avatar_GoeW0QewKGLrMdUM8e2Hk"}}]} ```