Monaghan’s Sweet Side Effect     |     11 September 2005
LORD OF THE RINGS star DOMINIC MONAGHAN has found he’s now producing a lot of sweet-flavoured mucous, thanks to his role as a heroin addict on hit TV show LOST.
The German-born actor plays rocker CHARLIE PACE in the Hawaii-filmed show, and is required to snort up lots brown sugar for his drug-taking scenes in the series.
And he’s discovered his efforts have sparked an odd side effect.
He says, “You get some really sweet boogers. You have …

Monaghan’s Character Lures Committed Fans     |     10 September 2005
A group of LOST fans have become so fixated with DOMINIC MONAGHAN’s rocker character CHARLIE PACE on the show, they’ve set up real-life fansites for his fictional band DRIVESHAFT.
Monaghan plays one of several characters stranded after a plane crash, and he’s stunned to learn that he’s managed to attract fans almost as committed as those who followed his hit LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
He says, “That’s the internet for you. It has a life …

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 …

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 …

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 …