New Interview with Michael Emerson
Here is a new interview with Michael Emerson about next week's episode and the finale.
He discusses what to expect for Ben both off and on island.
Thanks to our friend Jarett from the NY Post for the heads up!
He discusses what to expect for Ben both off and on island.
Thanks to our friend Jarett from the NY Post for the heads up!
Official Lost Audio Podcast - Episode 6.15 - Across The Sea
Thanks to servicx for the heads up.
Why isn’t Kate a candidate? What exactly are the ‘rules’ between Ben and Widmore? All of that and more in this episode! I’m told this is the penultimate podcast.
Source: docartz
Posted by DarkUFO
Why isn’t Kate a candidate? What exactly are the ‘rules’ between Ben and Widmore? All of that and more in this episode! I’m told this is the penultimate podcast.
Source: docartz
Posted by DarkUFO
Latest from Ausiello - 9th April
Update: For those that want to know DarkUFO has posted the answer below.
Leave it to Lost to save Ben’s knottiest twist for last: Sources confirm to me exclusively that next month, the show’s enigmatic puppeteer will find himself mixed up in a most unlikely romance.
“It comes out of nowhere,” says one insider, declining to reveal whether Cupid strikes Ben on the island or in the “sideways” world. “I don’t think anyone will see it coming.”
Then again, as Lost speeds toward its May 23 series finale, it has started to seem as if Cupid is targeting just about everyone. Last week, there was Desmond-Penny’s swoonworthy follow-up to Season 4’s “The Constant,” and next week’s Hurley-centric outing features the return of Cynthia Watros as his ill-fated crush, Libby.
Of course, with great love comes even greater heartbreak. I hear there’s an episode late in the season that will go down as one of the show’s deadliest ever.
Source: EW
Leave it to Lost to save Ben’s knottiest twist for last: Sources confirm to me exclusively that next month, the show’s enigmatic puppeteer will find himself mixed up in a most unlikely romance.
“It comes out of nowhere,” says one insider, declining to reveal whether Cupid strikes Ben on the island or in the “sideways” world. “I don’t think anyone will see it coming.”
Then again, as Lost speeds toward its May 23 series finale, it has started to seem as if Cupid is targeting just about everyone. Last week, there was Desmond-Penny’s swoonworthy follow-up to Season 4’s “The Constant,” and next week’s Hurley-centric outing features the return of Cynthia Watros as his ill-fated crush, Libby.
Of course, with great love comes even greater heartbreak. I hear there’s an episode late in the season that will go down as one of the show’s deadliest ever.
Source: EW
The Official LOST Video Podcast: April 1st, 2010
No had a chance to watch so posting in spoilers just in case.
Michael Emerson discusses Ben's turn towards the light.
Posted by DarkUFO
Michael Emerson discusses Ben's turn towards the light.
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Latest from SCI FI Wire - March 2nd
Creators of ABC's Lost told fans that they're fighting over what goes in and what stays out of the series finale, which they're now writing.
Co-creator and executive producer Damon Lindelof described writing the finale as completing a jigsaw puzzle, and there are only a few pieces left in the box. But the staff still has to be sure which ones they want to put together. "Now we just have to start putting things into place and say, 'Are we sure that that's what we wanted to do?'" Lindelof said over the weekend in interviews before a panel at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif. "'No, let's talk about that a little bit longer. Are we sure that's what we wanted to do? Yes, absolutely. In fact, that's what we have to do, because we set it up two years ago.'"
Lindelof was joined by executive producer Carlton Cuse and cast members. Before the panel, Lindelof, Michael Emerson, director Jack Bender and writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz spoke to a group of reporters and revealed some spoilers for the rest of the sixth and final season.
Bender is prepping to direct the final episode and make it the ultimate episode of Lost. "I'm not viewing it as just an episode," Bender said. "It's the finale, but at the same time, every episode has to be great." Horowitz added that season finales are always different, so this would be the best of the six season finales. "Whenever we've approached a finale, there's a slightly different feel," Horowitz said. "We approach it as two hours instead of one. We're conscious of it as writers of the episodes leading up to it and laying down some things and to pay it off."
