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Billy: "I can tell you for a fact that Dom doesnt wear any pants."
--Fan London Expo report, November 2003


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Dom starts leafing through my magazine. He likes the pictures, particularly one of Aragorn leading the Army of the Dead (which I hadn't seen before and is not immediately apparent in the online version of the article), pronouncing it:

DM: That's a great picture...

Director: Is that the Premiere article?

DM: Naw, this is the Newsweek.

Director: Where's the one with you on the cover?

DM: Yeah, that's the Premiere. I haven't seen this one; I've got to pick up a copy.

Director: I was going to pick one up for you today -

They look through it a bit together and he points out the little picture of Pippin to her.

DM: That's Billy!!

Director: Oh? That's him?

I can't adequately describe what he did next. He kind of affectionately shook the magazine and while looking at Billy's picture started saying, in this silly, playful, affectionate voice:

DM: BillyBillyBillyBilly!!Billy!

It was just beyond any rational standards of cute. Dying was imminant, bc hi, being there for adorable spontaneous Billy affection from Dom? Good. God. A girl has her limits of what she can reasonably be expected to live through.
--camillafarfalla's report of meeting Dom while he was filming Shooting Livien in November 2003


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After seveal rounds of Asahi, Monaghan and Boyd are clearly feeling sentimental; now that they're not spending every day strapped together in a fake tree, they get together only when one's passing through the other's town (Los Angeles in Monaghan's case, Glasgow in Boyd's). "I saved Billy's life once," sighs Monaghan, recalling a time in a London restaurant when he Heimliched a piece of shrimp out of his partner in crime. (And now, partner in writing; the two are collaborating long-distance on a screenplay.) Boyd parries: "I love your sense of humor. And the way you wear your clothes."
--Time Out New York, December 2003


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... it's Billy who delivers my favourite lines of the evening when Brian asks him where Dom is. "Dom's not coming. He's dead," Billy says deadpan, before adding matter-of-factly "I killed him!"
--Ian Smith's RotK London Tour report, December 2003


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"Billy and I are very, very strongly connected," Monaghan says. "When we are making each other laugh, I don't see anyone else in the room."
--Premiere, December 2003


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Dom: I'd like to do a E! True Hollywood Story.

Billy: On who?

Dom: *looks meaningfully at Billy*

Billy: *pleased* Ooh!

Interviewer: What do you think it would be about?

Dom: Oh, Billy's sexual antics through his early 20s.

Billy: Which was quite incredible.

Dom: You did some good work, huh.

Billy: Mmmhmm.

Interviewer: ... How long would we have to devote of the hour-long show to Billy's--

Dom: To Billy blowing his sexual bagpipes up and down the highlands and lowlands of Scotland.

Billy: Good three or four minutes, eh?

Dom: Yeah, three or four. And then probably fifteen or twenty on the way you play guitar.

Billy: *seriously* Yeah.

Interviewer: Oh, you play guitar?

Billy: Yeah.

Dom: You wouldn't believe it. He's incredible.

Interviewer: Is that how you passed your time in New Zealand? For four years?

Billy: I did play some guitar in New Zealand, yeah.

Dom: It's how he managed to woo me into bed.
...

Interviewer: What I'm getting at is, you guys are like ying and yang, you're so good together, you can finish each other's sentences -- how do girls compete? You guys could probably win the newlywed game, the two of you.

Billy: The girls smell better. Right?

Dom: Yeah. And they have parts on their bodies that we don't have.

Billy: *in unison with Dom* That we don't have.

Dom: *looking at Billy* But no one's going to be funnier.

Billy: *looking mock seriously back at Dom* No.

Dom: Or make better sushi.

Billy: I make good sushi.

Dom: *over Billy* He makes really good sushi.

Interviewer: That's true. So, yeah...

Dom: There's a guy in England... I think he put it the best possible way. He said, "You guys go together like rama lama lama and kadingidy ding de bop." Which just perfectly encapsulates how we both feel about each other. *grabs Billy's hand*

Billy: Don't hold me. Don't hold me.

Interviewer: That's where you draw the line, Billy?

Billy: No touching.

Dom: I can look though, can't I?

Billy: You can look, but you can't touch.
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Billy: We've even got plans to work together again. We've wrote a script together that we're trying to get made. There are also a couple other things, there's a theatre play that we want to do together, so I think, have our own careers, but kind of speckle it with jobs that we do together, I think would be a lot of fun.

