Originally posted by Kella
I did...😮
😮 Oh!! I get strange looks all the time here..from mum and dad especially 😂
Oh and here's an interview with Dom for LOST..don't know if you have seen it or not?
(SH) - When Dominic Monaghan came zooming back from Middle Earth, he hit with a resounding thud.
"My first year in Los Angeles was pretty hellish," says the British actor who played Merry in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. "I came over here after the high point of 'Lord of the Rings,' and I saw all my friends jumping around to jobs, and I had nothing."
He's found work now. The 28-year-old is co-starring in the ABC Wednesday night series "Lost," the latest action ride from J.J. Abrams ("Alias"😉.
The expansive cast also includes Matthew Fox ("Party of Five"😉 and Ian Somerhalder ("Rules of Attraction"😉.
Monaghan plays Charlie, an ex-rock star with a jones for heroin. Unfortunately for Charlie, he's stuck on a remote island after a plane crash and has no hope of being rescued anytime soon.
The island's jungle has its own dangers. Mysterious creatures with a taste for the survivors are lurking and ready to pounce.
To say Charlie has seen better days is an understatement. Monaghan can relate to that piece of the character when his career was basically on hold for a year.
"My manager at the time was not doing anything for me, and I kind of got into a little bit of a funk. I was living in a (lousy) house in a (bad) part of town. I didn't have a car, and living in L.A. without a car, well, is difficult," Monaghan says.
"I couldn't get a car because I didn't have an American bank account and could not get credit. It's harder to get (good) credit (in America) than what you might think. So at that point, I was just hanging out at my place all day, playing Grand Theft Auto III. I was waiting for the phone I didn't have to ring."
The journey from Merry to Charlie was an unusual one for Monaghan. He never expected to find himself "Lost."
"It's hard to imagine that this was happening to someone who was in one of the biggest movies of the year before," he recalls. "But I would not give up that time for anything in the world.
"I remember writing in my journal that I was going through this growing experience because of it. I came back down to Earth with a bump."
After Monaghan got new management, he started finding work. He says he was on the lookout for more movie roles when the script for "Lost" came his way. The part of the tortured Charlie intrigued him.
"The frustration of Charlie's situation means he has a lot going on in his head," Monaghan says. "He lives in his head quite a lot. He's a drug addict, and drug addicts, by nature, are a selfish lot. It's a little like life imitating art. I'm not there now, but I can remember what it was like being a little bit out there on a limb."
"Lost," his first major American series, is shot in Hawaii, forcing him to uproot again. But this time, the bachelor says, the move is to paradise.*Me like that bit* -the bachelor 😛
"I've always had itching feet," he says. "I like being on the move every couple of years."
In reflection, Monaghan says he learned from the past year. "The whole experience (of unemployment) kind of got me back to who I am. I needed that," he says. "Two years of working solid (on 'Rings'😉 put me at a point where I was a little bit exhausted. I needed to chill out and take it easy for a while."
Charged up about his new series, Monaghan says that playing Charlie could turn out to be the professional challenge he needed.
"For lack of a better word," he says, "Charlie is lost, and I can understand that almost too well. The (woes) you carry around with you as an actor always helps you flesh out a character."
Wow...I had never read that before. Right on Mel. I like that. I am inspired to write again. ooh...I am looking forward to finally completing my story... i hope it's good enough that Dom would approve of it. that's what I'm shooting for. 😮
2 1/2 HOURS TILL WE CAN GET LOST!!! 💃
Whoo-hoo...I'm leaving work in a half hour and I'm going to my mom's house to set the VCR to tape Lost for Mel and then I have to pick up dinner and get home to and set up my VCR to tape it for me...😄
I'm guessing I'll be rushing about. Oh...but the end result is gonna be worth it. 😂
😠 Okay...what was with all the commercials?
I mean...there was like...40 minutes of commercial and 20 minutes of show.
I'm atleast glad Dom was in so much of it. But uhm...that little piece of song...heh heh...he could do better than that. 😑
I don't want to spoil it for anyone...not like there was anything to spoil that we haven't already seen in the preview about 100 times... I swear like 80% of the show was in the commercials. 🙁
Oh well...Mel...I'm gonna tape next week too...and then I'll send it to you. Next week looks very interesting. 😄
Okay... my rating of the show. Besides the terrible amount of commercials... I must say this is going to be my new favorite show...and not just because of Dom. It looks like a really cool show. Some of the characters seem predictable, but you never know.
I'm genuinely interested in watching this show every week. I wanna know the secrets of the island...and I want to see where this journey takes all the main characters. 😄
I give it an A-. Or a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. 😄
Originally posted by Kella
😠 Okay...what was with all the commercials?I mean...there was like...40 minutes of commercial and 20 minutes of show.
I'm atleast glad Dom was in so much of it. But uhm...that little piece of song...heh heh...he could do better than that. 😑I don't want to spoil it for anyone...not like there was anything to spoil that we haven't already seen in the preview about 100 times... I swear like 80% of the show was in the commercials. 🙁
Oh well...Mel...I'm gonna tape next week too...and then I'll send it to you. Next week looks very interesting. 😄
Okay... my rating of the show. Besides the terrible amount of commercials... I must say this is going to be my new favorite show...and not just because of Dom. It looks like a really cool show. Some of the characters seem predictable, but you never know.
I'm genuinely interested in watching this show every week. I wanna know the secrets of the island...and I want to see where this journey takes all the main characters. 😄
I give it an A-. Or a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. 😄
jump1Oh i can't wait to see it Kella..it sounds like a fab show..not just because Dom is in it..but the other things about it sound interesting..and cool! 😄
I shall start reading your story soon and let you know what i think ok? 🙂
Originally posted by XxXDomLoverXxX
jump1Oh i can't wait to see it Kella..it sounds like a fab show..not just because Dom is in it..but the other things about it sound interesting..and cool! 😄I shall start reading your story soon and let you know what i think ok? 🙂
LMAO!!!! I can see you jumping up and down like that banana when you get the tape in the post. 😂
I thought it was going to be 2 hours long, but that was The Bachelor that was 2 hours...not Lost. Oh well...i just hope this week flies by. Cuz the faster it goes for me...the faster you get the tape Mel. 😄
And we all know how much you want the tape. 😛
I hope hope hope you really like the story. I'm nervous about my ending cuz Nicci didn't like it. 🙁
I am realizing things that i forgot to add in so i might go back and do that and re-send it to everyone.😄
ugh....my eyes are swollen from crying last night and being up till 1:30 in the morning and then waking up for work at 5:30am. I must have been out of my mind.doh