♦Emerson said to expect more Sideways Ben, who is a meek schoolteacher. "It's interesting where this thing goes," Emerson said. "We don't go that far with it. It doesn't last that long. I mean, it's the last season. There's little to be done, but it was exciting to play, and I think it has a nice grown-up irony contained in it. He's completely non-manipulative. He is in fact a poor manipulator. It's as if Ben was made up of a bunch of personality blocks, but the blocks got scrambled. Some blocks that used to be big are now little blocks. Some are barely perceptible anymore. It's good that way."
♦Also expect Jacob's motivations to become clear, finally. Lindelof promised answers to Jacob's search for a new "candidate." "We now have information that he had this lighthouse that he was able to see these people, into their lives, and for some reason, whatever reason, he chose them," Lindelof said. "We'll find out what that reason is in the coming weeks, but that's kind of all I can say about it right now."
♦Libby returns! Before the sixth and final season began, Lindelof and Cuse revealed that Cynthia Watros would return as Libby. We haven't seen her yet, but Bender revealed when she's coming. "Probably toward the second half of this season," Bender said. He also hinted that Libby could be in more than one episode. "Yeah, maybe," he teased.
♦As for the new flashes into the sideways universe, Horowitz advised viewers not to get too comfortable with the new format. "That's the format so far," Horowitz said. "We're calling them the Sideways, and that's what this year is. So far, yeah, we're looking at different characters, but as we have in seasons past, we reserve the right to do what we want."
♦You don't know the rules of the Sideways yet: Don't be so sure that the universes are safely independent of one another. "I mean, Charlie died in the island, but he seems to be alive in the Sideways," Lindelof said. "Boone died on the island, he seems to be alive in the Sideways. What happens if you die in the Sideways? That's an interesting question."
♦Who's the mother of Jack's musical prodigy son, David? Julie Bowen, the actor who played Jack's ex-wife in previous flashbacks, told reporters at Paley's Modern Family event that she thinks she's the mom. Others think it could be Juliet. Lindelof is just amused that it has become such a source of speculation.
"If it's relevant to the story who David's mother is, we will answer it," Lindelof said. "But its relevance is yet to be determined. What's relevant to us might not be relevant to you and vice versa. What's irrelevant to us might be very relevant to you, but we're writing our version of the show, and we can't really be put in a position to apologize for it. We'll take our lumps, but at the end of the day, we all know and we've said publicly on many, many occasions that we can't possibly answer every question that people have."
Source: SciFi Wire
Co-creator and executive producer Damon Lindelof described writing the finale as completing a jigsaw puzzle, and there are only a few pieces left in the box. But the staff still has to be sure which ones they want to put together. "Now we just have to start putting things into place and say, 'Are we sure that that's what we wanted to do?'" Lindelof said over the weekend in interviews before a panel at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif. "'No, let's talk about that a little bit longer. Are we sure that's what we wanted to do? Yes, absolutely. In fact, that's what we have to do, because we set it up two years ago.'"
Lindelof was joined by executive producer Carlton Cuse and cast members. Before the panel, Lindelof, Michael Emerson, director Jack Bender and writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz spoke to a group of reporters and revealed some spoilers for the rest of the sixth and final season.
Bender is prepping to direct the final episode and make it the ultimate episode of Lost. "I'm not viewing it as just an episode," Bender said. "It's the finale, but at the same time, every episode has to be great." Horowitz added that season finales are always different, so this would be the best of the six season finales. "Whenever we've approached a finale, there's a slightly different feel," Horowitz said. "We approach it as two hours instead of one. We're conscious of it as writers of the episodes leading up to it and laying down some things and to pay it off."
♦Emerson said to expect more Sideways Ben, who is a meek schoolteacher. "It's interesting where this thing goes," Emerson said. "We don't go that far with it. It doesn't last that long. I mean, it's the last season. There's little to be done, but it was exciting to play, and I think it has a nice grown-up irony contained in it. He's completely non-manipulative. He is in fact a poor manipulator. It's as if Ben was made up of a bunch of personality blocks, but the blocks got scrambled. Some blocks that used to be big are now little blocks. Some are barely perceptible anymore. It's good that way."
♦Also expect Jacob's motivations to become clear, finally. Lindelof promised answers to Jacob's search for a new "candidate." "We now have information that he had this lighthouse that he was able to see these people, into their lives, and for some reason, whatever reason, he chose them," Lindelof said. "We'll find out what that reason is in the coming weeks, but that's kind of all I can say about it right now."
