James Corden Reveals He Auditioned To Play ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy’s Samwise Gamgee – Watch
deadline.comJames Corden has revealed that he auditioned to play hobbit Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings film series from director Peter Jackson.
Unfortunately, the process didn’t go particularly well for the Late Late Show host, as he notes in an episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast published on Tuesday. “Everyone, every single person in London auditioned for Lord of the Rings.
Everybody,” Corden says in a segment, which you can view above. “I auditioned for Samwise…and I was doing it, Josh. I was doing the accent and everything.” Corden said that two of his friends also went in to audition, with all three landing callbacks to take place the next day. “And then we got called back the next day,” Corden recalls. “And then none of us got called back after that.” The actor landing the role of Samwise — the best friend and sidekick of Elijah Wood’s heroic hobbit, Frodo Baggins — was of course none other than Oscar nominee Sean Astin.
But even if Corden missed out on his chance to visit Middle-earth, he can admit that he does “very much enjoy” the epic fantasy films based on the book series by J.
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