“Locke may not leave the Lost island alive”
hen I was seven my appendix ruptured and I had gangrene. I was unconscious for about four days. When I came to, there were nuns all around my bed. I thought, %26#8220;Oh no, maybe I%26#8217;m in heaven.%26#8221; I hoped I wasn%26#8217;t in heaven, because I wasn%26#8217;t too crazy about nuns %26#8211; they were figures of authority when I was a little boy. Personally I thought heaven should have a lot of slides and swimming pools and candy. Not so many nuns.
Locke%26#8217;s an all-action character %26#8211; do you find the physical scenes gruelling?
There%26#8217;s a lot of running around the jungle. I remember one script where it said, %26#8220;Locke runs through the jungle pursued by the %26#8216;smoke monster%26#8217;; he%26#8217;s lean and fast.%26#8221; I said, %26#8220;Look, I%26#8217;ll be lean and fast for two takes. Then I%26#8217;m just going to be lean.%26#8221; I don%26#8217;t even go to the bathroom fast. After days like that, it%26#8217;s a job just to get out of bed.
Your character%26#8217;s an expert knife-thrower %26#8211; did you take lessons?
I did, because I%26#8217;ve got a lot of time to kill on the set and throwing knives is better than smoking cigarettes or eating doughnuts. I%26#8217;m fairly accurate with that big heavy knife. I win a few bucks on the set. I tack a dollar bill to a tree and see if I can entice my crew mates into betting on whether I can hit it. I get five throws to hit the dollar bill from 30 feet. And most of the time I keep my dollar.
According to rumour, Matthew Fox (who plays Jack) likes going skinny-dipping with his friends in the cast. Is this true %26#8211; and do you join in?
[firmly] I%26#8217;ve never seen his willy. Actually, I%26#8217;ve never really been to the [cast and crew%26#8217;s] parties. I wasn%26#8217;t drinking in the first season or two, and lost about 20 pounds. So partying was out. I was older than those guys anyway, so I imagine that their naked bodies looked better than my naked body.
Lost season four starts on Sky One on Sunday 3 February at 9.00pm
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