Lost Cast Have Odour Problems     |     08 September 2005
Actor DOMINIC MONAGHAN has a huge problem working on the set of hit TV show LOST – all of his castmates smell after a few weeks of shooting.
The show features a host of characters who are stranded on a deserted tropical island after a plane crash, and have only the clothes they’re wearing.
And the authentic nature of their look translates into unpleasant odours, according to the LORD OF THE RINGS star.
He says, “Obviously, the characters have …

Lost Cast Interviews | 06 September 2005
Dominic Monaghan is best known for his turn as Merry in the Lord of the Rings, but he’s hoping that the success of Lost will earn him a reputation just as a versatile and celebrated actor in his own right. As the washed-up former brit-pop singer Charlie, Monaghan lends the show a much-needed dose of humor, and offers the actor a chance to play an entirely different type of role than in …

Dom on Lost: Season One DVD and Season Two    |     02 September 2005
Dominic Monaghan on His Sawyer Auditions on the Lost: Complete First Season DVD: “I would have just done a much better performance than Josh Holloway. No, I’m only joking. You know, I didn’t really audition for Sawyer. What happened was there wasn’t really a part for me so I went in with these pages that were just for someone generic and it happened to be Sawyer but I was never going to …

Lost opportunity    |     22 August 2005
As Australian audiences gear up for the first-series cliffhanger of Seven’s hit series Lost, the cast has resumed filming in Hawaii.
Before shooting for the second season started, Dominic Monaghan, who plays drug-addicted rock musician Charlie, had a meeting with co-creator Damon Lindelof about the direction the show would take.
He was happy to pass on his inside information, but also wanted to address the criticism the final received when it screened in the US in May.
Many viewers were unhappy …

Lost and found in Oz     |     07 August 2005
Australians are the most honest people in the world, according to Lost star Dominic Monaghan.
Monaghan, who was in Melbourne recently, arrived back in the US to discover he had lost his wallet.
Not knowing where he had mislaid it, Monaghan called Channel 7 asking if someone could check the suits he had borrowed to see if he had left the wallet in a pocket.
A quick check by the network wardrobe chiefs discovered the wallet in a …

The best Lost party yet | 15 July 2005
The stars of Seven’s worldwide hit Lost declared Melbourne’s welcoming party better than Berlin or Paris.
The classically beautiful Evangeline Lilly and Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan have spent the past few weeks circling the globe promoting the show and attending parties.
The exclusive event on Wednesday night was held in St Kilda’s Prince Hotel with a Hawaiian beachy theme.
Channel 7 heads David Leckie and Ryan Stokes attended, as well as a host of …

Lost’s druggie a soft guy in real life | 14 July 2005
He plays a druggie castaway on a blockbuster television show.
But in real life, Lost star Dominic Monaghan is a keen environmentalist who bought an Indian mango farm to save it from destruction, and was even upset when his pet spider died last year.
“All these supposed problems that we have are going to pale in insignificance when we all die because of how we treat our planet,” said the 28-year-old actor, who …

Lost to a charmer     |     13 July 2005
LOST stars Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly were kept busy dodging questions of their rumoured relationship as they arrived in Australia yesterday.
On the last leg of a whirlwind promotional tour for the show, the pair were in Sydney yesterday and arrive in Melbourne today.
They make their only appearance in Melbourne tonight at a private Channel 7 gig.
Off camera, the pair are rumoured to be dating, but both yesterday refused to either confirm or deny the …

Lost stars blame city     |     13 July 2005
Ask Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly, stars of the hit TV show Lost, and they’ll tell you straight out – Sydney is to blame.
It is this Australian city from which the show’s characters hop aboard an aeroplane bound for Los Angeles.
The plane eventually crashes on a mystery island.
Monaghan, famous for playing a hobbit in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, plays drug-addled rocker Charlie Rose in Lost.
He says that the connection between Sydney and their fate is …

Lost souls who’ve found the winning formula     |     13 July 2005
The world is Lost. The TV hit of the year commands 20 million viewers in the US and 2 million more in Australia. In less than a year it has beaten all comers, including this year’s other cultural juggernaut, Desperate Housewives, and is shown in 180 territories around the world.
From the first episode, in which Oceanic Airlines flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles crashed on a mysterious Pacific island, viewers have …