LOSTt fans were in an uproar when reports alleged
that Evangeline Lilly was leaving the show and auditioning for pilots
that could launch this fall.
Her reps were quick to put out that fire, saying the story was absolutely false.
So TVGuide.ca decided to ask the actress herself, and hopefully, fans will be pleased by the answer.
“Why
on Earth would I want to leave the best female role on television, in
my humble opinion?” says Lilly with a laugh. “I’m happy at the show.
The rumour started because the world was bored and they need a little
drama, so they make things up, and that’s it; it’s very simple.”
“For Evangeline, it was great fun because it’s been a long time since I worked with Josh, and it was great to have that reunion,” she reveals. “I was also nervous that they would write something that would undermine Kate’s character.
“The notion that she might come back to the island and start things up with Sawyer again after three years of being involved with Jack, I was very nervous that that would happen and warrant having to justify that. Because I’m the one who has to make that believable, and if you don’t believe it, then it’s hard to make other people believe it. But they didn’t do that.”
Lilly adds, “It’s a very intense thing for both of them; I don’t think Kate realized he was even alive still. The last time she saw him, he had jumped out of a helicopter, was swimming in an ocean, to an island that, minutes later, disappeared.
“So for all intents and purposes, Kate thinks he’s dead. She really is holding out a little measure of hope that he’s alive, but the skeptic and the realist within her is saying he’s dead. So to see him again, more than being intense and romantic, it’s just intense and shocking.” Snippets: Found at and thanks to SpoilersLOST.
Sawyer in the 1970s: Some LOST scoop?
I'm
hearing that he and Jin will be in that fabulously groovy decade for
three whole years and that...wait for it...Jin might speak far better
English now! Hooray for more Daniel Dae Kim screen time and
multisyllabic words!
In re: LOST, are we ever going to see Richard Alpert
in a scene with Mrs. Hawking? I feel like those two are Island gods who
must know each other.
When
we recently spoke to Fionnula Flanagan, she told us that she hasn't had
any scenes yet with Nestor Carbonell, but, "Perhaps I have in some
previous existence, or in some previous materialization of Mrs.
Hawking, but it hasn't come to light yet." You'll note that doesn't
rule out encounters between young Ellie (if that is Mrs. Hawking in an
earlier life) and Richard Alpert in the past.
Source: E! Online
Posted By: The ODI
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