Dominic Monaghan went from being a hobbit in "The Lord of the Rings" to a stranded rock star on ABC's "Lost," which comes out on DVD this week. Monaghan spoke to NEWSWEEK's Ramin Setoodeh.
This is the fifth time I've called. What were you doing?
I was surfing. [Murmuring in the background.]
Now it sounds like you're signing autographs.
Yeah. I'm in a DVD store.
Are you at least getting a discount?
Let me ask. The guy on the phone wants to know if you guys give me a discount. Now they're, like, flailing. She gave me $2 off on each DVD.
That's not very much.
I'm trying to be a nice guy. I can't scream at them. They're both very attractive women, so I can't say anything.
I want to know about the hatch on "Lost."
I don't know if I'm obliged to tell you. This show is such a crazy gamble—nothing really surprises me. If they opened up the hatch and it was a banana dancing with a pomegranate, I'd be like, "Oh. OK. That kind of makes sense."
It's good to hear that you're still on the island.
Come on, they can't kill Charlie. Are you crazy? I've told the writers, over and over again, if it's a great death—I don't want to die by any means—but if it's good for the story, I can deal with that.
"Lost" fans are the new Trekkies. They held a convention this summer.
I was in Europe, promoting the show, when it happened. But I'm into that. I'm a little aware of conventions because of the whole "Lord of the Rings" thing.
Do you read what they say online?
I check out all these scandalous rumors about me and Elijah Wood having beautiful sex with each other.
Are they true?
About Elijah and me being boyfriend and boyfriend? Absolutely true. We've been together for about nine years. I wooed him. No, I just like a lot of stuff—I like that someone says one thing and it becomes fact. It's kind of fun.
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