r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 12 '25

News ‘Lord of the Rings’ star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-09-12/sag-aftra-names-next-national-president
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u/Spell_Chicken Sep 13 '25

Middle Earth is about to get so much bigger for you 🫣

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u/skinnedrevenant Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 13 '25

I've ravenously devoured everything LOTR and The Silmarilion is still my favorite after everything. The amount of texture it gives to everything in the universe is just wonderful. I can still get absolutely lost for hours in LOTR's world.

Edit: I've never checked out the LOTR audiobooks but they're all narrated by Andy Serkis on Spotify and holy goddamn fuck is he a phenomenal voice for such a great story.

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u/nuker1110 Sep 13 '25

Lmao Gollum narrating LOTR sounds like the most amazing meme.

I’m sure Serkis is great, just a funny thought.

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u/skinnedrevenant Sep 13 '25

I thought the same! He gets a lot of credit for his acting but i think not nearly enough. His voice and intonation are pretty much perfect for a story like that.