Post by Forever Xena on May 18, 2006 10:37:51 GMT -6
Word on the Lost Season Finale
Source: Newsweek May 15, 2006
"We are going to tell you why the plane crashed," Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse tells Newsweek of the season finale. "We're going to explain what happens if you don't push the button. And we're going to resolve the Michael-and-Walt story." Just as last year's finale expanded our scope of the island's boundaries, this year's will expand its relevance, writes the magazine in an interview with the cast of the ABC hit drama.
Newsweek also talked to the cast about what it's like working on the series. "It's tough being involved in a shoot with a large cast," says Dominic Monaghan. "Just the sheer politics can drag you down. So-and-so is not getting screen time. So-and-so is not showing up on time. So-and-so isn't behaving well on set. That's the toughest thing-coming home and going, Well, I behaved OK, but three or four people didn't." "We're like brothers and sisters," says Evangeline Lilly. "There are days when you want to thank them for being in your life, and there are days when you want to punch them in the face."
You'd better behave on Lost -- no network TV show has ever killed off so many major characters so early in its run. The actors know they're vulnerable- in an early version of the pilot, the producers had planned to kill Jack and changed their minds only when Stephen McPherson, now the president of ABC Entertainment, talked them out of it. Do the actors worry about their fates? "Sure, I'll be out of a good job," says Terry O'Quinn. "I don't think there's any person on this show who is not expendable. If I said they didn't have the nerve to kill me, I'd be some kind of fool, wouldn't I?"
Fans are warned not to try to connect every plotlet. "We never promised that there would be a unified-field theory of 'Lost'," says Damon Lindelof, who created the show with J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Alias). "You'll get many small answers along the way, and ultimately you will understand this island, but all those answers might not necessarily be reduced to a simple one- sentence explanation." Until then, all you conspiracy theorists-just enjoy the trip, and get lost.
Read the entire story at Newsweek.
Source: Newsweek May 15, 2006
"We are going to tell you why the plane crashed," Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse tells Newsweek of the season finale. "We're going to explain what happens if you don't push the button. And we're going to resolve the Michael-and-Walt story." Just as last year's finale expanded our scope of the island's boundaries, this year's will expand its relevance, writes the magazine in an interview with the cast of the ABC hit drama.
Newsweek also talked to the cast about what it's like working on the series. "It's tough being involved in a shoot with a large cast," says Dominic Monaghan. "Just the sheer politics can drag you down. So-and-so is not getting screen time. So-and-so is not showing up on time. So-and-so isn't behaving well on set. That's the toughest thing-coming home and going, Well, I behaved OK, but three or four people didn't." "We're like brothers and sisters," says Evangeline Lilly. "There are days when you want to thank them for being in your life, and there are days when you want to punch them in the face."
You'd better behave on Lost -- no network TV show has ever killed off so many major characters so early in its run. The actors know they're vulnerable- in an early version of the pilot, the producers had planned to kill Jack and changed their minds only when Stephen McPherson, now the president of ABC Entertainment, talked them out of it. Do the actors worry about their fates? "Sure, I'll be out of a good job," says Terry O'Quinn. "I don't think there's any person on this show who is not expendable. If I said they didn't have the nerve to kill me, I'd be some kind of fool, wouldn't I?"
Fans are warned not to try to connect every plotlet. "We never promised that there would be a unified-field theory of 'Lost'," says Damon Lindelof, who created the show with J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Alias). "You'll get many small answers along the way, and ultimately you will understand this island, but all those answers might not necessarily be reduced to a simple one- sentence explanation." Until then, all you conspiracy theorists-just enjoy the trip, and get lost.
Read the entire story at Newsweek.