Sean on Starkid at RingCon

Sean Astin talks about meeting Team StarKid at the C2E2 convention while at the Ring*Con convention in Germany.

Interview by Marvel at C2E2

"In the latest installment of This Week in Marvel, actor and director Sean Astin of "The Goonies," "Rudy," the Lord of the Rings trilogy and more joins Ryan and Blake for an in-depth discussion about the Fantastic Four and more."  Source

This was recorded at C2E2 in Chicago in April. Sean talks about #run3rd, being an action figure and tells stories he's never told before!

Listen here.

Sean interviewed at C2E2 about Hollywood Treasure

Sean discusses his upcoming appearance on SyFy's Hollywood Treasure, and how it led to his being at C2E2 last month.



Sean's episode, the season premiere, airs on SyFy Tuesday, May 22, 10pm ET, and at several other times over the next few days. Check your local listings for details!

Photos from ForceCast.net interview

If you haven't listened to Sean's interview with ForceCast.net, you should! (Sean's part starts about about 27:30.) These photos were taken by Sheldon Norton during the interview.

More photos at the source.

C2E2 interview by Count Gregula's Crypt

Count Gregula's Crypt briefly interviews Sean at C2E2. They talk about lima beans, The Goonies and #Run3rd, among other topics.

ForceCast interview with Sean at C2E2

Jason Swank and Jimmy "Mac" McInerney of ForceCast.net, a Star Wars focused podcast site, interviewed Sean at C2E2 two weeks ago. They talked in depth about the expected topics: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Rudy and Goonies, but some unexpected anecdotes and tidbits came out!

It's a great interview!

Listen here. Sean's interview starts at about 27:30. Stay for the post interview discussion of #run3rd and Sean's autobiography "There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale"!

New Sean Interview at C2E2

Drew Duhig interviews Sean at C2E2 for the Windy City Show. They talk about Drew's prom, Sean's appearance in "Law and Order" and LL Cool J's pectorals!

Sean and the ISU Quidditch Team!

Sean posed with the Illinois State Quidditch Team at C2E2!

Posted by @ISUQuidditch

Sean on WGN Morning News in Chicago

WGN reporter Pat Tomasulo dressed as Batman to report on the C2E2 convention in Chicago last weekend, and briefly caught up with an amused Sean.

Full video here.

Couple more Sean and Starkid pics

These are courtesy minalover on Tumblr.

Sean & Team StarKid: How it came about

Excerpted from http://caitlinmarie55.tumblr.com/post/21154506954/nerdparadise

Now, I am a huge LOTR fan and I love Sean Astin. So when I found out he was there giving autographs I was psyched…until I found out he wanted $40 for an autograph, then I was just crushed. But luck and the awesomeness of Sean Astin was in my favor. The line for Starkid autographs was right next to Sean Astin’s line and he had all but finished up signing so he came over to our line and talked to us and told us to come get his autograph. One girl in line explained that while she was a huge fan she just simply could not afford the $40 and pretty much all the other Starkid fans, including me, expressed the same. He is such an amazing guy that he spent the next 20 minutes walking up and down the Starkid line shaking hands, giving hugs and talking to everyone. We explained to him who Starkid and gushed about them. I noticed that after he left the fan line he headed over to the Starkids who were equally geeking out about him as their fans were. Here was someone who really appreciated his fans. This isn’t even the awesome part yet. 

More on Sean and Team Starkid at C2E2

[Team Starkid] had a new friend make a surprise appearance at their panel – fellow C2E2 guest and Lord of the Rings star, Sean Astin.

Astin appeared at the Q & A wearing the Scarecrow costume belonging to absent cast member Dylan Saunders, and sat in on the panel as an honorary StarKid. Both Team StarKid and the audience threw questions to him as ‘Dylan’, and he did his best to answer in character.
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Astin appeared to enjoy the experience of being a StarKid for a day, dancing around the room with the cast as they performed “Super Friends,” the closing number of Holy Musical B@man!, before taking some pictures, signing a guitar, and doling out hugs to the group, telling them, as ‘Dylan’, “You guys will always be my Fellowship.” 

Team StarKid, being the renowned geeks that they are, could not entirely make light of the situation, with Nick Strauss stating that this was the best thing that had ever happened to him, and Meredith Stepien interrupting herself mid-answer to squeal “I’m sorry, but Samwise Gamgee is sitting right there.” The whole table leapt to their feet cheering in excitement when Astin mentioned his involvement in Nickelodeon’s upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

More at the Source, plus great pics and full video!

And now some additional pics from yesterday:

Sean at C2E2 day 2

Day 2 held a rather surprising event for fans of Starkids! But first, let's start innocently enough with a couple more pics from Day 1:

Sean autographs a boy's shirt! Everyone go "awww!"

Sean at C2E2 day 1

Sean spent the first day at C2E2 signing autographs and taking photos with fans. He will be signing again today from 10am - 7pm, and Sunday 10am - 5pm.

Posted by @MaxGyrion

Many more below:

Sean attending C2E2 in Chicago next weekend!

Sean, in another last minute convention appearance, will be a guest at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, April 13-15, 2012, at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago!

The show is only a week away, so check out details at their website, Facebook page and Twitter!