♦Libby returns! Before the sixth and final season began, Lindelof and Cuse revealed that Cynthia Watros would return as Libby. We haven't seen her yet, but Bender revealed when she's coming. "Probably toward the second half of this season," Bender said. He also hinted that Libby could be in more than one episode. "Yeah, maybe," he teased.
♦As for the new flashes into the sideways universe, Horowitz advised viewers not to get too comfortable with the new format. "That's the format so far," Horowitz said. "We're calling them the Sideways, and that's what this year is. So far, yeah, we're looking at different characters, but as we have in seasons past, we reserve the right to do what we want."
♦You don't know the rules of the Sideways yet: Don't be so sure that the universes are safely independent of one another. "I mean, Charlie died in the island, but he seems to be alive in the Sideways," Lindelof said. "Boone died on the island, he seems to be alive in the Sideways. What happens if you die in the Sideways? That's an interesting question."
♦Who's the mother of Jack's musical prodigy son, David? Julie Bowen, the actor who played Jack's ex-wife in previous flashbacks, told reporters at Paley's Modern Family event that she thinks she's the mom. Others think it could be Juliet. Lindelof is just amused that it has become such a source of speculation.
"If it's relevant to the story who David's mother is, we will answer it," Lindelof said. "But its relevance is yet to be determined. What's relevant to us might not be relevant to you and vice versa. What's irrelevant to us might be very relevant to you, but we're writing our version of the show, and we can't really be put in a position to apologize for it. We'll take our lumps, but at the end of the day, we all know and we've said publicly on many, many occasions that we can't possibly answer every question that people have."
Source: SciFi Wire
Episode 6x06 - Teasers from Doc Jensen at EW
Episode 6x06 - Teasers from Doc Jensen at EW
Teasers for 'Sundown' from Doc Jensen:
- 'Sundown' breaks the mold.
- Ben fails to get an answer out of an old ally
- Dogen remembers his son
- Sayid makes a housecall
Source: EW
Teasers for 'Sundown' from Doc Jensen:
- 'Sundown' breaks the mold.
- Ben fails to get an answer out of an old ally
- Dogen remembers his son
- Sayid makes a housecall
Source: EW
Episode 6x07 Dr. Linus - Early Sneak Peek Leaked
Looks like TV.com has posted a sneak peek for NEXT week's episode 6x07 Dr. Linus
It is a scene with Ben running through the jungle meeting up with Ilana, Frank and Sun.
The Clip reveals a MAJOR Spoiler so do not watch unless you want to know.
It is a scene with Ben running through the jungle meeting up with Ilana, Frank and Sun.
The Clip reveals a MAJOR Spoiler so do not watch unless you want to know.
Latest from Ausiello - 28th Feb 2010
Thanks to John for the following summary of spoilers from last nights Lost Panel.
The answer is “yes” to the following:
Will Richard and Ilana exchange some words soon? Will we see another painting by Bender?
Do some of the characters’ last names have significance, particularly Jack’s?
Is Jack married to someone we’ve met before?
Was Jacob telling the truth when he said someone was coming to the island?
Will we learn more about Hurley and Libby’s connection?
Will we see Vincent and Charlie again? Will we learn if Desmond was really on the plane?
The answer is “no” to the following:
Will we get a conclusion to the story of Ben’s love, Annie?
Do the purple circles in Bender’s mural mean anything?
Did Juliet’s ex-husband get killed by a smoke bus?
Will there be a DVD release of the show in chronological order?
The answer is “maybe” to the following:
Will the Hurley bird be explained? Will we see Walt again?
The answer is “no comment” to the following:
Will we learn why women can’t have babies on the island?
Radio silence: After being bombarded with questions about the show for six years, Cuse said they do not plan on commenting on the series finale after it airs.
Final spoiler from Lindelof: “Water.”
Source: EW
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The answer is “yes” to the following:
Will Richard and Ilana exchange some words soon? Will we see another painting by Bender?
Do some of the characters’ last names have significance, particularly Jack’s?
Is Jack married to someone we’ve met before?
Was Jacob telling the truth when he said someone was coming to the island?
Will we learn more about Hurley and Libby’s connection?
Will we see Vincent and Charlie again? Will we learn if Desmond was really on the plane?
The answer is “no” to the following:
Will we get a conclusion to the story of Ben’s love, Annie?
