Sean Astin added to long list of celebrities for Ottawa’s Comiccon

Posted Feb 26, 2014 04:51:07 PM.

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OTTAWA – The list of celebrity names that will be in the capital this spring has just gotten a little longer.

Sean Astin, best known for his role as Sam in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, will be coming to Ottawa for Comiccon.

He joins Christopher Lloyd of Back to the Future fame, Degrassi’s Joey Jeremiah – Pat Mastroianni, Eliza Dushku and Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito.

The annual Ottawa Comiccon will be held at the Ernst & Young Centre on May 9-11.

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