Dom: Well, I think--

Billy: *turns to Dom and interrupts mock fiercely* Until I get bored with you.

Dom: You will never get bored with me.

Billy: I'll drop you like an oily rag.

Dom: Ow! *puts a hand on his heart* That hurt!

Billy: I'm sure that hurt.

Dom: We both have the same interests. Like Billy said, we want to go off and do our own thing but then every so often, just come as a kind of... buddy kind of pairing ... You know, we'd just like to be on stage together. We just enjoy each other's company, and when we're around each other it's kind of inspiring because we always think about new things.

Billy: *nods* Yeah.

Dom: The same thing can be said of Elijah and Orlando and Viggo, we're constantly trying to work out ways of getting together...

Billy: Do you like me the best?

Dom: Yeah, you're my favorite.

Billy: *smug* Yeah.

...

*stylist moves into the shot and starts smoothing down Dom's hair*

Dom: Am I having hair problems?!

Stylist: You have an Alfalfa, just a little...

Dom: *glares at Billy* Why didn't you tell me?

Billy: Well, I didn't notice! I was taken by your eyes.

Dom: *woeful* I feel like Mr. Majeika.

Billy: *dreamily* Remember Alfalfa? He was funny.
--E! interview during an RotK press junket, December 2003


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At another point during the interview, Billy Boyd lifted the cover of Dominics rice bowl and snitched several grains. This garnered the first fully awake reaction from Dominic.

Dominic glared at Billy.

Billy opened his eyes widely and innocently.

Thats nice, muttered Dominic.
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At the end of their session, Dominic said he'd be spending Christmas and New Years with Billy in the Lake District of England. And then Dominic cuddled Billy like mad, while Billy protested, "We're vacationing together, but we still like women."
--TORN press conference report, December 2003


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Spin: Any other surprising perks?

Monaghan: Women.

Spin: You mean groupies?

Monaghan: Well, it's more people coming over to talk to you than actually women, right?

Boyd: It just means that a lot of women have seen Dom on a big screen with a giant, 15-foot head.

In any group of people, each member often develops a particular identify - the brain, the jock, the drama queen. Did this happen to you?

Monaghan: Once, when we went back for reshoots, the four hobbits were riding horses.

Boyd: Elijah was having a lot of trouble with his horse but he was trying to be a leader, and Sean was having an allergic reaction to the horses. Dom was in a bad mood -

Monaghan: - I was grumpy because of certain technical things that were pissing me off about the scene.

Boyd: And I was just in stitches watching all of them. It was so funny. And a girl from the special effects team was standing there with a friend, and she looks at us and says, "Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy and Doc," and walked away.
--Spin, December 2003


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Has your asking price gone up?

BB: Professionally? Yeah, and I get offered better scripts. And I get a chance to work with people I never thought Id get a chance to work with.

DM: Dom Monaghan?

BB: Dom Monaghan being one. Peter Wier being another.
--About.com, December 2003


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Dominic: Do you still believe in Santa Claus?

Billy: Well yeah.

Q: You too?

Dominic: Yeah.

Billy: Of course.
--TheOneRing.com, December 2003


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NP: Billy, you starred in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. What was it like?

D: Last night I was congratulated on Master and Commander. They said, "I very much enjoyed Master and Commander." I said, "So did I." I've been asked to sign pictures of Billy. I was asked by a Japanese journalist, what is the melody of your character.

B: What do you say to that?

D: G sharp.

B: The happiest of all keys.

NP: Dominic, I understand you studied martial arts for an upcoming film.

[Billy punches Dominic in the chest.]

D: I like to take people off their guard by allowing them to hit me and then suddenly coming back with a cobra technique.

B: Well, your cobra technique is strong.

D: I did study wushu for about eight weeks, which is really nothing. But I was able to kick over my head, which is good fun. That's a great thing about the job. Billy was doing Master and Commander and learning about knots and seamanship and when I went down to visit him in Mexico I woke up tied to my bed in half-sheep shanks and double weaves.

B: You usually have to pay for that kind of service.
--National Post, December 2003

Billy: Who beat you?

Dom: I can't... don't remember.

Billy: Who was that again?

Dom: Some guy. He was very unprofessional.

