# What happens to the Hobbit actors now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738 "2003-01-20T04:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/41 "2003-01-21T21:17:27Z")
Goonies 2: Goonies in MiddleEarth ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/42 "2003-01-21T21:28:44Z")
[http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1043100241](http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1043100241) (part two of the my earlier link) FIGWIT stands for “Frodo Is Great, Who Is That?” Brian ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/43 "2003-01-21T21:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dorkusmalorkusmafia \* > \*\*Yes, but Boba Fett was supposedly in the books and had a reason to be there. According to the linked site overhead, they don’t even know who this person is and called him Figwit because it means silent figure or something like that in a foreign (probably Elvish) language. \*\* It stands for Frodo Is Great…Who Is That?! It came about that when we (the Tolkien loser geeks) were watching the Council of Elrond, we decided that Frodo Is Great…then the camera panned and we saw…well, we don’t know…Who Is That?! Thus, Figwit is born. No elfish intended. And Boba Fett does indeed speak. > [@](#): > > They’re no use to me dead. To Darth Vader, in regards to his mission to find/bring back Luke/Han/Leia etc…I’m a bit fuzzy on that… ~Ferry ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/44 "2003-01-21T21:36:11Z")
Ah, **N9IWP** you beat me to it! For Hobbit’s sake! : ) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/45 "2003-01-21T21:41:35Z")
Don’t forget Boba screaming like a girlyman as a blind guy takes him out! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/46 "2003-01-21T21:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*Tom Cruise, Michael J. Fox, Danny Devito, Dustin Hoffman, Ian Holm…all small actors who have had solid careers as leading men. You don’t know what you’re talking about. \*\* I think you are confusing the word “seldom” with the word “never”. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/47 "2003-01-21T22:41:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > \*\* > LIV TYLER is of course one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, so she’ll never lack for acting jobs; she’s also a pretty good actress, and has been in many films. In fact, since 1995 or so she’s been one of the hardest working actresses in the business. Somehow managed to be Steven Tyler’s daughter without coming out all mangled and stuff. > \*\* Maybe it’s because for a big chunk of her life she didn’t **know** she was Steven Tyler’s daughter. I heard she grew up thinking Todd Rundgren was her father. ---
**Author:** ![InTransit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@InTransit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTransit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/48 "2003-01-22T03:32:45Z")
Figwit… how I laughed at that site! Thanks, Monstre, for the link. It seems that everyone has a fan site now. As someone else mentioned, Sean Astin is hardly a novice in directing. He and his wife have a production company, Lava Entertainment. His new short film is playing at Sundance, and can be viewed at the Sundace site… I think it’s at [http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.org/showcase01\_02.html#](http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.org/showcase01_02.html#) Ain’t It Cool has an explanation of the people you see on screen. It’s a very sweet film. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/49 "2003-01-22T04:21:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jsc1953 \* > \*\*Maybe it’s because for a big chunk of her life she didn’t **know** she was Steven Tyler’s daughter. I heard she grew up thinking Todd Rundgren was her father. \*\* Yea, didn’t they meet by chance or at one of his shows and they both immediately noticed a striking resemblence and decided to investigate? I think that’s the story I heard, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/50 "2004-03-07T15:43:37Z")
FIGWIT!!! HA! The power of the internet! I like it. THAT guy will be the one sitting next to Dirk Benedict and George Takai…and PORKINS! As for Astin’s directorial future, the day the RotK was released, there was a feature article on him in the Houston Chronicle. His dream project is to direct a movie about the Hurricane that destroyed Galveston in 1900. He sees it as a big FX type project with human drama. I think he needs to direct some smaller flicks before helming that one. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/51 "2004-03-07T16:53:37Z")
> [@BuckleberryFerry](#): > > I’m surprised you’ve not seen Rudy, or at least made passing reference to it. Everyone I know whom I show a picture of Sean Astin either refers to him as “Rudy” or “that guy from Encino Man.” Really? In my mind he is forever associated with _Goonies_. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/52 "2004-03-07T17:07:13Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > As for Astin’s directorial future, the day the RotK was released, there was a feature article on him in the Houston Chronicle. His dream project is to direct a movie about the Hurricane that destroyed Galveston in 1900. > > He sees it as a big FX type project with human drama. > > I think he needs to direct some smaller flicks before helming that one. He’s directed a few TV eps. I distinctly remember his name popping up as the director of an episode of _Angel_. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/53 "2004-03-07T21:02:50Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Really? In my mind he is forever associated with _Goonies_. He’s got a recurring part in Jeremiah. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/54 "2004-03-07T21:19:59Z")
I imagine that Elijah Wood will finally blink. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/55 "2004-03-07T21:39:13Z")
I recently read that Billy Boyd will be playing the title role in… Wait for it… _THE SEED OF CHUCKY_ !!! Yes, a homicidal doll! They’re apparently going to make the doll look somewhat like Billy, and, of course, he’ll supply the voice. Hey, I heard that _The Bride of Chucky_ was pretty good… And Sean Astin is apparently VERY interested in directing the big-screen, live-action version of Marvel Comics’ _The Fantastic Four_. He’s been seen buying old issues of the series. Did anybody see Astin in _50 First Dates_? A small, goofy role, but I thought he was pretty funny. Definitely a far cry from playing Sam Gamgee. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/56 "2004-03-07T23:05:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Sean Bean is famous in the UK for his TV work rather than film roles ( though he was the villain in Goldeneye) Whenever I play the Cradle level of the N64 Goldeneye game, and Trevelyan says, “For England James?”, I think “No, because you tried to take the ring from Frodo.” before the ending animation. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/57 "2004-03-07T23:56:51Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > So is Eijah Wood doomed to be Frodo for the rest of his life? \ I keep hearing they all hung themselves in the background sometime during ROTK 😉 ---
**Author:** ![peterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@peterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peterW)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/58 "2004-03-08T01:26:45Z")
I suspect all hobbits will be the Mark Hamills of this generation, particularly Elijah Wood. They will be tied to their LOTR characters for the rest of their careers. After a few roles in big budget movies, which will tank, they will gain only small roles in B grade flicks parodying the characters which made them famous. They will die bitter and broke, supplementing their income with neverending LOTR movie conventions, and whoring themselves out to every stranger who asks “I’ll give you 5 bucks if you show me your tatoo.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/59 "2004-03-08T01:33:10Z")
> [@peterW](#): > > I suspect all hobbits will be the Mark Hamills of this generation, particularly Elijah Wood. Yeah, just like Harrison Ford was typecast by those Star Wars pics. :rolleyes: Anyway, Hamill did ok for himself. He writes, does plays, and provides voices for lots of cartoons. And seems to be enjoying life. A far cry from your dire prediction. The average individual should suffer such a devastating fate. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738/60 "2004-03-08T04:18:00Z")
Sigh, they’re all so cute that I just like to watch them all together, like on the red carpet for the Oscars. They have this great man-love yet not quite homoerotic aura about them, and they’re always touching each other… I’m sorry, it’s not something that i’m proud to admit, but they (together, not individually) get me all hot. I hope that whatever they do in their career they all stay friends so that they can appear in public together for my lurid amusement. ZJ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-hobbit-actors-now/149738.md?page=4)