Dominic Monaghan: I'm a big fan of Hugh

Popwrap recently interviewed Dominic Monaghan (Lost, Lord of the Rings) about his forthcoming movie, I Sell the Dead, and in doing so they also talked his role as Beak in X-Men Origins: Wolverine:

PW: You are also a part of the upcoming “Wolverine” movie; how did that come about?

Dominic: One of my favorite films of the past 5 years is “The Fountain” — it’s just a work of a brilliant mind. So I’ve managed to sit down with [director] Darren Aronofsky over the years and tell him how much I enjoyed the project. I’ve done the same with Rachel Weisz. Hugh Jackman was the one person missing from that equation. So, I’d become friends with a guy at Fox who happened to call me one Thursday saying there was a part for me in the “Wolverine” movie and to call him on Friday after I’d read the script. So I called him Friday morning saying I loved the part and he called me back at 1 p.m. asking if I could be on a plane at 4 p.m.

PW: Just like that!

Dominic: Yep. I flew to Sydney, was there for about nine days of filming. I’m actually going back to do another 10 days in Vancouver at the end of January. It’s a very exciting project. I’m a big fan of Hugh and I think the film will be a great thing to sit back in the cinema and strap on your seat belt and watch this huge beast of a movie explode.

PW: Are the 10 days reshoots or adding in new scenes?

Dominic: We’re doing a bit of both, more than anything else, it’s an additional scene which I would get shot in the head if I told you anything about. But my character features in a huge set piece with Hugh and Liev [Schreiber]. I think the best thing I can tell you is that it’s a flashback scene.