Thousands of die-hard Lost fans, including a few in authentic Dharma jumpsuits, packed the Dolby Theater Sunday night for a panel celebrating the show's 10th anniversary. (No, it's not quite 10 years, since
Lost premiered on September 22, 2004, but close enough.)
On the panel were exec-producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse and cast members Josh Holloway, Ian Somerhalder, Maggie Grace, Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Jorge Garcia and an all-grown-up Malcolm David Kelley. Comedian Paul Scheer moderated, and began by advising the audience that questions about the mysteriously missing real-life Flight 370 would be wildly inappropriate.
After a showing of the still terrific and tearjerking “Exodus Part 1” from Season 1, the questions got inappropriate in other ways, such as the guy in the Dharma jumpsuit (and a Matthew Fox mask) who asked Holloway to sign the suit, since it appeared to have his blood on it. An uncomfortable Holloway declined, pointing out, “You already have my DNA!”
After Holloway shared that one overzealous fan offered him a chicken dinner, another (male) fan offered just that if they answered his question. Of course, by then, “chicken dinner” had become code for “sex,” so Lindelof hesitated to give a too-thorough answer.
What was evident throughout the evening was the cast's love for each other and the still obsessive nature of its fans as they watched the ep, cheering Holloway's shirtlessness, chuckling at Arzt's impending explosion and shedding tears over the emotional farewells as the raft sailed.
Among the revelations:
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