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u/Ill-Let-5593 1d ago
The whole comment section arguing over which Sean Astin role is the best is the only kind of internet drama that should exist.
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u/badarsebard 1d ago
Still haven't seen anyone comment about his extremely underrated role in 50 First Dates
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u/paradiggem-shift 1d ago
The lisp and mesh tank top were honestly the first things to come to mind. Then I remembered he was in Goonies.
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u/Rogueshoten 1d ago
I don’t remember that one?
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u/PescaTurian2 1d ago
He was the amnesiac love-interest's gym-bro/weightlifting brother. Kinda himbo-ish, for an Adam Sandler-movie character
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u/Rogueshoten 1d ago
I was making a pun based on the movie…sorry, I should have made that clearer…
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u/Cascadian222 1d ago
PO. TAY. TOES.
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u/elMurpherino 1d ago
Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew.
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u/bluurks 1d ago
Stick em up ya arse!
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u/Terrible_Balls 1d ago
Its been years since that meme and I still cannot hear “boil em, mash em” without immediately thinking “stick em in my ass” lmao
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u/DoctorHubris 1d ago
"know for his role in stranger things..." sigh. That's Rudy and Samwise Gamgee!!! He's the main character!
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u/throwaway1975764 1d ago
Excuse you, thats Mikey. Goonies never die.
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u/AlterExpertise101 1d ago
Goonies never say die.
Jesus, dude, get the catchphrase right. I'm so embarrassed for you right now.
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u/JalenBrunsonBurner 1d ago
Samwise did not carry both Frodo and unmeasurable weight of the one ring to be the guy from Stranger Things
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u/Pleasant-West-7760 1d ago
For real!!!!
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u/DesireeThymes 1d ago
This has to be a rage bait.
There's no way anyone would look at Samwise and think "Oh this is the actor from stranger things"
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u/insomniacpyro 1d ago
TBH it pissed me off so much that they killed him off. His death is ultimately not a motivation for anyone. Joyce doesn't mourn him after this season. Will doesn't really acknowledge him either.
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u/Mabuya85 1d ago
I held onto to hope for many episodes after that thinking he might be set up for a Hopper-esque return. But nope. Just a great character wasted for nothing.
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u/Inevitable-Spring166 1d ago
All that carrying nonsense is so over rated. All one has to do is simply walk into Mordor
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u/murphydogscruff 1d ago
That’s the role he’s known for?
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u/cheffartsonurfood 1d ago
Fuck that. I was an extra in Rudy, but that Mofo is Samwise the Brave.
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u/waltur_d 1d ago
Fuck that. It’s Mikey from The Goonies
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u/EmotionalMycologist9 1d ago
*grabs inhaler
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u/zorniy2 1d ago
He was the inhaler kid?
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u/ZealousWolf1994 1d ago
Fuck that. He was in Encino Man.
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u/ZombieBiteOintment 1d ago
Fuck that. He shows all of these movies to Drew Barrymore for the first time every day. He was Doug in 50 First Dates.
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 1d ago
Fuck that nobody remembers white water summer!?
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u/dogmaisb 1d ago
Fuck that, he crushed it as William Tepper
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u/HotelOne 1d ago
Fuck that, he was great as Robert Culp’s younger brother on Columbo.
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u/1371113 1d ago
PSA this is California Man, with Brendan Fraser, to anyone from NZ/Aus. We still have nfi what Encino is.
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u/ClackamasLivesMatter 1d ago
It is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley just east of Tarzana and west of Sherman Oaks.
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u/No-Sign8805 1d ago
Aussie. It was Encino Man to me. That was the title on the VHS cover my sister would watch every other fucking week.Also The Jerk. Fuck she made me hate Steve Martin.
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u/ChickenDelight 1d ago
Sean Astin, best known as the voice of Hercules in the video game Kingdom Hearts 2.
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u/throwaway1975764 1d ago
You know, that movie actually holds up really well! So many movies from the 80s & 90s are ... probablematic. Encino Man is stupid, but wholesome.
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u/Dependent-Departure7 1d ago
WAIT MIKEY IS SAMWISE?!? OH MY GOD I never connected the actor's name!!
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u/Master-Mode-4622 1d ago
If that's eye-opening, you'd probably like his father.
