Former Lost, Lord of The Rings and FlashForward star Dominic Monaghan has spoken about the demise of FlashForward.
In a recent interview he told how he got involved in the show:
"I met with the creators and they asked me, 'what do you want to do next?' I responded by telling them I wanted to play someone drastically different from the last character I played. I wrote down all the new things I wanted to do and they fashioned the idea of Simon (Campos - his FlashForward character) so it was difficult to say no at that point as they had done everything I had asked.
"I read the pilot and I didn't think that there was anything that I could do, although I did like the project. I told them that I liked the pilot but couldn't play an American because I wouldn't play the part as well as an American actor so they then wrote Simon."
He also told of his shock that the show got cancelled...
"I was out for dinner with a few cast members when one of the creators turned up and told us. We were all really sad and disappointed. I think there is a lot of reasons why it got cancelled but I don't think it had anything to do with ratings. Issues at ABC and changes with the show meant it went the way it did. We were sad that it went that way and I felt bad for the creators who had a lot more invested in it than we did.
"It did quite well in other countries and for shows to do as well as FlashForward did and then get cancelled in America really didn't follow through. The changes didn't fill anyone with a huge amount of confidence that the show was doing okay and I think that is why it was cancelled."
