August 28 2025, 08:15 Lord of the Rings stars have sparked widespread thirst after posting a topless throwback picture, in which fans have declared, “Taking the hobbits to Isengard now has a new meaning.”
The epic fantasy trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien has a thriving LGBTQ+ fanbase, with many perceiving several of the books and movies’ relationships as being queer-coded.
And a throwback image of two hobbits and an elf has sent queer fans into a spiral once again.
The film series’s actor Dominic Monaghan, who played Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in Peter Jackson’s original trilogy, took to Instagram on Wednesday (27 August) to share an image of himself and his co-stars during filming between 2001 and 2003.
The image also sees Billy Boyd, who played Peregrin “Pippin” Took, and Orlando Bloom, who rose to fame as Legolas, in bed together.
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