Billy: *looking up at the ceiling* Uhh. *nodding* It was me.

Dom: Was it you?

Billy: Yeah, it was me.

Dom: I can't remember that far back in time.

Billy: Yeah, it was only a minute ago.

Dom: Yeah. Well.

Interviwer: *to Billy* Well, you're not the kind of guy who would rub it in?

Billy: No. But it was me that won.

Dom: Was it?

Billy: Yeah.

Dom: See, I can't hear that.

Billy: What?

Dom: *looking up at ceiling and whistling*

Interviewer: *to Dom* You and I could team up.

Dom: *to interviewer* Yeah. You'd probably beat me though.

Billy: *to Dom* I beat you.

Dom: Did you?

Billy: Yeah, I won.

Dom: *looking defeated* Hoo... it's been a bad night for me.

Interviewer: You have a game about yourselves, right?

Dom and Billy: Yeah.

Interviewer: Kind of.

Dom: Well not even 'kind of', but, you know, definitely.

Interviewer: It's a nice calling card to tell someone... to say 'I'm in a videogame, here it is.'

Dom: Would you like to play with me? On the computer.

Billy: Yeah. On the, you know... *motioning with his hands downward* ...grab the joypad and go. *looks at Dom*

Interviewer: *to Billy* You're walking a fine line there, aren't you?

Billy: Am I? *looks at Dom* What's that?

Dom: *to Billy* Too many metaphors. Because people can see through that...

Billy: *smiling and bouncing on his feet*

Dom: ... and think it's some sort of sexual connotation that it isn't.

Billy: It wasn't.

Dom: I know. You're a very innocent man.

Billy: I know.

Dom: Yeah.

Billy: I won.

Dom: *looking away* What?

Billy: Me!
--Transcript of Billy and Dom on G4, March 2004


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I asked Dominic if he has a date tonight. And he said, yeah and pointed to Billy who was doing soundcheck on his guitar.
--Fan report, March 2004


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Me and Dom are, you know, incredibly close friends and, it sort of helped in the making of Return of the King because I really missed Dom. And, you know, I would hope that he missed me as well. And he was off filming mainly in the Edoras set which is down in the south island, and I was in the North Island, in Minis Tirith. So we didn't even see each other in the evenings, or be able go out and have a game of pool, or get a pint, you know, a weekend. So it kind of reflected on the movie, because I was really missing him and he was missing me, so we're anything but sick of each other.
--Transcript of Billy on G4, March 2004


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J gave him the calendar that funnybitch gave her for Christmas that is all LOTR people....DOM LOVED IT!!!! He called it the "unofficial Dominic Monaghan calendar" :grin:...the best though was as he was looking through it, amazed as he was, he stopped on a picture of Billy and said "I love Billy" and just sighed ... He also came across a picture of himself in November and says "I look rather tired in this one eh? But also kinda sexy"...yeah, we agreed with that whole heartedly...He signed a card for a friend of mine and not only wrote his name but PERSONALIZED THE CARD!!! He was incredibly gracious and nice....J and I gave him "Mickey" ears from Disney with Merry on one pair and Pippin on the other, he LOVED them....we told him that he'd see Billy before we will and his comment was "I'll see him in a couple of weeks" :GRIN: and he was all smiley about it
--Fan report from a Best Buy Rotk DVD signing in LA, May 2004


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Best prank: Billy said he thought it was the prank played upon himself and Dom in retribution for all the pranks they'd pulled on other people. Barrie Osborne's assistant Tanya came up with the idea. Every day there were new script pages, and at one point they were out on location and driving to another location, just him and Dom in the car. Just before they left they'd been given these new pages, completely official looking, brought around by courier, the whole nine yards. In this revision, Merry and Pippin climb up Treebeard just as before, but they fall through his branches and by the time they get to the ground, all their clothes have been torn off. Pippin says, "That's weird. Do you feel cold?" And Merry replies, "Yes. Hold me!" But the thing was, they had been discussing trying to add more humor to the Treebeard stuff at just that point in the shooting, and the pages looked so official that it took them two days to figure out for sure that they'd been had, and even then it took someone admitting that it was a scam. They would be driving along and talking about it, how Dom had been wearing this fat suit for Merry in the first two movies and how they wondered how they were going to manage the nakedness considering that, were they going to have a prosthetic body for him or something?
--fearlessdiva's Comic-Con report, July 2004


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Later Dom came over to Billeh where he was signing autographs ... She said they were completely oblivious to all the people they were so focused on each other... and when they hugged good-bye it was the sweetest thing she ever saw.
--boobie_tassels's Comic-Con report, July 2004


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Rua: Okay. I was supposed to also mention to you [Billy], something about; whats your favorite ice cream? `Cause it had something to do about locking Dom in the closet?

