LA Press Roundtable     |     04 December 2003
Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd came into our room next, accompanied by an aide who held a tray full of food.
Dominic must not be a morning person. He looked positively huddled in his seat, and rarely looked up at us, even when answering questions. He mostly looked at his food.
One of the reporters in our room was a Japanese woman, and she stared at Dominic’s tray with amusement.
“You eat Japanese food?” she asked.
“Hai,” said Dominic. “Arigato.”
At a certain …

Dominic Monaghan on the Trilogy and Remaining Friends With the Fellowship | 03 December 2003
Is it strange to get women to scream with the raise of your hand?
I’m a big fan of the ladies so to have them come to me without any real effort is amazing.
Can you explain just how crazy the World Premiere was?
120,000 people on the streets of New Zealand screaming out people’s names and going crazy. It was kind of surreal more than anything else. We lived there …

Merry Verses Pippin     |     00 December 2003
BILLY: Hello, Dominic.
DOM: Hello, Bill.
BILLY: Welcome at Premiere’s…
DOM: I meant to ask you…
BILLY: What?
DOM: …when was your biggest drinking session during filming?
BILLY: I’m a very shy drunk.
DOM: I understand. Can I tell the answer for you, then?
BILLY: Nah, that’ll do, thank you.
DOM: What has changed in your life since your work on Lord of the Rings, and what don’t you like about these changes? Besides your weight.
BILLY: Nothing, as a matter of fact. But if you’re asking, it must mean …

Interview With Billy Boyd & Dominic Monaghan     |     00 December 2003
How was the process of doing your scenes?
Billy: The height thing. Lots of different ways. Sometimes really simply, like the scenes on the balcony in Minas Tirith, I was just on my knees. And you saw Gandalf in the background; they had the really tall guy called Paul. And he would dress –
Dom: Tall Paul
Billy: Yeah, tall Paul. He would dress like Gandalf or Aragorn or, they had costumes for all the characters, …

A Conversation with Dominic and Billy     |     26 December 2003
Did you guys get totally into character?
B.B. Pretty much. It took a lot to take on the Hobbit way of life, which I think is a good thing, because I think Tolkien wrote the Hobbits as being honorable and good people. So I think if you take some of their characteristics I think it’s a good thing.
D.M. They are big beer drinkers as well.
B.B. Big beer drinkers.
D.M. Mmmm.
So this is the third and final film, how do you feel …

Interview with Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd     |     19 December 2003
You first saw them in the Shire two years ago. Now, Pippin and Merry complete their journey in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. During the first two films, the Hobbit friends have been side by side, but moviegoers will finally see how their stories divert as the two are separated for most of the movie in The Return of the King.
Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) were …

Boyd & Monaghan display hobbit sense of humour     |     18 December 2003
Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dominic Monaghan (Merry) are the Abbott and Costello of The Lord of the Rings cast. They’re writing a comedy for themselves to star in, and if it captures even half the humour of their interview, they’ll be laughing all the way to the bank.
National Post: Billy, you starred in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. What was it like?
D: Last night I was congratulated on …

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Halfling Actors Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd     |     12 December 2003
Every big, heavy epic needs its comic relief, and up until now, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd have served that purpose in The Lord of the Rings . In Return of the King , however, their characters, Merry and Pippin, get to take center stage. How do they feel about it? We sat in with them and found out.
Can you tell us about the shirt you’re wearing?
Dominic Monaghan: Yeah. Myself, Billy, Viggo and …

Hobbits Return One Last Time | 09 December 2003
Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd are as inseparable as their Lord of the Rings characters, Merry and Pippin. Having done press together for three years, after working together for 16 months in New Zealand, the hobbit actors appear as a pair at press functions. Only the final film, The Return of the King , separates the two as Pippin goes off with Gandolf and Merry stays behind to fight with Theoden’s troops.
In real …