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JRR Tolkien quashed a Beatles idea for a Lord of the Rings <\/i>film <\/a>adaptation. Paul would have played Frodo, with Ringo his trusty sidekick Sam, and George as Gandalf. John, who was driving the plan, had a yen to play Gollum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JRR Tolkien quashed a Beatles idea for a Lord of the Rings film adaptation. Paul would have played Frodo, with Ringo his trusty sidekick Sam, and George as Gandalf. 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