Monaghan: I love British banter

Dominic Monaghan has confessed he loves working with fellow British actors on new TV drama FlashForward as they can chat about football.

The Lost star plays scientist Simon in the show, which co-stars Jack Davenport and Joseph Fiennes.

Dominic revealed: "You know it's nice to be with Brits because there's a shorthand that they understand - you can talk football and you can talk politics and stuff like that and they know what you're talking about."

He added: "Jack and I have worked together quite a bit and he's an Arsenal fan, which is a real shame, and I'm a Manchester United fan which is obviously brilliant. So we have a lot of conversations about that.

"He's kind of become a whipping boy because, you know, Arsenal are not the team that they used to be and Manchester United continue to be the greatest football team in the world. So it's fine for me right now I'm kind of sitting pretty and we'll see when United play Arsenal - we'll see what kind of camaraderie there is on set."

The 32-year-old actor, who grew up in Manchester, revealed how he keeps his British roots in Hollywood.

He said: "A lot of British TV gets sent over to me on DVD and I watch United week in week out and I fly there for big games and I see my friends. I have Colemans mustard in my house and Branston Pickle and HP sauce and Marmite and stuff like that so I'm still pretty British."

:: FlashForward is on Five on Mondays at 9pm.

Monaghan: I practice being OCD

Dominic Monaghan has revealed he gives himself set tasks to do to help get into the mindset of his obsessive compulsive FlashForward character.

The Lost star plays genius scientist Simon in the new science fiction series FlashForward, who he describes as "a little OCD".

Dominic revealed playing an oddball hasn't been hard, but added: "Although I've done a few things, playing around with the OCD thing - when I leave my house I do a few things just to see what that's like."

He added: "It's fun - you just have to maintain a real level of stillness. There's an air of confidence that comes through that stillness which dictates on the character so it's been a fun ride."

The 32-year-old British star revealed he always loved acting and wanted to ask his parents for an agent for his birthday as a child.

He said: "I knew that I wanted to act when I was about nine or ten. I remember thinking that I wanted to ask my mum and dad for an agent when I was 13 for my birthday, but I chickened out - I probably asked for a Scalextrics instead. but yeah, I always wanted to act."

:: FlashForward, co-starring Jack Davenport and Joseph Fiennes is on Five on Mondays at 9pm.

[Note: Scalextrics]

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