Saving Jack
Matthew Fox,TV
Lost
In the beginning, the character of Jack was going to be killed off halfway through the pilot. However, proofreaders were against this turn in the story and a week before filming began it was decided that Jack was to be kept in. \'You want an actor and someone you can believe in and Jack is that character,\' said executive producer JJ Abrams
Fox\'s lucky break
Matthew Fox,TV,celebrity news
Lost
Michael Keaton was going to play Jack, but once it was decided that Jack was not going to die, Mr Keaton was no longer the man for the job as he only really wanted a guest star cameo part
Engine noise
TV,celebrity news
Lost
Parts of the crashed plane were shipped back to America and can be heard being used as percussion instruments in the show\'s score
Feel the force...
TV,celebrity news
Lost
It was a vintage Star Wars T-shirt that bonded executive producers Damon Lindelof and J J Abrams. J J Abrams instantly thought Damon (who was wearing the T-shirt) was someone he should be friends with and a beautiful (and successful) friendship was born
Scaring the locals
TV,celebrity news
Lost
The plane came to the island of Oahu for shooting the series on three separate boats, and once arrived was strewn over a quarter of a mile. It looked so harrowing and so realistic that the crew had to put signs up to warn the locals that it was a film set
Don\'t I know you from somewhere?
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Greg Grunberg
The pilot of the plane that gets mauled by the monster in the first episode of \'Lost\', Greg Grunberg, has appeared in many JJ Abrams projects. He plays Eric Weiss in spy thriller series \'Alias\', Sean in \'Felicity\', a college romance, and will be appearing in JJ\'s new project \'The Catch\'. a drama about bounty hunters
(Not) seeing red
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Lost
Did you notice that in the plane crash scenes, there was no other red visable on screen apart from the blood? Red was not included in the plane logo and no one wore red clothes because the producers didn\'t want the scene to be too gruesome
Here comes the rain again
TV,celebrity news
Lost
Flash floods during the filming of the pilot drenched all the lights the crew were using. Someone was quickly dispatched to buy as many hair-dryers as Hawaii had to offer to dry out the equipment and save the day!
The curse of the red shorts
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Lost
The cast and crew were convinced that JJ\'s red Bermuda shorts were cursed and they blamed them for everything that went wrong whilst filming. On the last day of filming the first series, they burnt the shorts in a ritual in order to banish the \'bad weather demons\' that had cursed them
Grin and bear it
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Lost
JJ Abrams was desperate not to use a CGI polar bear in the pilot episode, stating, \'I promise you there will not be a computer polar bear in this show.\' A polar bear puppet was created for the scenes, however it looked ridiculous and not at all scary, especially when fans freeze-framed the scene and put it on the internet. JJ succumbed and turned to the powers of technology
Say cheese
Matthew Fox,TV,celebrity news
Lost cast
Matthew Fox created a photo book for the crew as a gift. He was inspired by Jeff Bridges who always creates one for each of his films
Please don\'t feed the animals
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Lost
Hawaiian boars are only aggressive when they are hungry. Unfortunately the extras spent all day feeding them so when it came for them to run through the jungle, they refused to move. CGI boars had to be created and later on boars were imported from mainland America
Bee-ing there
Dominic Monoghan,TV,celebrity news
Lost
The bees that cover Charlie in \'House Of The Rising Sun\' are real drone bees. They don\'t have a sting and are docile and robust. Dominic Monaghan is a huge lover of insects and loved having them covering his face!
In love with \'Lost\'
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Lost
From the moment \'Lost\' hit our screens back in 2005, we were all hooked. Since then \'Lost\' has gone on the spawn another two seasons (so far) and is set to stay with us until 2010, when it will end with a "shocking finale", according to writers from the show
Lost and found
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Lost
Lost series three is now showing on
Sky One every Saturday at 8pm. Production has already begun on series four and with any luck it will be on our screens mid-2008. In the meantime, you can buy Lost series one and two
here and pre-order series three
here
