Dozens of actors were considered, while Christopher Plummer and Sean Connery, better known film stars, were offered the part before him. He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. Ian McKellan would go on to land the role that he is now perhaps most famous for and one that seems like a natural fit. If the similarity of background between McKellen and Tolkien in some ways prepared him for Gandalf, the role still almost never happened for him. Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart, Sam Neill, and Christopher Plummer were all said to be in the running for the part. Sir Christopher Lee passed away on Sunday at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, after being hospitalised for respiratory problems and heart failure. The 92-year-old Astin, who starred on the original Addams Family as Gomez, is just the latest big-name actor to have been in the mix for the role of Gandalf. However, the Independent reports that fans have taken to Twitter to mourn the loss of Gandalf who was played by the very-much-alive actor Sir Ian McKellen. But the more he thought about, Astin said with a laugh that he wasn't keen on the idea of spending a lot of time riding horses in New Zealand. The last test I did, they gave me something out of the second book, and I studied it and came up with what I thought was a good interpretation of it, but it wasn't at all what Peter and Fran wanted," Astin said.ĭue to his previous working relationship with Jackson and Walsh, Astin said he felt confident that he could ask them for another audition and they might have agreed. After that, Astin auditioned for Gandalf, but despite his best efforts, Jackson and Walsh wanted to go in a different direction. Homeland star Damian Lewis has said sorry to Sir Ian McKellen after commenting that he didnt want to turn into a slightly over-the-top, fruity actor.
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Speaking to the AV Club, Astin said he had an existing relationship with LOTR's Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh after working with them on the 1996 horror movie The Frighteners. He ultimately did not get the part, but his son, Sean Astin, would be cast as the hobbit Sam in a career-defining role, so the film trilogy end up with an Astin in it. Actor John Astin has revealed he auditioned for the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, saying in a new interview that he tested multiple times to play the wizard.
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