The Lord of the Rings’ Merry and Pippin Are Launching Their Own Podcast

The Lord of the Rings’ Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd, who played the hobbits Merry and Pippin in all three films, are launching The Friendship Onion – a podcast where they will reveal stories from their time working on the franchise, interview members of the cast and crew, answer fan questions, and much more.

The Friendship Onion will launch on YouTube and Podcast services like Apple Podcasts and Spotify on May 18, 2021, and Monaghan and Boyd have teamed up with Kast Media to make this weekly show a reality.

bb2“I am contractually obliged to make a glowing comment here in regards to the podcast Billy and I are making together. This is proving difficult as Billy has abducted me and is holding me for ransom to the price of 44 bananas. PLEASE, SEND bananas,” said Monaghan.

“Dom took a little persuading, it’s true, but this podcast is going to rock! He is such a joker, you have to love Dom! Ha….but you also have to love bananas, so….yes! send bananas,” said Boyd.

While it doesn’t appear to be a straight rewatch podcast like The Office Ladies or the Scrubs podcast Fake Doctors, Real Friends, it should be worth a listen for fans of Middle-earth as they “as they peel back the layers of their experiences, both in real life and from the screen.”

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.