Boyd: Oh, yeah! Well, that day, I just wanted vanilla, just plain vanilla, and he brought me back macadamia nut. I didnt want that. So, he got locked in the cupboard.

Wenham: I donno, I think he was being too kind.
--Nevermore Magazine Comic-Con report, August 2004


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When asked about his and Billys movie script, he said hes really excited. He and Billy are going to make a comedy that, for once, wont star Ben Stiller or Owen Wilson, who always manage to get all the good material. He confirmed that he WILL be in the movie, AND, if it works out, Elijah, Viggo, and Orlando will all make cameos (!!).

At this point, he started going really into depth about his relationship with Billy. I cant, for the life of me, remember exactly what he said, but he talked for a while, something about how theyre both kindred spirits, got along from the start, and have the same aspirations in life. The entire time he talked about it, he had this far-away, dreamy look in his eyes.
--dizzyhobbit's report from a Dom interview in August 2004


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The friendship that developed between Dom and Billy transcends description in any book I could ever write.
--Sean Astin in his autobiographical There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale, published October 2004


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Did You know that Billy [Boyd] and Dom [Monaghan] were homosexual lovers for most of the filming? Apparently, at a millennium party in Wellington, they "discovered" each other. The noise was, allegedly, horrendous. They do spend rather a lot of screen time missing each other and emoting. Good luck to them, I say.
-- Bernard Hill (Thoden) in Premiere, November 2004


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Billy: We had a great time in Berlin. I remember there was a big sort of balcony where we sort of came out and waved to everyone. Yeah, it was great. We had a lot of fun and it was Dom's birthday and I went out and bought him a really cool camera which I think he's lost but he's not telling me. We had a great time. And Dom was really excited because that's where he was born, so he showed everyone around but nobody likes him so we didn't go!
--Ian Smith's transcript of Billy at Ring Con, November 2004


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Monaghan: Yes, Billy's been seeing the same girl now for about three years, which is terribly heartbreaking to me. No more long winter nights together like we used to. No, that's not true.
--TV Guide, December 2004


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Monaghan learned to surf in New Zealand while filming the Rings trilogy. But his ultimate wave came this past New Year's Eve, when he went surfing with fellow hobbit Billy Boyd. After catching a big one, he shot to the top, only to realize the water behind him was about to collapse on him. "For about three seconds," he says, "I was surrounded by cascading silent walls of water -- then I shook the spray from my face and emerged on the other side, ten feet taller."

Boyd saw the whole thing happen but doesn't want to give Monaghan too much credit. "His surfing's all style and no substance," he says. "I'm a better surfer, by about a million." He laughs. "Make sure you print that -- it'll piss him off."

The Rings cast members pledged they would keep getting together annually. That hasn't happened, but Boyd and Monaghan have remained close. Boyd reports, "Dom's really good about letting you stay at his house, but when you're trying to watch a movie, he does insist on walking around the house in the nude and making cereal."
--Rolling Stone, January 2005


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[Dom] said he was now the proud owner of a Prius ... Then he said he actually bumped the Prius. He said it's like when you get new trainers and you try not to get them scuffed, then after the first scuff you're like, "Aww," and he mimicked kicking things. Then he said it was totally Billy's fault he bumped the Prius. Billy was gabbing on about something and Dom didn't look back.
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Next someone asked [Billy] his favorite scene to act in. He said, again, it's when Pippin finds Merry on the battlefield. He said, "Me and Dom are really close, and the scene reflects our friendship. I wouldn't want to find him on a real battlefield."
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[Directly after sharing a massive hug with Billy onstage] Dom stepped up to the mic afterward and said, "I'm sorry, it's just we haven't seen each other in a couple of hours."
--water_vole's ORC report, January 2005


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Yes, the hug was beyond amazing, absofuckinglutely amazing, but you of all people need to know that, during Dom's panel, when he talked about Billy, his entire body language changed. He was much calmer than I've seen him in interviews anyway, more thoughtful, less the cheeky hobbit persona he seems to enjoy. But when he spoke about Billy (whom he almost always referred to as "Bill"), he relaxed even more. He didn't beam, but wore a gentle smile. His voice seemed a bit lower to me, as if simply talking about Billy relaxed him. At some point, he said that Billy was just happy, that he wasn't working to become happy or satisfied, he just was, and that meant that the people around Billy were happy, too.