Do the purple circles in Bender’s mural mean anything?
Did Juliet’s ex-husband get killed by a smoke bus?
Will there be a DVD release of the show in chronological order?
The answer is “maybe” to the following:
Will the Hurley bird be explained? Will we see Walt again?
The answer is “no comment” to the following:
Will we learn why women can’t have babies on the island?
Radio silence: After being bombarded with questions about the show for six years, Cuse said they do not plan on commenting on the series finale after it airs.
Final spoiler from Lindelof: “Water.”
Source: EW
Posted by DarkUFO
Latest Season 6 Spoilers via Paley Center Festival
Here is a breakdown of the Paley Center Panel with the LOST cast and crew.
Thanks to NoOne for the heads up and E! Online for the details.
NOTE: There are details of a sneak peek that was shown as well.
1. Jack's baby momma (mother of David Shephard in the flash-sideways world) IS somebody we've met before. Juliet? Kate? Sara? Hmm...
2. We probably will see Walt again. "[Malcolm David Kelley] absolutely would still be on the show," Carlton Cuse said, "but the actor aged." Damon Lindelof: "We are working on a way to bring Walt back before Lost is all said and done."
3. Damon: "Ilana and Richard will say things to each other and about each other in the future."
4. Terry O'Quinn is "playing a guy who we're not going to see until the finale." (Eeeee!)
5. Someone IS coming to the island.
6. Matthew Abbadon will not return.
7. We will get an answer to Libby and Hurley and their connection in the past.
8. Vincent will be back.
9. The finale is being written right now. Episode 15 was just shot this week in Hawaii.
10. Damon says there's no need for an island to have a Lost-themed ride at Disney World: "Just put people in a black room, spin them around and punch them in the face and tell them 'You just had the Lost experience.'"
11. Will we find out if there really was a bird on the island that said "Hurley" as it flew by? "That is on our list of things to explain."
12. When asked if we'll find out what happened to Annie, Ben's childhood sweetheart, Carlton says "We don't want to say. Probably not."
13. The gang's back together! While answering an unrelated Q, Terry O'Quinn mentioned: "A whole bunch of the cast is working together again."
14. There will be more for Charlie fans.
15. Alan Dale aka Charles Widmore will return.
16. Whether Jacob actually ever furnished a list of candidates to Ben or The Others is speculative...and might have been Ben lying to get the surgery from Jack.
17. A clip was shown for next week's episode in which Sayid says "apparently, I'm evil," Miles tells Sayid he was dead and says "Whatever brought you back it wasn't them (Temple people)," and Claire storms into the Temple telling Dogen that "He" wants to talk to him.
Check back later for exclusive interviews with the cast and producers of Lost, and Modern Family too.
In the meantime, what does this all mean for the very end? How does the whole cast come together again? Discuss!
Source: E! Online
Thanks to NoOne for the heads up and E! Online for the details.
NOTE: There are details of a sneak peek that was shown as well.
1. Jack's baby momma (mother of David Shephard in the flash-sideways world) IS somebody we've met before. Juliet? Kate? Sara? Hmm...
2. We probably will see Walt again. "[Malcolm David Kelley] absolutely would still be on the show," Carlton Cuse said, "but the actor aged." Damon Lindelof: "We are working on a way to bring Walt back before Lost is all said and done."
3. Damon: "Ilana and Richard will say things to each other and about each other in the future."
4. Terry O'Quinn is "playing a guy who we're not going to see until the finale." (Eeeee!)
5. Someone IS coming to the island.
6. Matthew Abbadon will not return.
7. We will get an answer to Libby and Hurley and their connection in the past.
8. Vincent will be back.
9. The finale is being written right now. Episode 15 was just shot this week in Hawaii.
10. Damon says there's no need for an island to have a Lost-themed ride at Disney World: "Just put people in a black room, spin them around and punch them in the face and tell them 'You just had the Lost experience.'"
11. Will we find out if there really was a bird on the island that said "Hurley" as it flew by? "That is on our list of things to explain."
12. When asked if we'll find out what happened to Annie, Ben's childhood sweetheart, Carlton says "We don't want to say. Probably not."
13. The gang's back together! While answering an unrelated Q, Terry O'Quinn mentioned: "A whole bunch of the cast is working together again."
