From a peace-loving, humble Hobbit to a Nazi war criminal, Dominic Monaghan embraces a new role.By Eddie Makuch on November 2, 2021 at 12:23PM PDT Actor Dominic Monaghan has serious range. He starred in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings series as the good-hearted, humble Hobbit Merry, one of the Fellowship’s nine members. His next role is the sadistic Nazi officer Jannick Richter in Sledgehammer’s Call of Duty: Vanguard, which releases this Friday, November 5. In an interview with GameSpot, Monaghan told us about how preparing for a character like Merry and Richter actually aren’t all that different.As an actor, Monaghan said his job is to find the justification for his character’s behavior, and then bring that to life. In the case of Merry from The Lord of the Rings, viewers might find it easier to relate to a simple, country-loving Hobbit than, say, a war criminal. But there is a truth at the heart of each character that Monaghan taps into.”Obviously Merry’s motivation to do things might be a little easier to understand. He’s trying to help out his friends. He’s trying to stay alive. And fight for the good guys. And I’m sure the character I play in Call of Duty, he probably thinks he’s fighting for the good guys,” Monaghan said.Monaghan said he couldn’t give away too many specifics about his Vanguard character to avoid spoilers, but he said Richter is “paranoid” and fearful about how the war is going. The only glimpse of Richter we’ve… Click below to read the full story from GameSpot
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Lord Of The Rings Star Talks About Playing A Sadistic Nazi Villain In Call Of Duty: Vanguard