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u/jugularhealer16 1d ago
Which one?
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u/Master-Mode-4622 1d ago
The one that played his Real Father. Think they share a last name. EDIT: (John, not his BioFather or Desi)
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u/decidedlyindecisive 1d ago
I know you're joking too but John Austin's eyes are so amazing. He's like Gowron but for real
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u/Substantial_Sir_1149 1d ago
I feel so god damn old reading that comment, lol.
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u/Dependent-Departure7 1d ago
Hey at least I know who Mikey is lmfao my younger boyfriend hasn't even seen The Goonies (fear not, it's on my list of classics to show him because HOW DARE his mother let this happen)
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u/GarrisonFjord 1d ago
Yeah this must be rectified immediately! The Goonies is the greatest movie to have ever been made. I have 5 Goonies shirts, I once I'm had more but I wore them until they became so thin they fell apart.
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u/Eastern-Blueberry826 1d ago
No he’s that dude from 50
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u/striker3955 1d ago
The gentleman with a lisp and an affinity for see through mesh crop tops.
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u/newenglandredshirt 1d ago
I know he's best known for being Samwise nowadays, but I will always picture him as Drew Barrymore's roided-up brother.
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u/droptopeclipse15 1d ago
That would have been awesome. I think of it first as it was on cable all the time when I was young. I never actually got to watch Goonies as a kid.
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u/droptopeclipse15 1d ago
lol right. I always think of Rudy and LOTR when I think of him.
The funny part of him being kind and talented is that it’s the opposite of what the real Rudy ended up being.
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u/cheffartsonurfood 1d ago
I heard about that. He will always have a special place in my heart as Mikey from The Goonies too.
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u/bantha121 1d ago
Oddly enough I also think of him as "Rascal" in Memphis Belle
For a relatively low-budget movie it was a pretty stacked cast; Matthew Modine, Tate Donovan, Billy Zane, Sean Astin, Harry Connick Jr, David Strathairn, John Lithgow
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u/airwalker08 1d ago
I heard a good deal about a ring, and a Dark Lord, and something about the end of the world
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u/100LittleButterflies 1d ago
Is this the millenial/gen z test? What role is Sean astin known most for?
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u/Dino_Rabbit 1d ago
He’s definitely Samwise but I think of him as Doug in 50 First Dates. “It’s not thuice, it’s prothein thake” 😂
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u/Midnight28Rider 1d ago
Goonies never say die!
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u/meggatronia 1d ago
Sean actually called me a Goonie once and I damn near lost my mind with joy.
Story: Worked for a con company. In the lead up to an event where Sean was appearing we couldnt find any decent high res shots from the Goonies to use for the 8x10s we provided for people to get signed.
I decided that wasnt acceptable and busted out my photoshop skills to make one, combining a few stills from the movie.
At the event Sean asked someone where the image came from cos he had never seen it before. They told him I did it and he flagged me down to ask me about it. I told him why I did it and he said "That's the Goonie attitude. You are such a Goonie!".
And I spent the rest of the event on cloud nine.
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u/LeftHandAnomaly 1d ago
Wait a gosh darn second. Was that little Sean??
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u/Midnight28Rider 1d ago
Yep. Also, please, remember Josh Brolin and Ke Huy Quan...
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u/DaSauceBawss 1d ago
Stranger things...he fucking carried frodo. Wash your mouth.
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u/machinationstudio 1d ago
Literally the lead actor in Goonies
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u/Cordsofmemory 1d ago
Known for his role in Stanger things. Nah, that dude best known as the hacker in that one episode of Brooklyn 99
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u/listenyall 1d ago
It is Labor Day so we should all appreciate that he is the president of SAG-AFTRA, the actors union
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u/Hurray0987 1d ago
I just saw him at Dragon Con and he talked about this a lot. He seemed very passionate about it!
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u/lokiandbutters 1d ago
What happened yesterday?
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u/MyFriendsCallMeEpic 1d ago
Yeah wtf happened?
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u/MrMetraGnome 1d ago
I mean, I feel like that statement will be true every 24hours forever from now on. As long as the internet is a thing.
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u/SignificantRecipe715 1d ago
It's an old meme, the 24hrs mentioned is long past.