14. There will be more for Charlie fans.
15. Alan Dale aka Charles Widmore will return.
16. Whether Jacob actually ever furnished a list of candidates to Ben or The Others is speculative...and might have been Ben lying to get the surgery from Jack.
17. A clip was shown for next week's episode in which Sayid says "apparently, I'm evil," Miles tells Sayid he was dead and says "Whatever brought you back it wasn't them (Temple people)," and Claire storms into the Temple telling Dogen that "He" wants to talk to him.
Check back later for exclusive interviews with the cast and producers of Lost, and Modern Family too.
In the meantime, what does this all mean for the very end? How does the whole cast come together again? Discuss!
Source: E! Online
Michael Emerson Interview with GQ
Thanks to VerucaBoy and Rosalind. Here are some spoilery tidbits.
So how much filming do you have left?
Four episodes; a little less than two months. I came to Hawaii this weekend for a Vanity Fair photo shoot but I'm going back to L.A. tomorrow—they don't need me for another ten days. I've had three episodes off, which is really unusual...
He said with a Ben Linus-ian sense of foreboding?
No, no, I'm not done or anything like that; it's just that my storyline...they have other fish to fry for a while.
And I'm sure there are some classic Benjamin moments left for us.
The eulogy was one, but there's some priceless stuff coming up. In three or four weeks, people will think differently about Ben.
Are we going to learn any more about these rules Ben and Charles Widmore talked about?
I haven't seen anything, and that's always been a big question in my mind. What the heck was the contest? What were the rules? I think the rules are among the big, final reveal. If we see that answered, that's a finale answer, I think.
Have you filmed another Ben/Widmore faceoff?
No, I haven't, but I expect it imminently. That battle is unfinished. The first scene with those two, that's definitely in my top five.
Read the full interview at GQ
So how much filming do you have left?
Four episodes; a little less than two months. I came to Hawaii this weekend for a Vanity Fair photo shoot but I'm going back to L.A. tomorrow—they don't need me for another ten days. I've had three episodes off, which is really unusual...
He said with a Ben Linus-ian sense of foreboding?
No, no, I'm not done or anything like that; it's just that my storyline...they have other fish to fry for a while.
And I'm sure there are some classic Benjamin moments left for us.
The eulogy was one, but there's some priceless stuff coming up. In three or four weeks, people will think differently about Ben.
Are we going to learn any more about these rules Ben and Charles Widmore talked about?
I haven't seen anything, and that's always been a big question in my mind. What the heck was the contest? What were the rules? I think the rules are among the big, final reveal. If we see that answered, that's a finale answer, I think.
Have you filmed another Ben/Widmore faceoff?
No, I haven't, but I expect it imminently. That battle is unfinished. The first scene with those two, that's definitely in my top five.
Read the full interview at GQ
Episode 6.04 - The Substitute - Teasers from EW
Thanks to Steve for the following.
The "Totally Lost" videos are up for the week.
Teaser #1 for “The Substitute”
John finally gets to meet the big man upstairs
Teaser #2 for “The Substitute”
UnLocke doesn’t leave Richard Alpert hanging
Teaser #3 for “The Substitute”
Sawyer gets drunk on raw power
Teaser #4 for “The Substitute”
Benjamin Linus learns that if you’re going to kill someone…
…you’re obligated to say something nice
You can see the video here.
The "Totally Lost" videos are up for the week.
Teaser #1 for “The Substitute”
John finally gets to meet the big man upstairs
Teaser #2 for “The Substitute”
UnLocke doesn’t leave Richard Alpert hanging
Teaser #3 for “The Substitute”
Sawyer gets drunk on raw power
Teaser #4 for “The Substitute”
Benjamin Linus learns that if you’re going to kill someone…
…you’re obligated to say something nice
You can see the video here.
LOST Season 6 - Episode 6.01 LA X - New Verizon Sneak Peek
Update: 31st Jan Thanks to Brent for the heads up. Here is the HQ Version.
LOST Season 6 - Episode 6.01 LA X - New Verizon Sneak Peek
LOST Season 6 - Episode 6.01 LA X - New Verizon Sneak Peek
New Michael Emerson Interview
Thanks to Molliva for the heads up. Here are the spoilery parts.
So you are filming right now? Is this an okay time to talk?
We were just shooting a scene with a huge explosion in it. They load all this wood and sawdust in these cannons and shoot them with a giant blast of smoke and stuff, and it just poured down on us, and we're all covered in sawdust.
