Dominic Monaghan will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on March 12th. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM EST. Keeping with former cast members of Peter Jackson Films, Naomi Watts will be on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on March 11th on ABC. Set those TiVos!
Category: LotR Cast News
Claire writes: Billy Boyd is starring in a new series on BBC4 called “Empty”. It’s about “Jacky and Tony …just two ordinary guys, spending their days rummaging through the empty flats of people who have departed.” There are more details on the BBC website. You can see the first episode on the BBC iPlayer site for the next five days. The rest of the series should be available on BBC iPlayer for seven days after each transmission (Thursdays at 10.00pm GMT).
Haldirriel sends this in: Handsome actor Craig Parker is versatile when it comes to acting. The Shortland Street star is in the grips of drug addiction as Guy Warner on the soap but when time is called on that gig, he’s working on the American fantasy film Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Parker switches roles
Today is Sean Astin’s Birthday! Sean Astin is an American film actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer best known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Drew Barrymore’s steroid-juiced brother in 50 First Dates. In television, he guest starred as Lynn McGill on the fifth season of 24.
Just when we thought today couldn’t have anymore LOTR veteran casting announcements…we’ve got more! Variety is reporting that Orlando Bloom (Legolas) has been cast in Lone Scherfig’s “An Education,” a coming-of-ager set in 1960s London. Orlando joins an all-star cast featuring Alfred Molina, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosumund Pike, Emma Thompson, and Olivia Williams. [Read More]
Yet another LOTR veteran has landed a new role today. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that David Wenham (Faramir) has joined the cast of Michael Mann’s upcoming gangster movie ‘Public Enemies,’ starring Christian Bale and Johnny Depp. Sounds like the makings of a great flick! [Read More]