Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United are in Los Angeles to officially kick off their pre-season schedule today, Saturday 15/07, with a friendly against LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center.
While training, they received some surprise guests, including Dominic Monaghan. As we all know, Dom has been a huge, life-long supporter of the team. Here are some photos and videos of the encounters!
https://soundcloud.com/fighterandthekid/episode-179-dominic-monaghan
Actor Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings, Lost, Wild Things) joins Brendan and Bryan to talk about his new show ‘Wild Things’ on The Travel Channel, his life changing role in The Lord of the Rings and much more.
Not once but twice this year has Dominic Monaghan appeared on the Men in Blazers podcast!
Men in Blazers hosts Michael Davies (@embassydavies) and Roger Bennett (@rogbennett) believe soccer is the American sport of the future. As it has been since 1972. Find these Men In Blazers on NBC Sports Network and NBCSports.com. Their aim is nothing less than to enlighten the masses to the wildly entertaining world of soccer and the English Premier League in particular. Immersed in the high and low culture of the beautiful game, the program mixes analysis and guest appearance in equal measure, with the aim of providing an intelligent yet often humorous, and always passionate, soccer broadcast.
Click HERE to watch the full episode.
Click HERE for part 1 (episode 8) and HERE for part 2 (Episode 9)!
Seems the fans approve!
https://twitter.com/JohnCearley/status/693102345215950848
https://twitter.com/PMS_ItsFrenchie/status/743500567096352768
In April Dom appeared on The Gaffer Tapes, just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss out on this podcast so here is the link! http://www.thegaffertapes.com/podcast/2016/4/26/week-36-dominic-monaghan-investigates-fpl-1516
Dom being a big football fan, it really shouldn’t be much of a surprise that he has been playing Fantasy Football, you can join The Gaffer Tapes league for this year’s FPL (Fantasy Premier League), click HERE. (PIN: 4945-2085)
He also gave his Dominians a shout out! What a lovely guy.
It’s no secret that Dom is a big Manchester United supporter!
Recently he did a few short videos about his legendary moments.
Dom recently became an Mbassador for Manchester! Here he is talking about his favourite spots in Manchester:
http://www.visitmanchester.com/articles/locals-like/dominic-monaghan-s-top-5/
New photo! Also a TBC release date of January 2017 for the UK?
Dominic Monaghan appeared at London Film and Comic Con 2016, where he took photos with fans, signed autographs and participated in 2 Talk sessions.
We were there, as well as Carmen who is part of the Dominians community. Here’s her report for those that missed out on the event!
From 29 to 31 July 2016, another edition of the legendary London Film And Comic Con was held in London, where we have the opportunity to meet original cosplayers, autograph hunters, lovers of movies and of cult series, mythomaniacs and simply curious people wanting to have fun in a very relaxed and friendly atmosphere, where everyone could find their place.
For me, the best part of large conventions like this is precisely the possibility to greet in person and take a photo with big screen stars as Famke Janssen (Jean Grey in X-Men and James Bond girl), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye in the Avengers) or Sylvester McCoy (Radagast in the Hobbit), and to be in the presence of cult film legends that have marked an era, as Rutger Hauer (famous for the legendary Blade Runner, Dolf Lundgren, action hero in films like Universal Soldier) or Kenny Baker (the actor who gave life to R2D2 in the Star Wars saga, RIP).
And there we also encountered Dominic Monaghan (LOTR trilogy, the Lost series, and many more roles we love) who doesn’t go to so many conventions. He was obviously one of the most popular stars. Hundreds of fans wanted to approach him, get his autograph or take a picture with him. Many people brought with them huge posters, games and DVDs. Some LOTR related that were already signed by the other main cast, and needed his autograph to be complete. Therefore, the buzz around his table was amazing at any time of day. The excitement generated grew at times.
The first thing we did on Saturday after arriving at the Olympia, headquarters of the convention, and after conquering the long line perfectly managed by Showmasters volunteers with British precision, was to obtain a number for the virtual queue for our meeting with Dominic. To give you an idea, we received a number in the 300s, and were there at 10 in the morning.
Of course, we were hovering around the place where our favorite actor was signing, to see if he was really there, but we struggled to get a photo through lots of people who stood between us and him.