How much more do you have left?
We are shooting the twelfth episode of eighteen, so there's six more episodes to shoot.
I imagine there isn't much you can even say about what is happening.
I know certain plot developments just because I've shot now more than ten episodes. But honestly, I don't think there are any actors on the show that would say they know what's going on or where we're heading. I thought when we filmed this final season, that I would be able to see the end coming, that things would begin to wrap up or the various threads of the story would begin to knit together. But the contrary has been true: the show just continues to tackle more and more new events. There's a whole new storytelling device at work this season. I can't tell where we're going, and how it will end is anybody's guess.
Does that make it more exciting to be there?
Yeah. It's just the way it always has been. We don't get scripts until usually the day before we shoot them, so we're always in the dark about what developments are coming. I won't say that there haven't been big resolutions of issues in the show. Bit by bit a bunch of stuff is falling into place and being explained. At the same time, new questions continue to arise. It's interesting.
What is it like to get the script each week? Are you just sitting there thinking "oh my god!"
You want to hurry up and read it because you want to see what you have to do. And you want to see if there's stunts or something terrible, or if your character does something terrible.
So what do you think fans should be thinking about as they approach this final season?
I think the passionate fans are going to bring to it what they've always brought to it, and that'll be appropriate. Lost will continue to do the things it's always done. There's no quantum change in the way we tell the story, but there are, like I say, amazing new developments and [an] additional narrative complication that is stunning, thought-provoking. It keeps expanding. It's like the universe, and it's always growing outward and larger. (Laughs)
Very cryptic. What do you think you will miss the least about doing this show?
Combat. Guns. The physical stuff. It's hard and you cannot avoid getting hurt.
So most of the remaining questions I have at this point are of the "are we going to see this again?" variety.
You will see characters that you thought were long gone. And you're going to start to see - already we're starting to have casualties. As we get closer to the end, I guess it's obvious that not everybody is going to get out of it alive. In fact, we were talking today because there's a shocking event in the episode we're filming, and it made us all think, "Oh wow, nobody's safe on this show." Who's next, and how many are going to drop every episode from now until the end. In different, shocking ways. Now I'm thinking, "wow, how close to the end will Ben get? Will he go all the way?"
I do have a few questions about Ben's backstory, still. For example, I've always been interested in an idea of a flashback to the Henry Gale days to see him get kidnapped again, to see if there was more happening there.
I used to hope that Ben's backstory would get fleshed out more. His childhood. I always hoped that the mass killing of the Dharma Initiative would be put in a new context. I always thought that we would find that someone else had survived the Dharma Initiative massacre, and that Ben was connected to them somehow. Remember there was a doll that Ben used to carry with him - a little carved wooden figure. And I always thought we're going to go there. We're going to explain that figure. But now, we're too close to the end. Some stuff just falls by the wayside, and it will be forever a tantalizing mystery. But I'm at peace with that. I don't think we are under any obligation to answer everything. Just to give satisfaction.
Full interview @ The Phoenix
So you are filming right now? Is this an okay time to talk?
We were just shooting a scene with a huge explosion in it. They load all this wood and sawdust in these cannons and shoot them with a giant blast of smoke and stuff, and it just poured down on us, and we're all covered in sawdust.
How much more do you have left?
We are shooting the twelfth episode of eighteen, so there's six more episodes to shoot.
I imagine there isn't much you can even say about what is happening.
I know certain plot developments just because I've shot now more than ten episodes. But honestly, I don't think there are any actors on the show that would say they know what's going on or where we're heading. I thought when we filmed this final season, that I would be able to see the end coming, that things would begin to wrap up or the various threads of the story would begin to knit together. But the contrary has been true: the show just continues to tackle more and more new events. There's a whole new storytelling device at work this season. I can't tell where we're going, and how it will end is anybody's guess.
Does that make it more exciting to be there?
Yeah. It's just the way it always has been. We don't get scripts until usually the day before we shoot them, so we're always in the dark about what developments are coming. I won't say that there haven't been big resolutions of issues in the show. Bit by bit a bunch of stuff is falling into place and being explained. At the same time, new questions continue to arise. It's interesting.
What is it like to get the script each week? Are you just sitting there thinking "oh my god!"
