There's been an aura of mystery surrounding Dominic Monaghan's role in ABC's ensemble drama series FlashForward, which kicks off later this month.Monaghan (Lost), of course, doesn't appear in the pilot episode of FlashForward so it's been rather tricky to glean intel about just what role his character, Simon, will play in the grand scheme of things within the world of the series.
But a newly released clip would seem to indicate that Simon is somehow connected to Jack Davenport's Lloyd Simcoe. In fact, Simon even goes so far as to refer to Lloyd as his partner. Hmmm...
But don't take my word for it. The brief clip from FlashForward featuring Dominic Monaghan, Jack Davenport, and Joseph Fiennes (Brits unite!) can be seen below.
FlashForward launches Thursday, September 24th at 8 pm ET/PT on ABC.
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Fiennes, Davenport and Monaghan are great actors - you only have to look at their work in Shakespeare in Love, This Life and Lost respectively to see their talent and I do not see a fraction of that here. The chemistry between them is lacking and the scene has an artificial, rehearsed feel.
Fiennes needs to work on his accent and intimidation skills, Davenport on his sense of being intimidated and Dom, you need a much cooler entrance - fair play, you're not helped by the line "My name's Simon" following on from "Give me a name", but please don't enter in a stagey, cocky fashion, as you do here. The promo music does not help either.
Excited just to see the little bit of his role!
I could go on about how I think the rest of the series will pan out but I think it would only bore you....
Don't get me wrong it did entertain me for an hour, so I'm not ready to give up on it just yet (if only to see if my predictions are correct). However unlike LOST and HEROES it didn't have me sitting on the edge of my seat desperately wanting to know what happens next.