Lost - Where Are They Now?

It's already been almost six months, believe it or not, since "Lost" aired its final episode ("The End"). So, what are the show's stars up to now? The answer to that mystery is straight ahead!

Matthew Fox (Jack Shephard): After fighting the good fight as Jack, the Oceanic survivors' reluctant leader, Matthew said earlier this year that he won't be flashing back (or sideways) to TV. "I won't be doing any more television," the star told UsMagazine.com. "I've done two six-year shows [the other being "Party of Five"], about 300 hours of television… I'm done with that." So, what's next for the 44-year-old father of two? Matthew is in talks to take the stage in a Neil LaBute play next spring in London, the Los Angeles Times says.

Terry O'Quinn (John Locke): Encouraging news for fans pining to see a "Lost" reunion of sorts: Terry, who as Locke was the island's resident "man of faith," is reportedly set to team up with Michael Emerson (a.k.a. evil genius Ben Linus) on a possible TV project from "Lost" mastermind J.J. Abrams. NBC has scored the rights to the new show, formerly called "Odd Jobs," about two ex black-ops cops, says New York Magazine's Vulture entertainment blog.

Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford): Known for spewing hilarious nicknames, stealing kisses with Kate (Evangeline Lilly), and occasionally kicking the Others' butts, Josh is now undertaking the "mission" of a lifetime: he'll star alongside Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner in the J.J. Abrams co-produced 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,' expected in theaters Dec. 16, 2011.

Evangeline Lilly (Kate Austen): The rumor mill says she's no longer dating her former "Lost" co-star Dominic Monaghan (a.k.a. Drive Shaft lead guitarist Charlie), but 31-year-old Evangeline is set to create sparks alongside Hugh Jackman in 'Real Steel.' Due out next October, the film stars Hugh as a former boxer who gets one last shot at a comeback when he teams up with his estranged son to build and train the perfect contender for the now high-tech sport of robot boxing.

Jorge Garcia (Hugo "Hurley" Reyes): As Hurley he was plagued by unlucky numbers, but Jorge's number is far from up as actor after "Lost." The 37-year-old funnyman is set to appear on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother." "I can't say much about the episode but I can assure you that I am not the mother," he joked with EW.com. "It looks like it is the Thanksgiving episode. I am not a super villain. I come in as a friend of one of the main characters. It was a lot of fun working with them." There's more Jorge news still. Despite his appetite for all those tasty airdropped Dharma snacks as Hurley on "Lost," in real life Jorge has drastically changed his eating habits. "I've been a vegetarian for about four months now," he told TV Squad earlier this month. "It's about the animals."

Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon): Daniel's been a busy man of action. He stars as Chin Ho Kelly on CBS' "Hawaii Five-0," and he'll appear alongside Samuel L. Jackson and 'Twilight''s Kellan Lutz in 'The Killing Game,' an action-thriller expected out in 2011.

Harold Perrineau (Michael Dawson): Harold seems to love acting almost as much as his island alter-ego, Michael, loved his son Walt. The 47-year-old thesp's calendar is loaded with projects. He'll appear in the Nicolas Cage vigilante thriller 'The Hungry Rabbit Jumps' alongside Jennifer Carpenter ("Dexter"), January Jones ("Mad Men") and Guy Pearce. He'll also share the screen with Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") in the dark comedy "Cooler" and James Caviezel in the crime drama 'Transit.' Plus, Harold tangled with vampires this October in the direct-to-video sequel '30 Days of Night: Dark Days.'

Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace): Charlie may have met his maker in season three, but Dominic's "Lost" cameos continued right up through "The End." After starring on the short-lived sci-fi series "FlashForward," the 'Lord of the Rings' star is headed back to the big screen, appearing alongside Christian Slater and Ving Rhames in 'Soldiers of Fortune,' due in theaters next February. "I play this guy called Tommy Sin, a video game designer and multimillionaire. It is the story about a bunch of very rich people who pay a premium of money to put themselves into real-life skirmishes. I thought the script and cast was really interesting," he told California Chronicle earlier this month. Dominic's also filming a mystery called 'The Day.' As for his "Lost" legacy, the 33-year-old says: "I made my peace with that show a long time ago. I died in season three and probably halfway through series four I was happy with the story I told on that show. Coming back was always a bonus so doing those last scenes in season six I did not feel particularly involved in the show any more."

Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond Hume): Known on the island for tampering with the very dimension of time as Desmond, 43-year-old Henry told Crave Online in September that he was in a hurry to return to TV: "You know, I was looking to get back into TV as quickly as possible. I wanted to get away from Desmond. It just seemed that I was no longer Ian Cusick, I was Desmond. So I wanted to sort of like just shed that skin." Mission accomplished. Henry guest-starred on a couple episodes of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" that same month."

Naveen Andrews (Sayid Jarrah): Naveen, 41, will appear on the silver screen in the 2011 drama 'Hullo.'

Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon): In October, Yunjin was a jury member on the 15th Pusan International Film Festival's New Currents competition.

Source: MSN

List of LOST Cast Appearances on Kimmel Finale Special

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Harold Perrineau Dishes on his Lost Exit (Again)

He's not a happy bunny!

