Lord of the Rings served as the ultimate escapism, says Samwise

Matt Lawrence
Updated June 10 2016 - 3:30pm, first published June 8 2016 - 2:09pm
True friends: Sean Astin (front) as Samwise Gamgee and Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
True friends: Sean Astin (front) as Samwise Gamgee and Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

If the timing were different, there's a distinct possibility Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy may not have had such a momentous box office debut, says one of its key cast members Sean Astin.

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