And indeed, he was there, behind his desk dominated by a huge poster with Charlie’s photo, as he signed his fans’ valuable items, or the pretty photos provided by the organization, half hidden by a large box. And you may ask: What I was in that box? Maybe you guessed it! Lots of #BeCurious stickers of all sizes, that he offered to everyone that passed. A great detail for the fans! Dominic really knows how to treat them. Amazing, isn’t it? These kind of things make our love for him grow and shoot to the moon. After spending some time watching one after another fan getting their autograph, with our Virtual Queue ticket treasured, we took the opportunity to stroll around the grounds, and learn first-hand all that the con had to offer.
We wasted no time since the area was beginning to crowd. So we searched our favorite actors, and started queueing to meet them. We were lucky, because with not much time in between, we got the autographs of Harold Perrineau and Michael Emersson, two of the main actors and co-stars alongside Dominic’s fascinating series Lost. Both were super friendly with us, and we could talk a bit with them. First mission accomplished!
During the rest of Saturday, we had a great time stopping the best cosplayers to take photos with them, visiting the exhibition of the original costumes from the movie Suicide Squad, walking through autographs queues to see all the cinema and wrestling stars in the flesh, and ultimately, knowing first-hand the coolest ambience of a great convention, returning occasionally to see if our number was called to get in line for Dom’s autograph. However, there were too many people with a number before us, so we had to return to the hostel without being able to meet him that day. It was an intense day but we thoroughly enjoyed it. We would have another chance to meet Dom the next day.
Sunday began even earlier than usual. Anxiety for not having arrived in time to get the autograph of Dominic the day before meant we were willing to go to the convention site without going through the breakfast table to get our Virtual Queue ticket earlier: It was the last day of the convention, and I could not leave without my autograph (no way!). Therefore, we arrived very early, and immediately went to the table to grab a VQ ticket for Dominic’s autograph. This time, we were fast as lightning, and we got a number around 100.
And now, we were in the area of signatures sooner rather than later! Soon our number was called to queue, and we went through to a table where we could choose one of the beautiful pictures of Dominic’s characters: there were some LOTR as Merry, other from Lost, among the ruins of the plane crashed on the beach in his role as Charlie, some of Simon Campos in Flash Forward, and one of X-Men, where he played the mutant Bolt. But I saw none of his show Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, where as you know, he meets the more fascinating animals on earth on their travels. But I came prepared.
As a biologist and animal lover, I wanted to get signed a photograph that had to do with his show, which I brought well protected in a folder, because for me, it is very valuable what he does with this show, and I admire him for it.
Arriving at his side, I was so excited I could barely utter a word. I didn´t even know how to begin. But I had some courage to ask him to sign my picture, where he poses with a yellow python snake, so beautiful that I could not resist. And without hesitation, he signed it. The truth is that we had little time to talk, but at least I could tell him that I liked his show. For me it was a very special moment, like a dream. And he was so close and friendly that we went away very happy with our #BeCurious stickers in hand.
The adventure had come to an end, and our mission was over, but the good memories will always remain. From here, I would like to thank Dominic for being there with all of us, and being friendly and nice to everyone, despite the stress that I suppose comes with attending such a convention. I send you a hug, Dom. Do not ever change.
Gemfeed has a profile for Dominic Monaghan where you can check his recommended books, movies and shows with some short comments from him, gathered from different interviews such as this one from 2012 on MTV.
Some examples:
The time traveller’s wife
Dominic Monaghan “If you do not cry, you do not have a pulse.”
Apocalypse Now
Dominic Monaghan “This is number one. It’s a perfect movie for me. Great camerawork, great editing and sound, incredible performances. Coppola at his best.”
Pretty accurate still and nice to have it all listed in 1 place! Check his full list on his Gemfeed profile here: http://www.gemfeed.com/#!/profile/dominic-monaghan
If you’re inspired by the #becurious tag, or just looking for a new cool tshirt, Hard Times UK clothing is selling a colab signature T! It has Dom’s signature at the bottom.
It’s a gorgeous design, front and back!
They will ship worldwide, you can buy it here: http://hardtimesclothing.co.uk/products/becurious
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