RANDOM FACTS ABOUT DOMINIC MONAGHAN

+ Kept a pair of latex Hobbit feet used in the LOTR trilogy.
+Read the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy when he was 15, after receiving the books from his father.
+He speaks German.
+He and co-stars Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom and Billy Boyd learned to surf while filming in New Zealand
+Dominic bought a forest in Bangalore, India in 2003. He's very much into protecting the environment.
+Owns a leaf-mantis named Gizmo and a Black Widow spider named Witchitar. On that same note, Dom has a love for insects.
+His parents are named Aureen [a nurse] and Austin [a teacher]. He has one older brother.
+Before landing the part of Geoffrey in "Hetty Wainthropp" he auditioned three times.
+Took karate as a child.
+Attended Aquinas College, which is a Catholic sixth form school in Stockport.
+Dom originally auditioned for the role of Frodo in the LOTR trilogy.
+In Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001), in the first scene with Gollum and Bilbo Baggins, Andy Serkis who plays Gollum wasn't on set for the shooting of that scene, so Dominic filled in for him. It was his only interaction on screen with Ian Holm (Bilbo).
+Dom has a habit of writing things on his hands.
+Wrote and recorded the vocals for the tracks "Shadow" and "Maybe", and co-wrote and recorded "Half Fling" with Elijah Wood on Viggo Mortensen's CD Pandemoniumfromamerica.
+His "nine" tattoo is on his right shoulder.
+Loves The Simpsons
+Has a bird-feeder in his back garden and likes to watch the birds feed.
+Dislikes racism, sexism, homophobia, facism, ignorance
+Practices yoga.
+Keeps a journal.


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