Sean Astin Says He Made So Little Money on 'LOTR,' He Had to Sell His House

Sean Astin made it clear that despite how popular the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was, he and the rest of the cast didn't make mountains of money. In a conversation with The Guardian published Monday, Astin looked back on working on the Peter Jackson trilogy back-to-back-to-back. The films became commercial successes and critical darlings at the Academy Awards but that was not reflected in his salary. "I was not prepared for that level of visibility and access, and there was a disconnect between the attention that I was getting and how much money we had," Astin said. "It was not a . . .