LORD OF THE RINGS star wants to direct FANTASTIC FOUR

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Friday, January 16, 2004
Source: A Galaxia, Superhero Hype

A Galaxia, a Brazilian website specializing in genre entertainment, landed a pretty big exclusive today with their interview with LORD OF THE RINGS star Sean Astin. The man who brought Samwise Gamgee to life in three RINGS films spoke with a reporter from SET Magazine and revealed that he is under consideration to direct the live-action FANTASTIC FOUR film.

According to Astin (who was coaxed to reveal which mystery project he was in the running for), his ideal candidates for Reed Richards and Johnny Storm are George Clooney and Orlando Bloom, respectively. "I got a meeting scheduled but I can't talk about it yet," Astin told the reporter. Astin has directed episodes of JEREMIAH and ANGEL.

Superhero Hype is running an English translation of the Astin interview worth checking out.


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