Lost's breathtaking finale will no doubt have fans feverishly dissecting its innumerable puzzles until the show returns in early 2009. (Read our recap and weigh in with your thoughts!) Locke (aka Jeremy Bentham) is in the coffin?! What "very bad things" happened after the Oceanic 6 left the island?? How in Jacob's name is Ben gonna help all of them — plus Locke! — get back there??? And exactly where did the former Others ringleader and that wacky frozen device move the island to?

But at least one major character's fate was definitively sealed with the close of Season 4 when Michael (Harold Perrineau), the suicidal castaway — and father to "real big" mystery boy Walt — perished aboard the fiery freighter. "Michael had an incredibly heroic, noble death," says executive producer Damon Lindelof. "He sacrificed his own life to redeem himself for past mistakes and to help the Oceanic 6 get off the island." Sound familiar? It was this time last year that we were mourning the loss of the similarly selfless Charlie. Though Michael got a little something special that the ex-junkie rock star did not: a surprise send-off from Christian Shephard.

Shortly after he wrapped filming, an emotional Perrineau — who made a much-hyped return to the series in March after leaving in Season 2 — called to chat about his explosive second exit, the mad dash home to be with pregnant wife Brittany and why he feels the lack of a Michael-Walt reunion was "not cool."

TV Guide: Did you know Michael was being killed off when you returned?
Harold Perrineau: I had no idea. It's like, what the hell? I came back for that?

TV Guide: You're laughing as you say that, but you don't sound particularly pleased.
Perrineau: I'm disappointed, mostly because I wanted Michael and Walt to have a happy ending. I was hoping Michael would get it together and actually want to be a father to his kid and try to figure out a way to get back [home]. But this is [the producers'] story. If I were writing it, I would write it differently.

TV Guide:: So when did you get the news?
Perrineau: [Lindelof and fellow executive producer Carlton Cuse] called before the finale scripts were out. They said they weren't going to continue with Michael.

TV Guide:: And what did you say to that?
Perrineau: At this point, I've been on the island, off the island, back on the island — so I just went, "Oh, ok." [Laughs] This is their show and they know what they can or cannot write. I thought it was disappointing and a waste to come back, only to get beat up a few times and then killed. I felt like it was sort of pandering to some fans who wanted to see Michael punished because he betrayed people.

TV Guide: Are you referring to when he shot and killed Ana Lucia and Libby in Season 2?
Perrineau: Exactly. I honestly feel like Michael's death served a really weird bloodlust for the fans.

TV Guide: Were you disappointed Michael and Walt didn't reconnect before your character died?
Perrineau: Listen, if I'm being really candid, there are all these questions about how they respond to black people on the show. Sayid gets to meet Nadia again, and Desmond and Penny hook up again, but a little black boy and his father hooking up, that wasn't interesting? Instead, Walt just winds up being another fatherless child. It plays into a really big, weird stereotype and, being a black person myself, that wasn't so interesting. [Responds Cuse: "We pride ourselves on having a very racially diverse cast. It's painful when any actor's storyline ends on the show. Harold is a fantastic actor whose presence added enormously to Lost."]

TV Guide: Take me back to your last day of shooting.
Perrineau: My last day was kind of hectic. [Production] was trying to get me out because, at the time, my wife was a centimeter dilated.

TV Guide: Was she in labor at the hospital when you got back to L.A.?
Perrineau: No, I got home and then for another week, the baby would not come! We were like, "Seriously, dude, I was in Hawaii rushing like a madman!” I was talking to the baby, my wife was walking around, practically hiking, but the baby just would not come out! [Laughs] So we went to the hospital a week later and induced. A beautiful little girl came on May 7. Wynter Aria — I thought it was a nice name. It's poetic, and she's a little poetry in our life.

TV Guide: Let's talk highlights. Surely, you had some positive experiences on Lost.
Perrineau: Doing the job in Hawaii was cool. Getting to meet and work with [co-creator] JJ Abrams was very cool. The day we found out the show [premiered] so well [in 2004] was an amazing day. We were all so hopeful and excited. The first season was one of my best years as a working actor. Not to say there weren't tough times, but I loved the first season. And that one of my best friends, Dan [Dae Kim, who plays Jin], and I got to do pretty much the whole finale together.

TV Guide: Dead characters have a way of returning to the show. Would you be open to that?
Perrineau: I'd love to go back and work with people I really like working with, but I would have to know what was happening [story-wise] before I showed up again. Because this [last] storyline, I full-on feel, "No, that's not cool.'"

TV Guide: What's next for you?
Perrineau: This movie I did with Stephen Dorff called Felon is probably coming out at the end of the summer. And I'm in talks for a couple different films.

TV Guide: Any final thoughts?
Perrineau: Just that I hope the show continues to thrill people. I'm sorry to have to go, but I'll see you in another incarnation. I'll re-create myself because that's what I do. That part of leaving is pretty cool.

Source: TV Guide

New Song by Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau is releasing a song on ITunes on December 18th, called Stay Strong. It is a song for the troops overseas, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to helping those men and women who return with injury.

Daniel Dae Kim is directing the video for the song, and a few of our Lost favorites have cameos in the video.

I'll post a direct link to the song when it is released on the 18th.

Source: Lost-Media