After the Rings trilogy ended, Monaghan didn’t just sit around eating second breakfast. He dove headfirst into the wild world of extreme bug hunting. Yes, you read that right. He co-hosted a show called Wild Things, where he traveled the globe to find the most terrifying insects on Earth.
Imagine Merry from the Shire suddenly grabbing a giant centipede with his bare hands. That’s basically his post-hobbit career. He once let a tarantula crawl across his face on live TV, and he laughed like a man who’d just discovered a new kind of pipe-weed. Tolkien would be proud, and probably a bit nauseated.
But wait—there’s more. Monaghan also became a competitive rock-paper-scissors champion. (I’m not joking; look it up.) He once won a tournament in Las Vegas, which is the most “Merry” thing a human could possibly do. It’s like he took the hobbit’s love of games and turned it into a side hustle.
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Now, let’s talk about the friendship that launched a thousand memes. Monaghan and Elijah Wood (who played Frodo) are real-life besties who call each other “brother.” They’ve filmed countless silly videos together, including one where they reenact famous movie scenes while riding a tiny tricycle.
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Their bond is so intense that fans started a rumor they were secretly married. Monaghan responded by saying, “We’re not married, but we did adopt a cat together.” (He was joking, but honestly, I’d watch that reality show.)
One time, during a Lord of the Rings cast interview, Monaghan casually revealed that he and Wood once shared a bed in a hotel for an entire week. When the interviewer gasped, Monaghan shrugged and said, “We were broke and it was cold.” That’s hobbit logic: practical, cozy, and slightly inappropriate.