You want to hurry up and read it because you want to see what you have to do. And you want to see if there's stunts or something terrible, or if your character does something terrible.
So what do you think fans should be thinking about as they approach this final season?
I think the passionate fans are going to bring to it what they've always brought to it, and that'll be appropriate. Lost will continue to do the things it's always done. There's no quantum change in the way we tell the story, but there are, like I say, amazing new developments and [an] additional narrative complication that is stunning, thought-provoking. It keeps expanding. It's like the universe, and it's always growing outward and larger. (Laughs)
Very cryptic. What do you think you will miss the least about doing this show?
Combat. Guns. The physical stuff. It's hard and you cannot avoid getting hurt.
So most of the remaining questions I have at this point are of the "are we going to see this again?" variety.
You will see characters that you thought were long gone. And you're going to start to see - already we're starting to have casualties. As we get closer to the end, I guess it's obvious that not everybody is going to get out of it alive. In fact, we were talking today because there's a shocking event in the episode we're filming, and it made us all think, "Oh wow, nobody's safe on this show." Who's next, and how many are going to drop every episode from now until the end. In different, shocking ways. Now I'm thinking, "wow, how close to the end will Ben get? Will he go all the way?"
I do have a few questions about Ben's backstory, still. For example, I've always been interested in an idea of a flashback to the Henry Gale days to see him get kidnapped again, to see if there was more happening there.
I used to hope that Ben's backstory would get fleshed out more. His childhood. I always hoped that the mass killing of the Dharma Initiative would be put in a new context. I always thought that we would find that someone else had survived the Dharma Initiative massacre, and that Ben was connected to them somehow. Remember there was a doll that Ben used to carry with him - a little carved wooden figure. And I always thought we're going to go there. We're going to explain that figure. But now, we're too close to the end. Some stuff just falls by the wayside, and it will be forever a tantalizing mystery. But I'm at peace with that. I don't think we are under any obligation to answer everything. Just to give satisfaction.
Full interview @ The Phoenix
New Michael Emerson Interview with TV Guide
TVGuide.com: Is there any chance of seeing Annie again?
TVGuide.com: I had this discussion with [Terry O'Quinn] the other day. I said some of these plot lines are just going to go away unanswered, like the little carved figure that Ben keeps with him as a grownup. We haven't touched on that in two seasons now and I just fear that who Annie was, I don't think we're ever going to know. I think that's going to be one of the loose ends.
TVGuide.com: Everyone has been mum's the word about the final season of Lost, but executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse did reveal that Michael and Libby were returning.
Emerson: It may not be as big a gift or spoiler from the producers as you might think. I don't know in what form or how much of those characters you're going to get.
TVGuide.com: Michael was working as your mole on the ship until it blew up.
Emerson: Yeah, he was someone's mole. I suppose [the question of whether he died on the freighter] will be answered in Season 6.
TVGuide.com: Do you think fans will be satisfied with the final season of Lost?
Emerson: Some will, some won't, I'm sure. That was bound to be, no matter what the ending is. There will be argument about it ... I have high hopes for it being one of those things where you go, "Oh my God, yeah!" or "Oh, it's been that all along. I never knew what I was looking at until now." I hope it's a thing that sends us back to Season 1 and makes us start looking at it all over again with new eyes.
Source: Full Interview @ TV Guide
TVGuide.com: I had this discussion with [Terry O'Quinn] the other day. I said some of these plot lines are just going to go away unanswered, like the little carved figure that Ben keeps with him as a grownup. We haven't touched on that in two seasons now and I just fear that who Annie was, I don't think we're ever going to know. I think that's going to be one of the loose ends.
TVGuide.com: Everyone has been mum's the word about the final season of Lost, but executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse did reveal that Michael and Libby were returning.
Emerson: It may not be as big a gift or spoiler from the producers as you might think. I don't know in what form or how much of those characters you're going to get.
TVGuide.com: Michael was working as your mole on the ship until it blew up.
Emerson: Yeah, he was someone's mole. I suppose [the question of whether he died on the freighter] will be answered in Season 6.
TVGuide.com: Do you think fans will be satisfied with the final season of Lost?
Emerson: Some will, some won't, I'm sure. That was bound to be, no matter what the ending is. There will be argument about it ... I have high hopes for it being one of those things where you go, "Oh my God, yeah!" or "Oh, it's been that all along. I never knew what I was looking at until now." I hope it's a thing that sends us back to Season 1 and makes us start looking at it all over again with new eyes.