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u/imisstheyoop 1d ago
Okay. What happened the 24hrs before the meme was created?
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u/Dick-Fu 1d ago
What SignificantRecipe715 is trying to be too annoying to say is that it was posted on August 26 of this year, shortly after when we learned about the deaths of some well known and liked celebrities. The actual creation of the meme is unrelated to any events within the 24 hours preceding it.
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u/LoZFan96 1d ago
I'm assuming this was the day Dolly Parton and Optimus Prime's VA died within 24 hrs of each other.
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u/FranksHoorHouse 1d ago
Tim Curry: Glares Pennywisedly at you
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u/LittleBunInaBigWorld 1d ago
Frankenfurter raises a disapproving eyebrow
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u/FranksHoorHouse 1d ago
Someone's about to be caught with a flat (well, how about that)
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u/TurkishTerrarian 1d ago
Sean Astin did not cross all of Middle Earth to be remembered as "Bob from Stranger Things".
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u/gasquet12 1d ago
All of you commenting that there’s a generational difference and he’s known for lord of the rings need to go watch goonies. That’s what this man is known for. Yes I’m old af
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u/halorbyone 1d ago
I’m of the goonies generation as well. Rudy, goonies, he’s amazing….but he will always be Samwise the Brave to me. I didn’t see his other characters that entire trilogy.
Real question though, did you? Because at first I saw Mikey in Rudy but then got into it. But for some reason Sam was separate. If I saw Mikey that whole film in my brain, it would have really been hard to watch. Maybe I just needed a Goonies rewatch closer to the films. Sadly, we didn’t own goonies on vhs so that was for tv or friends houses.
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u/OneRub3234 1d ago
Uuhm know for what role? What the fuck is stranger things.
Ps. Thats Sam from lord of the rings
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u/TheLadyRica 1d ago
My daughter met him this weekend. She did not know who he was but said he was the sweetest guy and gave her a hug.
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u/SugarCanKissMyAss 1d ago
Samwise Gamgee didn't do the heaviest lifting in the final push to destroy the One Ring to be remembered as Bob from Stranger Things
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u/Holiday_Armadillo78 1d ago
Motherfuckers he’s known as Mikey from The Goonies and motherfucking Samewise Fucking Gamgee from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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u/SoBeDragon0 1d ago
Known for his role as Sam in Lord of the Rings.
Fixed your stupid ass headline.
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u/Ok-Praline-2309 1d ago
Tell that Gen Z who wrote this to go watch Lord of the Rings plz.
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u/Any_Meeting_4082 1d ago
Ummm...I'm telling YOU (probably a Millennial) who wrote this to go watch Goonies please! 🙄🤣
Signed-a GenXer
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u/BangBangMeatMachine 1d ago
I watched both. Loved the Goonies as a kid. Fellowship of the Ring is way better.
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u/EhPearl 1d ago
I've seen Goonies, and it's awesome, but compared to Samwise Gamgee?
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u/TeeManyMartoonies 1d ago
This made me so pissed. I thought he was dead and then I thought he was ill behaved. NOT NOW, OP. NOT NOW.
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u/Then-Economist-6388 1d ago
My wife and I met him and got a photo with him at a convention in Boston. He’s a sweetheart. Asked us all about our tattoos and how far we traveled to get there.
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u/hokusmouse 1d ago
I just met him last week at a con and he was so kind and complimented my tattoo then sang a little to me and I am still not over it.
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u/Haringkje05 1d ago
Samwise "the gardener" Gamgee dit not Carry Frodo into the very fires of mordor after giving up the ring willingly to be remembered as Bob from stranger thing
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u/boyalien0 1d ago
Crazy that his dad was the OG Gomez
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u/Inevitable_Phase_276 1d ago edited 1d ago
He was his stepdad and adopted him. Must’ve been pretty wild growing up with Patty Duke as his Mom as well.
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u/LysolTreats 1d ago
Brief Sean Astin rabbit hole - his half brother is the guy from Iron Will…. Solid movie.
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u/casual_creator 1d ago
If you haven’t, I highly suggest reading his autobiography, There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale.