And Dom was. I saw it with my own eyes.
--mirabile_dictu's ORC report, January 2005


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There is no way to really describe how Dom gets when he talks about Billy. The rhythm in his voice changes. The pitch of his voice changes. His smile shifts, becomes something softer, something more personal. It's like touching some button inside him that immediately plays back all his happiest memories. I think Billy is one of the people he feels most comfortable with, and when he can talk about Billy, he slips into that place.

He talked about how Billy is such a role model for him. He lives his life without regret and doesn't try to be happy because he is always naturally happy. He said that while he, Billy, Elijah, Shox (and friends, I assume) were down in Hawaii for the holidays, they did the "girly, metrosexual thing" and sat around a table talking about what they like most about each other. Billy's happiness is what Dom said he brought up. He talked about how funny Billy was, especially if you got a few drinks in him. He gave this gorgeous laughing grin when he said it that made me wibble.

There was this pause, where he just gave a sheepish smile and then added, "And we're going to get married." Pause. "Not really." Pause. "Well, maybe."
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- he called Billy "adorable", "handsome", and "cute" more than once
--beizy's ORC report, January 2005


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I had my Billy and Dom looking so lovely pic and my Lost Poster for Dom to sign. I totally bought another auto ticket since I couldn't decide. So first, I gave him the poster. The guy sitting next to Dom asked me where I got it and I said a friend, but I couldn't remember the event. He totally accused me of stealing it off the back of a truck and I said, "No, I am all about the love." So Dom signed it (looking harried and generally rushed, poor man) and then I gave him the Dom and Billy pic. Dom said, "Billy is so handsome, isn't he?" He was kinda wistful and loving and I totally died but managed to agree with him. And then when I told him about what Dom had said, Billy said, "He does that. He likes me." He said it in the most adorable voice ever and yeah, it was so lovely.
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Then the guy next to him tells him that Dom totally signed over the majority of the picture and that he will have to squeeze his signature in. "Rude Bastard" was Billy's response to that.
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Also said that he has a new car (Prius, hippy boy) and that he recently got it "bumped" over the holidays when Billy was sitting next to him talking his ear off or distracting him or something. LOVE!!! He also weighed in on the boxers/briefs issue ("I don't believe in underwear, stifles a man's creativity." SWOON) and said that Billy wears his underwear up to here (pointing to above his nipples) saying that it must keep him warm.
--jillybinks' ORC report, January 2005


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Throughout this whole thing, I did quite a bit of chatting with Billy as well because he also started asking what colour pen to use. At one point I looked over, and Billy was in the middle of signing "Dom". "You're Billy." I reminded him. "Shite, I am! I'm not Dom, bloody 'ell! What do I write now?" "Bites?" I'm evil. I don't remember if he ended up writing bites or something else, but yeah. It was funny. You know you spend too much time with someone when you start signing their name.
--echoharmony's ORC report, January 2005


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Q: The most memorable NZ location?

A: Methven (Edoras). Talked about getting up in the dark and driving there and watching the sun rise over Edoras. They did a lot of really amazing location work, but that was the best. .... It was like a fully functioning fortress, lock it and, and you wouldn't be able to get in, with those high towers.

He started talking about being there, how he and Billy were there for indoor shots if the weather got bad, but it never did. He had three days of work and Billy had none, so they watched Laurel & Hardy, and Flipper, which he hadn't seen [big laugh]. Something about Elijah's looks and how he'd get in trouble for that one. ... They spent 10 days in a house doing nothing in a house - watching movies, hanging out, trying to write this script, [applause] having fun.
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Q: do you want to do comedy?

A: I really want to ... you have to be really careful ... it seems to be a slightly cheaper version of acting. He compared the prestige of Peter Sellers who didn't get credit compared to someone like Robert Di Niro. [so] Yes. ... I have to choose the right vehicle. ... If i'm going to do comedy, I'm going to do comedy with Bill.