Source: Full Interview @ TV Guide
Sixth Day of LOST-Mas via Kristin - Life and Death
As we've already posted a while ago, the answers to Kristin's "spoilers" are 1) Sayid and 2) Charlie
Here is here post though:
We already know John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) is dead—and we are über-pissed at Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) for doing the deed—but could another Lostie be joining Locke very soon in the mysterious island show's ever-growing body count?
When Lost returns Feb. 2 to ABC, there are more than a few stomach-churning surprises in store, and our latest dish (as part of the 12 Days of Lost-mas) involves the life-or-death fates of two Losties we love.
Word of warning: This is the final season. So anyone can be killed off.
Read on for the dish...
According to my spies, the following statements are both true:
1) One Lostie we've known for a long time (a dark, handsome and mysterious someone) will die within the first four hours in the first shocking death of the year.
2) Another Lostie we've known and loved since day one of season one will come this close to dying—at his own hands—but the good doctor (Matthew Fox's Jack Shephard) will save him.
Who will die? Who will nearly take his own life?
Source: E!Online
Here is here post though:
We already know John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) is dead—and we are über-pissed at Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) for doing the deed—but could another Lostie be joining Locke very soon in the mysterious island show's ever-growing body count?
When Lost returns Feb. 2 to ABC, there are more than a few stomach-churning surprises in store, and our latest dish (as part of the 12 Days of Lost-mas) involves the life-or-death fates of two Losties we love.
Word of warning: This is the final season. So anyone can be killed off.
Read on for the dish...
According to my spies, the following statements are both true:
1) One Lostie we've known for a long time (a dark, handsome and mysterious someone) will die within the first four hours in the first shocking death of the year.
2) Another Lostie we've known and loved since day one of season one will come this close to dying—at his own hands—but the good doctor (Matthew Fox's Jack Shephard) will save him.
Who will die? Who will nearly take his own life?
Source: E!Online
Latest from Kristin - 24th Dec
Thanks to NoOne for the heads up.
For a good five seasons now, Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson) has been one of the most sping-tingling, blood-curling "bad guys" on television, and certainly the most creeptastic "Other" on ABC's Lost.
But that's about to change in the upcoming final season, starting Feb. 2, because there's a new Baddie on Lost who will make Ben Linus look more like the wimpy Peanuts character with whom he shares a name.
So who is this terrifying and awesome new Big Bad? What has he done and how will you see him?
As our 12 Days of Lost-mas--in which we stuff your stockings with spoilery goodies--continues, here are three true things I can tell you about the New Big Bad.
He:
Killed **h*.
Killed ***o*.
Is *h* **o** *****e*.
Wants to "g* **m*."
Again, this time, all three of these things are true. Your job is to decifer the missing letters...
Source: E!Online
For a good five seasons now, Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson) has been one of the most sping-tingling, blood-curling "bad guys" on television, and certainly the most creeptastic "Other" on ABC's Lost.
But that's about to change in the upcoming final season, starting Feb. 2, because there's a new Baddie on Lost who will make Ben Linus look more like the wimpy Peanuts character with whom he shares a name.
So who is this terrifying and awesome new Big Bad? What has he done and how will you see him?
As our 12 Days of Lost-mas--in which we stuff your stockings with spoilery goodies--continues, here are three true things I can tell you about the New Big Bad.
He:
Killed **h*.
Killed ***o*.
Is *h* **o** *****e*.
Wants to "g* **m*."
Again, this time, all three of these things are true. Your job is to decifer the missing letters...
Source: E!Online
Filming Update - 16th December
Thanks to PF108 for the update.
Police Beach is one of the original Lostie camps (I think, I know it's a common site for them). In this scene are Ben, Locke, Widmore, some guy named Shamus (who I have heard there named before on Island, but never paid much attention to because I didn't know who they were). Also in this scene are 4 scientist (extras).
Source: PF108@DarkUFO
Police Beach is one of the original Lostie camps (I think, I know it's a common site for them). In this scene are Ben, Locke, Widmore, some guy named Shamus (who I have heard there named before on Island, but never paid much attention to because I didn't know who they were). Also in this scene are 4 scientist (extras).
Source: PF108@DarkUFO
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