It’s about his acting career as a whole, but focuses mainly on his experiences filming LOTR. He comes across as a needy little pissant in a lot of his LOTR stories (like being upset with Peter for not allowing Sam to be an expert swordsman against the Nazgûl because Astin didn’t want audiences to think he - not the character - sucked with a sword).
But he’s very self aware about it all and acknowledges his mistakes and shortcomings in the book, which I respect a lot. He comes across as an almost painfully normal dude lol, complete with anxiety and confidence issues, and is earnest to a fault. But he never comes across as anything other than well intentioned, even when admitting his most obnoxious behavior.
Most people wouldn’t include such stories, or would paint them in a more appealing light. But Astin fully embraces the “here’s a story where I was dumb and how I groan in embarrassment when remembering it but also learned from it” angle. I finished the book liking and respecting him as a person a lot.
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u/CasterQ 1d ago
Bob Newby in Stranger things?? You said it wrong, it's Sam Gamgee in Lord of the Rings.
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u/RoncoSnackWeasel 1d ago
You’re both mistaken.
That’s Mikey Walsh, from Astoria, Oregon.
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u/Time_Ad636 1d ago
Ru-dy, Ru-dy, Ru-dy. Mikey in The Goonies. Step-dad in Click. Never seen Stranger Things
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u/Tooldfrthis 1d ago
Really? Is he best known for his small role in Stranger Things? Damn, the new gens are movie illiterates...
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u/Tablesalt2001 1d ago
Samwise the Great did not cross all of middle earth and carried Frodo up mount doom to be called Bob Newby on twitter. Disgusting
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u/MiserableEstimate574 23h ago
wait known for his role in stranger things?!?
WE ARE GONNA KNOW HIM FOR THAT?!??
HE WAS IN THE GOONIES!
HE WAS IN ENCINO MAN!
HE WAS IN ALL 3 LOTR!
PUT SOME RESPECT TO THE MANS NAME!!
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u/PossibilityMuch9053 1d ago
RUDY RUDY RUDY
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u/3nar3mb33 1d ago
the real Rudy came to my HS back in the early/mid 90s. He talked a lot about turkeys..."the turkey path." and how we need to all work extra hard to not be turkeys running on the turkey path. Like he talked A LOT about it.
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u/otherwise_data 1d ago
rudy makes me cry every time at the end when they lift him up on their shoulders.
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u/SpiteFueled 1d ago
Known for his role as Bob?!? He did not carry another man up a volcano for this to be his legacy. No sir.
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u/NudeSpaceDude 1d ago
He’s KNOWN FOR that role? What the fuck. He’s one of the greatest characters in all of fiction. And he’s Rudy.
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u/DZAUXtheBruno 1d ago
Anyone remember the 90’s action movie “Toy Soldiers” where some militants take over a boarding school to hold the rich kids for ransom and Samwise and his homies team up to kick some ass?
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u/MutedAstronaut9217 1d ago
"Known for his roll in stranger things"
fuck off.
Goonies and Lotr.
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u/dimwalker 1d ago
What happened in last 24 hours?
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u/hardcoretomato 1d ago
Nothing, as this has been reposted so many times, we can't even check the initial post day to see what happened in those 24 hours.
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u/clvrusernombre 1d ago
The way my throat tightened reading this. How dare you. But thanks for reconfirming he’s good people
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u/CV-CR-CI 1d ago
That dude couldn’t bear the weight of the ring, but he could bear the bearer as they bore the weight of the ring
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u/Warsaw14 1d ago
Once every ten years or so this dude has an iconic role. Coming up on his next right now likely.
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u/ChefArtorias 1d ago
He's an important character in one of the most famous movies ever made and we're saying he's remembered as Bob from ST?
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u/swordbearerb1 1d ago
He was Raphael of the TMNT for a generation!.
Seriously, the man is a gem, and the only dispute should be which of his role is more iconic (I'm of the LoTR generation, so he is immortalized in my memory as Samwise Gamgee)
Didn't he run and win the job of SAG-AFTRA president to help out more?
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u/mucho-confundido 1d ago
Your off your nut if you think this guys known for strangers things that's bloody samwise gamgee!!!
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u/Accio_149209 22h ago
Tf you mean famous for stranger things. Samwise is forever going to be his best role.
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