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Q: The most meaningful person in your life?

A: Hmmm, ahh, [thinks], Well I think probably the most influential and most beneficial person that I've met would be Billy. ...

Billy is like a real example, the way he lives his life is a great example. Even though he doesn't look it, he's almost ten years older than me. ... [some happy blather here]

He actually set on the table on New Year's Eve, in a very metrosexual fashion, we were all talking about the greatest things about each other. [I think he said Elijah was there too]. The best thing about Billy is that he's not on his way to being happy, he is happy. ... He's funny as hell.
--msilverstar's ORC report, January 2005



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And finally, because this deserves its own special recognition, that article, the best Dom/Billy interview ever, the one every Dom/Billy fangirl knows practically by heart, in which Dom lists his 18 favorite things about Billy:

LET ME GO AHEAD AND ASK YOU THE QUESTION THAT BILLY WANTED US TO ASK YOU. HE'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR 18 FAVOURITE THINGS ABOUT HIM.

My 18 favorite things? Okay.

#1 - The space between his nose and his lip. I think it's called the filtrum. That's f-i-l-t-r-u-m. Billy's got a fantastic filtrum. You know how babies have that very cute, sweet little filtrum? Billy's got the exact same thing! So that would be my #1 favorite thing about Billy. (aside) He's telling me now what to say now, but I'm not going to!

#2 - Very small, dainty hands and feet, which makes him very dexterous; anything that he does with his hands is always very precise.

#3 - Quite big biceps for such a small man. Big strong arms.

#4 - Funny.

#5 - His hair. There's something very interesting with his hair. When he's in a good mood, he spikes it all up, so he looks like a complete lunatic.

#6 - His voice ... very good.

#7 He's got quite enchanting eyes. You know how it is with the eclipse? If you keep looking at it for a certain amount of time, you can't stop - you have to keep looking at it. That's like Billy's eyes - if you look at them for more than 20 or 30 seconds, then you're hooked. There have been a couple of times in bars where I've had to actually pull girls away, so they'd stop looking at his eyes ... (otherwise) you'll be there for the rest of your life!

#8 - I really liked the smell of his car when we were in New Zealand, because we used to keep our surfboards in there, and his car just absolutely reeked of rotting wetsuits and sand and protein shakes. Billy didn't care about that.

#9 - He got me into a couple of bands I really liked.

#10 - Choice of movies. He's got a very good taste in films.

#11 - Oh, here's another good thing about Billy: If you're ever in a restaurant where you've never been before, Billy will always pick the restaurant's main meal - the one that they do the best. No matter what it is, he'll always go for it.

#12 - Fear of heights. Billy's got a great fear of heights that he just doesn't question. I'm very scared of heights too, and when we went to this bungee jump, I said to him, "We're going to conquer our fear of heights. Come on, that's what we'll do. We'll do a bungee jump, and then you can always say you did it." And Billy was like, "No. I'm afraid of heights, and that's what I'm sticking to." I like that!

#13 - Sleeps like a dormouse at any opportunity. If Billy's given 25 minutes to sleep, he'll do it. Whereas if I'm given 25 minutes to sleep, I'll run off and get a drink, go and call someone, play with my Playstation ... do 50 million things at the same time and get frustrated.

#14 - Good surfer. He's my main surfing buddy, which is always a good thing. He's also my scuba-diving buddy and my kayaking and canoeing partner. So we have a great relationship both in and out of the water.

#15 - Always shares his food. When we're in a restaurant, Billy will always say, "Try this!"

#16 - We enjoy drinking pretty much the same amount, which is nice. If you're going to spend a year and a half with someone, it's good if you drink on the same level! Billy and I can keep up with each other, which is essential.

#17 - I love the fact that he choose 17 favorite things because he knew I could only think of 16!

ACTUALLY, IT'S 18.

Oh, really. (Boyd is heard giggling loudly) My 18th one is ... let me think. Oh - the fact that he always leaves his sunglasses everywhere. While I've been with him, he's probably lost about seven or eight pairs. In New Zealand, he'd just leave them on caf tables. What I used to do is just pick them up automatically, and a couple of hours later, he'd say, "Oh, shit! I left my sunglasses!" I'd say, "No, Billy ... here you go." That was my job: picking up sunglasses.

