{"id":21246,"date":"2022-01-11T15:49:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/lord-of-the-rings-star-talks-about-playing-a-sadistic-nazi-villain-in-call-of-duty-vanguard\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:49:33","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-star-talks-about-playing-a-sadistic-nazi-villain-in-call-of-duty-vanguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/games\/lord-of-the-rings-star-talks-about-playing-a-sadistic-nazi-villain-in-call-of-duty-vanguard\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Of The Rings Star Talks About Playing A Sadistic Nazi Villain In Call Of Duty: Vanguard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s The Lord of the Rings series as the good-hearted, humble Hobbit Merry, one of the Fellowship&#8217;s nine members. His next role is the sadistic Nazi officer Jannick Richter in Sledgehammer&#8217;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&#8217;t all that different.As an actor, Monaghan said his job is to find the justification for his character&#8217;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.&#8221;Obviously Merry&#8217;s motivation to do things might be a little easier to understand. He&#8217;s trying to help out his friends. He&#8217;s trying to stay alive. And fight for the good guys. And I&#8217;m sure the character I play in Call of Duty, he probably thinks he&#8217;s fighting for the good guys,&#8221; Monaghan said.Monaghan said he couldn&#8217;t give away too many specifics about his Vanguard character to avoid spoilers, but he said Richter is &#8220;paranoid&#8221; and fearful about how the war is going. The only glimpse of Richter we&#8217;ve&#8230; Click below to read the full story from GameSpot<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/lord-of-the-rings-star-talks-about-playing-a-sadistic-nazi-villain-in-call-of-duty-vanguard\/1100-6497613\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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