From ‘Hobbit’ to TV habit     |     27 August 2004
Dominic Monaghan thinks it’s a natural move — follow the biggest film trilogy with one of the biggest television shows of the season.
“You’re never going to have a more successful trilogy in your repertoire,” he says of “The Lord of the Rings” films, “and that’s fine with me. I’m all about the work. I don’t need to have box office gold every single time. I just want to work on material I like.”
Enter: “Lost,” a new …

Dominic Monaghan Can’t Believe His Luck     |     10 December 2004
When Dominic Monaghan was a kid, he lived and breathed Star Wars. “I would watch Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back over and over again,” says the actor who’s most widely known as Merry, one of the heroic Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. “I knew the first 45 minutes to an hour of Star Wars word for word. I just obsessed over the film.”
This childhood obsession, in fact, is what sparked …

LOTR’s Hobbits: Are They Gay?     |     08 December 2004
Dominic Monaghan currently plays Charlie, the burned-out rocker stranded on an isle of the damned on ABC’s Lost . But as the Dec. 14 release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Special Extended DVD Version approaches, we’re bringing him back to his life and times as Frodo’s fellow hobbit, Merry Brandybuck. Specifically, TV Guide Online wants the scoop on those gay rumors — both on-screen and off. Was there …

Hobbit finds different character in ‘Lost’     |     05 December 2004
The Lord of the Rings movies and ABC’s Lost are divergent tales, but they have more in common than meets the eye. Both are runaway hits. Each features filming on a verdant Pacific island that allows for adventurous off-day activities.
“I love having the opportunity to surf,” says Dominic Monaghan, speaking from Hawaii, where he is part of the Lost ensemble.
Both also share Monaghan, who came to renown as the hobbit Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in …

He enjoys being ‘Lost’     |     17 November 2004
Getting stranded on an inhospitable island with a bunch of nefarious characters and a blood-thirsty beast that lurks in the bushes has turned out to be a good thing for Dominic Monaghan.
The British actor acquired cult fame status by playing the hairy-footed Hobbit Merry Brandybuck in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. And now his smoldering portrayal as tortured rocker Charlie on ABC’s “Lost” (tonight at has positioned him as one of the hit …

Hobbits Make Habit of Designing Clothes     |     05 November 2004
“Lost” star Dominic Monaghan reports that he and his “Lord of the Rings’” homies, er hobbits, are creating their own off-screen fellowship.
“Elijah Wood and I are working on starting up a T-shirt company,” says Monaghan. “We’re just big fans of clothes so we want to do certain designs of clothes we wish were out there, with text we’d like to see on T-shirts. We’re in the midst of putting together designs now.” Monaghan …

Monaghan flies from Middle Earth and finds himself “Lost” on a desert island     |     04 November 2004
Dominic Monaghan, who played “Merry Brandybuck” in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, has shaved his hairy feet. Now he’s a one-hit-wonder musician turned drug addict — “Charlie” — in “Lost.
Monaghan admits he’s struggled since the Tolkien trilogy hit the big screen with people internationally associating him with “a very cute, adorable, sweet-hearted, nonthreatening kind of boy.” Then “Lost” came along and Monaghan jumped at the …

LOTR Hobbit Lost in Hawaii     |     03 November 2004
All the world knows Dominic Monaghan as Merry Brandybuck, one of those brave li’l hobbits from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Now he has another major hit on his hands with ABC’s Lost , the suspense drama about plane-crash survivors stranded on a desert isle where something even scarier than Jerri Manthey is roaming the forest. The 28-year-old Brit plays Charlie, the junkie rock star, whose tragic backstory is revealed tonight at …

Found: Monaghan avoids typecasting with `Lost’     |     03 November 2004
No more Mr. Nice Hobbit.
Dominic Monaghan, the beloved Merry Brandybuck in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, stars as Charlie, a one-hit-wonder musician turned drug addict, in “Lost” (tonight at 8 on WCVB, Ch. 5). What the Frodo is going on here?
“I struggled for the past three or four years or so with most of the people internationally knowing me as a very cute, adorable, sweet-hearted, nonthreatening kind of boy,” Monaghan said in …

Dominic’s Teenage Money-Making Schemes     |     01 November 2004
LORD OF THE RINGS star DOMINIC MONAGHAN was a teenage entrepreneur in his native Manchester, England, when he realised he could sell sweets and comics for a huge profit.
The actor admits he was a wheeler-dealer back in school – and made a small fortune doing it.
He recalls, “I didn’t get a lot of pocket money when I was a kid so I struck upon the idea of selling the candy that I brought to school for …