This is just some random interview I read off the internet that was so funny I just had to share it.
Dominic Monaghan: You can see that, right? I think that's very apparent.
Billy Boyd: Yeah. I would say it's more 30, 35 percent.
Dominic Monaghan: No, I think it's great New Zealand can thrive like that. It's a great country to explore. It's got everything. Within the space of a couple of miles, you can go from a mountain to an incredible forest and then drive a little bit more and you're in a desert. You can go to some of the oldest forests in the world and see prehistoric ferns and all that. I don't think I'd have ever gone if I hadn't been involved with Lord of the Rings. I thought it was just like Australia, that kind of desolate landscape. But it's not; the actual flora and fauna are more like England and Europe. It's great. I'm going to buy a house there and end up bringing my kids up there.
Really?
Dominic Monaghan: I don't have kids yet, though.
Billy Boyd: Well, you should do.
Dominic Monaghan: I will do.
Billy Boyd: You're going to have to start working on that.
Dominic Monaghan: I will.
Billy Boyd: Good.
But I guess you get recognized more often at the supermarket and so on.
Billy Boyd: Yeah, you get that, which is kind of weird. You forget sometimes that people have seen you, especially if you're abroad. I find it quite weird to be recognized, say, in Paris. You're used to it in your hometown or in Britain, even.
Dominic Monaghan: I was out walking last night and some kid, some French kid passed Elijah and me and went, "l'anglais!" And I was kind of, what? And he went up to Elijah and said, "l'anglais!" And Elijah was, Huh? And then he said, "l'anglais!" to me and hit me.
Billy Boyd: Are you serious?
Dominic Monaghan: Yeah.
Billy Boyd: Honestly?
Dominic Monaghan: Yeah.
Billy Boyd: What does "l'anglais" mean?
Dominic Monaghan: English. It's that French-English thing. They hate us.
Billy Boyd: They like the Scots, though.
Dominic Monaghan: Yeah.
Billy Boyd: Battle of the Neville's Cross and all that.
Dominic Monaghan: He would have given you a cuddle.
Billy Boyd: Yeah.
Elijah has the ring kept in a box as a sort of souvenir. Did you keep anything from the shoot?
Dominic Monaghan: I have a few feet. I've got a ring as well. And some ears. A few things, the original script and a few books that have been signed by everyone.
Billy Boyd: I have nothing.
No?
Billy Boyd: No. I'm probably the laziest man in the world. So I wouldn't go around getting everyone's signature for the book. I lost the script. I'm just... I never think ahead with these things, you know? I end up back at home and I think, You know, I did that for a year and a half, what have I got? A tattoo.
Dominic Monaghan: Nothing!
Billy Boyd: A tattoo!
Dominic Monaghan: I signed his (butt).
You could get Dom to give you some feet.
Billy Boyd: Yeah.
Dominic Monaghan: No, I'm not giving him anything.
Billy Boyd: Come on.
Dominic Monaghan: No.
Billy Boyd: Come on.
Dominic Monaghan: They wouldn't fit you anyway, they're my feet.
Billy Boyd: Well, steal my feet next time.
Dominic Monaghan: Ok.
Billy Boyd: Thanks.
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