(UTV|COLOMBO) Dominic Monaghan, known primarily for The Lord of the Rings trilogy and ABC’s science-fiction TV show Lost, is now the member of Star Wars: Episode IX’s cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The role the actor will play in the film is not known.
Dominic Monaghan rose to global prominence due to his performance as one of the four hobbit characters, Meriadoc Brandybuck or Merry, in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films. He later played the role of Charlie Pace in epic sci-fi drama Lost.
Mark Hamill “welled up with emotion” when he first stepped aboard the Millennium Falcon in preparation for filming ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’.
JJ Abrams, who directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, is set to return to direct the Episode IX, and Dominic Monaghan is reuniting with the the producer and filmmaker as Abrams co-created Lost along with Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof.
Monaghan has been teasing his Star Wars casting for a while now on social media. He has been sharing quotes from the franchise and even an photoshopped image of him as sith lord. Before the announcement, he shared a Obi-Wan Kenobi quote, stating, “More powerful than you can possibly imagine,” and captioned the photo, “Seems appropos.”
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