Being ultra-secretive and mysterious, former Lost star Dominic Monaghan will only say that he is going to be playing Simon on the upcoming ABC television series Flash Forward.

During the Television Critics Association Press Tour, the actor admitted that he was told more, up front, about Lost than he was for this new venture, which he signed on for without even a script. But, he also explained that the draw for him was the great writing and the ability to play a character that was vastly different from his last.

In the pilot episode, a mysterious global event causes everyone to black out simultaneously for two minutes and seventeen seconds, and each person sees a glimpse of their lives six months from now. When they wake up, everyone is left wondering if what they saw will actually happen.
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The video doesn’t feature Dom, but I thought I’d post it anyway because it looks to be quite an interesting show.

Film and television star Dominic Monaghan opened up to ET at Comic-Con in San Diego about his new show “Flash Forward” — and the star also revealed some extreme measures he has had to take to maintain his privacy.

The “Lost” and ‘Lord of The Rings’ star tells ET that although he is grateful for his fans and their support, sometimes when he is in a hurry he has to disguise himself.

“I unfortunately have to get to places on schedule, I don’t do a huge amount of stopping,” he says. “I wear little disguises so I don’t get stopped, but it’s good to feel the love, and good to know people are supportive of projects that I’m involved with. I love coming down to Comic-Con.”

Dominic tells ET what he would like to be able to see about his own future.

“I’d like to meet my kids, see how they’re doing,” he says. “I’d like to know I did all the things that I wanted to do with my folks.”

“Flash Forward” premieres September 24 on ABC.

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At Comic-Con 2009 it was revealed that actor Dominic Monaghan, best known for his role as Charlie in Lost and as the hobbit Meriadoc, or Merry, in The Lord of the Rings movies, has joined the cast of the new sci-fi drama Flash Forward.

Just like his fellow Lost coworker Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet), who now stars in the remake of the alien invasion series V as Erica Evans, Dominic Monaghan will stay on the sci-fi genre with Flash Forward. And British actressSonya Walger, Penny in Lost, will join the fun in Flash Forward as well. Furthermore, all of them will continue working with ABC, network which besides Lost will also air both upcoming shows.

Obviously, being on Lost has absolutely no side effects on actors’ careers, especially when talking science fiction.

Also in the cast of Flash Forward are John Cho, from Star Trek, Joseph Fiennes, star of the movie Shakespeare in Love, and Courtney B. Vance from Law & Order. They will all be characters in a world where the entire population has a flash forward into their future six months of existence during two minutes of global unconsciousness.
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What exactly is ABC’s new show FlashForward about? Worldwide clairvoyance? Disasters? FBI agents? Kangaroos? Co-star Dominic Monaghan best described the show with two simple words.

I seem to agree with the man, the whole thing seems like a total “head f–k.”

The new show will follow the path laif out by Robert J. Sawyer in his original book, but what’s changed in the television version? We asked a few members of the cast to give us some insight into what’s ahead for the story, but no one would (or could) tell us much.

It seems FlashForward really is aiming to be the next easter-egg-heavy show with hidden tidbits everywhere, including easter eggs hidden in one character’s flash.

Dominic Monaghan is appearing on this new would-be Lost replacement, as a man named Simon. But that’s about all he’s got for us, aside from saying it’ll screw with your mind.
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