Fat Sam in TTT

[Vardadurwen]

Wow, there are some extremely embittered remarks in this thread! I didn't realize that the weight of Sam would be such a huge deal. But hey, hobbits have DNA too so maybe Sam just has a "fat gene" so-to-speak. There are people who are just larger than others despite exercising and everything...maybe that's how Sam is meant to be. Actually I really doubt that, I'm just trying to lighten things up here.<P>Or maybe he was kept a little plumper just to provide some contrast to Frodo. <P>Personally I thought that Sean Astin was a good actor for the role of Sam. But you're right you can't please everybody...but you know, I really don't think it was very approriate to just call Sam "the fat retard". There are a lot of people who might take offence to something like that...you've got to admit, it was really harsh!