THE LORD OF THE RINGS - MONAGHAN WAS EMBARRASSED ABOUT ACTING DREAMS

THE LORD OF THE RINGS star DOMINIC MONAGHAN was initially embarrassed about his ambitions to become an actor - because he was scared his pals would brand him a homosexual.

The British actor admits he wanted to perform on the screen for a long time before he actually revealed his ambitions.

He says, "I always wanted to be an actor, but there was an embarrassing element to it. Maybe it was from this English stereotype of, 'If you're an actor, you're a homosexual,' which is a strange thing."