YOU REALLY ARE LIKE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE. YOU KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL ...

We kind of are! There are a lot of gay rumors rife on the internet.

I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY!

Well, (there are rumors)! We spend so much time together. We enjoy each other's company. We're constantly walking up and down the red carpet with an arm around each other and chatting and all that kind of stuff. So the rumors are rife! There was also a rumor about Elijah and me that Ian McKellen told us about - we were having an affair in L.A.! But you know, I'm not going to confirm or deny! (laughs) (Billy and I) do fit like a jigsaw. Still now, three or four years down the line of knowing each other, we'll manage to make each other crack up in tears of laughter ... and fascinate each other, which is (the perfect) relationship. Maybe we will get married in a couple of years! If he was a girl, I'd marry him today! I've been suggesting to Billy a sex change, but he really feels quite manly about things. (Boyd shouts, "I love women!") Yes, he's very passionate about women, as I am.

You know what else is interesting? Even though we spend so much time together, and we went to the same bars, we tended not to fight over women. Billy has a girlfriend right now and has for a while, but when we were single in New Zealand, we never really chased after the same women. Billy liked girls that looked a little bit different (than the ones I liked), and we always gave each other quite a wide berth. Besides, I can't compete with Billy for a woman because he has that incredible mind ... (pauses) But I also have that incredible body! Thinking about both of us ... I mean there must be a few girls out there who would think that the combination of Billy and Dom must be like a dream! It's like putting Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise together, you know.
--LotR Fanclub Magazine, June/July 2003

Dom: You do get those kind of weird shaky people, I like them. And when you hold them theyre always kind of hot.

Billy To Dominic) I would approach you if I were a little girl. Id be all shaky and hot. Id give you a lollipop.

Boyd stresses the most important thing to know about him is his strong distaste for cinnamon. "I hate cinnamon. In fact, it has made me physically ill on occasion."
I got paid for acting and I got nothing from the kiss but a cold sore. [laughs]

What is the biggest misconception of you as an actor?
Probably that I'm a really nice guy, but I'm really the devil. [laughs]


"If you could design the Pippin action figure, what features would you give it?"
BB: "Mmmm, this is an exciting question! I'd like to make it a toy that remembers what's in your house and if you brought in any new things it would be be inquisitive about them and be drawn in. So if you brought in a new DVD it would wander over and start unwrapping it! Maybe if you brought in mushrooms it would eat them all, smoke your pipe, that sort of thing."

"If you could have played another character from LOTR, who would it be?"
BB: "I'd like to be Arwen as she gets to lie down quite a bit and wear great dresses.

BILLY BOYD: A guy goes into a pub with an Emu and a cat... Do you know it?

QUINT: Nope.

BILLY BOYD: He says, "Two pints of lager..." He says to the cat, "What do you want?" The cat says, "I'm not payin' for it." He says, "I'm not asking you to pay for it. I'm gonna get it. What do you want?" The cat says, "I'm not payin' for it." He says, "It's all right. I'm going to buy it. What do you want?" Cat says, "Pint o' lager, but I'm not payin' for it." (To the bartender) "Three pints of lager."

They drink that. He gets back up and says, "So, is that gonna be the same again?" The cat goes, "I'm not payin' for it." He says, "I'm buying the drinks!" "I'm not payin' for it!" This goes on. Four times it happens. Then the barman says, "What is this? What're you doing with an Emu and a cat?"

He says, "Long story... Anyway, I get these three wishes. I met a genie, he gave me three wishes. I said, 'You see the big house in the hills? I'd love that. I've always looked at it and I'd love to have that.' The genie PSSHHHH... He's sittin' in the house, servants all around. He says, 'Next, I better have money to make sure I keep the house... Um... 10 million dollars.' PSHHHH Bankbook... $10 million."

The barman says, "But this isn't..." He says, "Yeah, yeah... Third wish. 'I want a big tall bird with long legs and a wee tight pussy!'" (laughs)

National Post: Billy, you starred in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. What was it like?

Dom: Last night I was congratulated on Master and Commander. They said, "I very much enjoyed Master and Commander." I said, "So did I." I've been asked to sign pictures of Billy. I was asked by a Japanese journalist, what is the melody of your character.

Billy: What do you say to that?

Dom: G sharp.

