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- Sean Astin said his $250,000 salary for Samwise forced him to sell his house.
- The deal paid $75,000 per film with no residuals for year and a half.
- He bought a home with a $250,000-a-year mortgage he could not afford.
- By the 2003 release of The Return of the King his finances had improved.
- Elijah Wood told Business Insider at the 2025 Texas Film Awards the cast took low pay.
