Fans Get 'Lost' in Hollywood
(Monday, April 18 04:43 PM)
By Kate O'Hare
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) The polar bear (a large, taxidermied one) was in the house on Saturday, April 16, as fans of ABC's hit castaway drama "Lost" gathered at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood to celebrate the show's first season.
The party was the centerpiece of Destination: L.A., a three-day event co-produced by E.M.A. (Events by Maya & Allyson) and FanGeek.com. More than 100 fans -- predominately female -- attended the gala, which was a fund-raising event for the favorite charity of "Lost" co-creator J.J. Abrams, the Children's Defense Fund of Los Angeles.
Fund-raising efforts, which included a silent auction of such items as autographed scripts, a bag of goodies emblazoned with the logo of the fictional Oceanic Airlines, and lunch with supervising producer/writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, netted $5,000.
Among those behind-the-scenes folks on hand to accept the donation and mingle with fans were Abrams and co-executive producers Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse and David Fury (who's departing the show at season's end to work on the upcoming FOX drama "The Inside" and then on the fifth season of "24"), Grillo-Marxuach, producer Adam Horowitz and writer Brent Fletcher.
Since the show continues in production in Hawaii until April 25, only a few of the large cast were able to attend. Joining regular cast members Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) and Harold Perrineau Jr. (Michael) were guest and/or recurring stars Greg Grunberg (pilot of the doomed Oceanic Airlines Flight 815), William Mapother (evil Ethan Rom), Andrea Gabriel (Nadia, childhood friend of Sayid, played by Naveen Andrews), Neil Hopkins (Liam, brother of Charlie, played by Dominic Monaghan), Zack Ward (Marc, best man of doctor Jack, played by Matthew Fox) and John Terry (Dr. Christian Shephard, Jack's dad).
Other cast members greeted fans via videotape, including Madison, who switches genders to play the show's male Laborador retriever, Vincent, and Ian Somerhalder, who played the late, lamented Boone.
"It was just great," says Grunberg. "You have a huge room filled with people who appreciate your work. It's just fun."
While producers were expectedly mum on future developments, Cuse did drop a little hint about the finale, airing Wednesday, May 25. Back in 1993, Cuse was co-creator of the much-praised but short lived Western romp "The Legend of Brisco County Jr.," which starred Bruce Campbell as a freewheeling frontier bounty hunter.
[extremely mild spoiler]
According to Cuse, someone from "Brisco" appears in the "Lost" finale, but he or she may be hard to recognize. But, Cuse did say that it would not be the mysterious, alien "orb" that became a large part of the "Brisco" mythology. That, he says, rests in a corner of his office to this day.