Billy: The happiest of all keys.

National Post: Dominic, I understand you studied martial arts for an upcoming film. [Billy punches Dominic in the chest.]

Dom: I like to take people off their guard by allowing them to hit me and then suddenly coming back with a cobra technique.

Billy: Well, your cobra technique is strong.

Dom: I did study wushu for about eight weeks, which is really nothing. But I was able to kick over my head, which is good fun. That's a great thing about the job. Billy was doing Master and Commander and learning about knots and seamanship and when I went down to visit him in Mexico I woke up tied to my bed in half-sheep shanks and double weaves.

Billy: You usually have to pay for that kind of service.

National Post: Who's the best drinker among the hobbits?

Dom: Sean would be last because he doesn't drink an awful amount. Elijah's good but he only got into drinking in New Zealand, and Billy and I really took him to town a couple of times. But Billy's quite good because he's Scottish, it's part of his heritage, he has to do it. And I just use it as an escape and a way of chasing women.

Billy: And it works.

National Post: But aren't women chasing you?

Dom: What I do is go in a really tight circle and it allows me to chase them for a little bit.

Billy: And then you use the cobra technique

Dom: They can never say no to the cobra.


Interviewer: "Now, hobbits are really really close. And in the movie, it seemed to me, through the last couple of movies as well, Sam's got a little bit of a crush on Frodo. And now some people are saying that about Merry and Pippin. Please, tell me. That's not true, is it? There's no hidden themes to the hobbits, is there..."

Billy: "Well, you know, I think, ah...you can read in what you like and you know, just enjoy it. And if you like men liking other men or hobbits liking other hobbits, then just enjoy that."

Interviewer: "Something for everyone."

Billy: "Yeah, something for everyone!"

D.M. Yeah. We have fun pretty much everywhere we go.

B.B. Do you ever get confused when in one city and you think youre in another city? I felt that in New York the other day, I thought I was in Toronto. I was like "Where was that restaurant we were at?" Then I remembered it was in Toronto. You wont find that here!

D.M. While on a junket in Paris last year, I woke up one morning and had no idea where I was. I had to look up the hotel directory to figure it out.

B.B. Who was in bed with you?

D.M. Your girl. [laughs]

B.L. With action figures and the movies, this is like a life-changing thing for you.

B.B. It doesnt seem real, it doesnt seem like its actually happening to you. You know the idea of having an action figure was a lot weirder than actually having one. Now that they are actually there it doesnt seem real, it doesnt seem like its me. When I see it in a shop window, theres like nodding head Hobbits and bath towels...

B.L. Do you have any of those?

B.B. I do have the bath towels because I like to enclose myself in myself. Its like having a hug from me.

D.M. Which is one of his greatest fantasies in the world.

B.B. Exactly Dominic, exactly.

B.L. How has this affected your social lives, like in your relationships?

B.B. Women want us.

D.M. Yes, women will approach you.

B.B. Plunger, get the plunger.

D.M. I enjoy being approached by women I have to admit. Ive very much embraced that and taken the bull by its horns.

B.B. Ive seen you do that.

D.M. There was a bull, remember that night?

B.B. What a night that was!

D.M. You just have to embrace the fact that that is how it is going to be now. But we are quite disarming when people come over, especially if someone is like freaked out by the fact that they are meeting you. I spend as much time with them reminding them that we are just normal people trying to do a job and enjoying ourselves, and I think that is really important. Instead of going "Hey how are you?" I like to say, "Hey how are you doing, whats your name?" and push it more onto them. You do get those kind of weird shaky people, I like them. And when you hold them theyre always kind of hot.

B.B. [laughs] Really?

B.L. And there are people just obsessed with these movies.

B.B. I thought it would be boys, but its not. Its mainly young girls that are obsessed with these movies. Much more girls than boys. (To Dominic) I would approach you if I were a little girl. Id be all shaky and hot. Id give you a lollipop.

D.M. Its kind of freaky. Because there is a part of your brain thinking, "How do I know know this person is meeting me because they want to meet me, or is it just because Im from the films? Are they wondering How many steps to Elijah Wood from Dominic Monaghan?"

"People get Dom and I confused alot. But I never wake up in the morning and think, 'Wow! I'm Dom!'. But, Dom wakes up every morning wishing that he was me." - Billy Boyd