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Posted on: Sunday, February 4, 2007

Back to 'Lost'

 •  Special: Lost in Hawai'i
 •  Reaping ‘lost’ rewards

By Mike Hughes
Gannett News Service

The cast of Lost. They are, from left, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jorge Garcia, Evangeline Lilly, Naveen Andrews, Josh Holloway, Matthew Fox, Yunjin Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Terry O'Quinn, Henry Ian Cusick and Michael Emerson.

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NEW 'LOST' WEB SITE

The Honolulu Advertiser has launched a new "Lost" in Hawai'i Web site, featuring the latest news, photos and videos of your favorite "Lost" stars.

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• Interviews with stars like Yunjin Kim and Naveen Andrews.

• The inside scoop on the Hawai'i-filmed series.

• Exclusive "Lost" video clips from The Advertiser's archive — and more!

The site also features a new "Lost" blog by Advertiser staff writer and "Lost" fan Caryn Kunz, who will offer her take on the show, which begins 16 straight weeks of all-new episodes on Wednesday.

Check it out now, at honoluluadvertiser.com/specials/lost

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As Season 3 of "Lost" resumes, the writers say, it's moving back to its main story.

When the six-episode stretch ended, Jack (a surgeon) had Ben (leader of The Others) on the operating table. He used that advantage to force the release of Kate and Sawyer.

Everything promptly changes, co-creator Damon Lindelof says, "as a result of what Jack does." Now the original cast will get more screen time.

Along the way, however, fans will get to know these other characters better. They include:

  • Ben, leader of The Others. Michael Emerson was signed to do three episodes and has stayed around. "I always (felt), 'If all goes well, this could turn into something,' " he says.

  • Juliet, another of The Others, with a soft style and a steely soul. "I think she is warm and nurturing," says Elizabeth Mitchell, who plays her. "But she also knows what she has to do."

  • Desmond, the guy who was inexplicably down in the hatch, pushing a button every 108 minutes. More inexplicably, he seems to know something about the future. His story will become clearer in the Feb. 14 episode, says Henry Ian Cusick, who plays him.

    Cusick is a Scotsman who was born in Peru and spent much of his childhood in Trinidad with international playmates along the beach. It may have been the ideal background for his current role. "We have this very international cast," he says.

    "Lost" has a deeply layered story — the kind that is popular in other countries. But "Lost" is done in an epic, U.S. style. "Only in America do you do this," Cusick said. "You learn to do it big."

    For the "Lost" producers, anything is possible. Flashbacks seem to span the globe — Korea, Australia, the U.S. and more. All are filmed in Hawai'i, most on O'ahu.

    For the start of this season "Lost" needed a little, cookie-cutter village where The Others live.

    "That actually is a YMCA camp" (in Mokule'ia), says producer-director Jack Bender.

    "Our production designer was able to make it more Dharma-esque," Bender says, referring to "The Dharma Initiative," a research project begun on the island long before the plane crashed.

    That's the "Lost" style — international angst in the jungle with confusion, hope and despair, plus strangers in a Dharma-esque village. And now the show is returning to its original style.