Sean Astin Photobombed the Same Person Twice Nearly 30 Years Apart

Sean Astin Photobombed the Same Person Twice – Nearly 30 Years Apart

A Redditor shares the incredible story of actor Sean Astin’s unexpected cameo in two family photos, taken nearly three decades apart.

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Sean Astin perfected the art of traveling there and back again both on and off-screen, as The Lord of the Rings actor recently staged a repeat photobombing of a woman he accidentally photobombed back in 1993.

Reddit user Gabrielle Kerr, aka Awkward_Coat5543, shared the improbably side-by-side of Astin lurking in the background of the two family photos, nearly three decades apart. While the first photobombing, occurring at Bill Clinton’s Inaugural Ball in D.C. in 1993, was a complete coincidence, the latter was staged after Kerr fortuitously ran into Astin at the opening of Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction in 2019.

Kerr, who attended 1993’s Inaugural Ball with her friends and father, divulged that many young celebrities could be spotted at the political celebration. Astin, whose star was still on the rise in the early ’90s, just so happened to be the celebrity caught in the background of her father’s proto-selfie.

In January 1993, the time of Clinton’s Inaugural Ball, Astin was most associated with his role as Mickey in 1985’s adventure film The Goonies. Later that year, Astin would star in a breakout role as football underdog Daniel E. “Rudy” Ruettiger in the sports classic Rudy. In the decades since appearing in the background of Kerr’s family photo, Astin would become a household name by portraying Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and through subsequent roles in iconic television shows such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Stranger Things.

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Astin has racked up an impressive filmography in the 26 years since he first photobombed Kerr, but fate handed him an opportunity to reprise his role as Kerr’s unsuspecting background actor once more. Now an adult with a family of her own, Kerr and her husband spotted Astin at the opening of Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in California, across the country from where Astin originally photobombed her. With encouragement from her husband, Kerr approached Astin with the 1993 photo and the actor suggested they recreate the magic captured therein.

Kerr shared photographic evidence of the coincidence on multiple Reddit communities — including The Lord of the Rings and Made Me Smile subreddits — however the story, fittingly, received the most interaction on the subreddit Never Tell Me the Odds. While this particular Reddit community focuses on “nearly impossible feats of achievement,” it also borrows its name from Star Wars protagonist Han Solo. As Kerr and Astin reunited in a galaxy far, far away, it comes as no surprise that this specific subreddit made Kerr’s story go viral.

Though Kerr recently boosted the viral Reddit post on Twitter, tagging Astin, the Lord of the Rings’ actor has yet to respond directly to the photos on social media. However, Astin has currently dedicated the majority of his time online to his candidacy for the performing arts union, SAG-AFTRA’s Los Angeles’ board.

While it’s unclear what photos Astin may bomb next, his planned upcoming projects on-screen include the films iMordecai and Man & Witch.

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Source: Reddit

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