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SAM MCPHERSON
5200 edits on Lostpedia - Member for almost 2 years
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Interviews

Recently on Lostpedia, in order to give Lostpedia readers their Lost fixes over the long, eight month hiatus, I have been conducting interviews with cast members and crew members about their experience acting on Lost. Along with Lost Soul, I have secured a great number of interviews with several prominent members of the cast and crew, as well as with several minor ones.

My first interview was with Steven Labrash (pictured right), who portrayed the Morgue employee in "Not in Portland". He was very nice and receptive to the idea of an interview, and the interview was conducted over the course of two days. In it, Mr. Labrash shared such facts as his reluctance to allow the Lost crew to film in the morgue, "geeking out" about Zjelko Ivanek, and cut lines. You can read the interview here.

My next interview was with Sean Douglas Hoban, a background actor since the beginning of the series, who played the redshirt Doug (the first one to be shot in "The Shape of Things to Come"and was a stunt double for Dominic Monaghan. Sean Douglas was very nice, and answered eight questions about original casting, hopes for Doug, and interactions between extras and Lost cast members. The interview was posted on Lostpedia on June 22. It is available for reading here.

I later got an interview with Paul Edney, another background actor who played on the show during early season one. He was happy to help with the interview. The interview was short, only five questions long, but I still found it informative, especially regarding his work on the Pilot, and his projects since then. The interview can be read here.

I then secured an interview with Others background actor Thomas Hannsz. Though originally unsure of my legitimacy, I convinced him that I really worked for Lostpedia, and he was willing to be interviewed. Alongside working as a background Other, he also painted both Jacob's painting and Black Rock Storm, two paintings used on the show. The interview went very well, and was posted here.

I then conducted an interview with April Parker-Jones, who portrayed Dr. Erika Stevenson in Jack's flashforward "Something Nice Back Home". She was very, very nice and happy to do an interview, and it went well, without a hitch. The very informative interview has been posted, in which she discusses John Terry, cutting room floors, and her time management. You can find this interview here.

Another interview I recently conducted (the list goes on and on) was with Alex Petrovitch. Alex protrayed Henrik on two episodes of Lost,

"Live Together, Die Alone" and "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3". He was one of the first I contacted, and he was more than willing to do an interview. We did the interview, and he was very nice and his interview was great! I enjoyed giving it and reading his answers. He even offered to post a link to it on his official website. Of course, this is a great opportunity for myself as well as Lostpedia. The interview, in which he talked about actors he admire, his accent, and hopes for returning, is posted here.

One major interview I arranged was with the help of Lost Soul. This interview is with Rebecca Mader, the actress who portrays Charlotte Lewis, a main character. I am very excited about this interview. I think it is very good, informative, and much more. The transcript will be posted here on July 13, 2008.

I then conducted an interview (around the same time as the Alex Petrovitch one) with actor Christian Bowman. Bowman portrayed background character Steve throughout season one, and played the corpse of Scott in "Homecoming". Bowman then left the show. However, in his interview, he discussed the ongoing Steve and Scott in-joke, as well as many other great things. The interview can be read here.

The interview that followed was with Bobby Roth, director of the fan-favorite episode "The Man Behind the Curtain". He was very nice and eager to do an interview, and it went very well. Not only did he answer the questions comprehensively and eloquently, he also sent accompanying photographs from his time on set. I cannot wait for him to direct another episode, because I'd love to do a follow-up interview.

Next, I did an interview with John Henry Canavan, who portrayed Simon Pace in "Greatest Hits" but not in the episode "Fire + Water" (that was Robin Atkin Downes). Mr. Canavan was very nice, and it was a great interview. Some of the things he talked about, such as attempting to make Desmond and Charlie brothers could possibly explain several things in his scene (most notably the background person yelling "Desmond." He also gave a hint as to what he'd been working on since Lost. Fun interview.

The second very large interview I secured was with Francois Chau, who portrays the multi-aliased DHARMA spokesperson most commonly known as Marvin Candle. He agreed to answer a few questions for the site. Mr. Chau was very helpful, and answered many questions, which revealed such information as hinting at the identity of the cameraman, the correct spelling of "Pierre Chang," and much more. The interview was posted, and you can read it here.

I also did an interview with Faith Fay. Faith Fay was a background actress for the first two seasons portraying the fan-loved Sexy Blue Striped Shirt Girl. The interview was great, and included a full history of her character, written by Fay. The interview is available for reading here.

Soon afterwards, I did an interview with Lanny Joon, an actor who played Dr. Bae (who delivered Ji Yeon Kwon in "Ji Yeon". It was fun, and Mr. Joon was very open with the interview. It went very well. The interview is posted, and you can read it here.

After that soon came an interview with

Achilles Gacis, a stuntman who had doubled for Terry O'Quinn as well as portraying three different roles in Lost, as Six Foot Five, an orderly, and most famously, as Guy in car from "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3". Mr. Gacis is also the head of the Hawaii Stunt Connection. He was very gracious and nice, and the interview can be read here. He also was kind enough to send me the contact details for Dale Radomski.

Dale Radomski also did an interview with me. Radomski

is perhaps best known as the tourniquet man from "Pilot, Part 1" (the character who first brought Jack and Locke together,) though he also played a background other in season two. Mr. Radomski was very gracious as well, and did the interview graciously. He told me to lobby for his return to the show, which perhaps I may be doing soon. The interview was great. Wanna read it? See here.

I did an interview with actress Robin Weigert as well, one of the more prominent guest stars of the third season. Weigert portrayed Juliet's sister Rachel in the episodes "Not in Portland" and "One of Us". Mrs. Weigert was very nice, and I really enjoyed the interview with her, because she made every question lengthy and interesting, when in reality, all these questions would have been very boring. Ms. Weigert was a pleasure to speak to, and one of my favorite interviewees. You can read her interview here.

Towards the beginning of my interview "career," I had emailed Shishir Kurup through his website about potentially doing an interview. He had graciously agreed, and I sent him the questions. I didn't hear from him for about a month, so I sent him another email, and through his reply, discovered that his inbox had crashed, and he had lost both the original questions and my address. Of course, I sent the questions back to him, and he answered them, one of which told me several "six degrees," links I didn't know. Mr. Kurup was very pleasant, and his interview was posted here.

I later got to speak with actor Keir O'Donnell, who had portrayed Thomas in one episode of the first season ("Raised by Another"). Mr. O'Donnell was very happy to do an interview, and over email, we discussed what he thought about his character, etc. Aside from Rebecca Mader and Francois Chau, this is one of the more important interviews I have done, simply because the actor portrays Aaron's father. The interview has been posted, and can be read here.

Later, I interviewed DarkUFO himself, fan blogger Andy Page. Andy was extremely nice, and I was very happy to do the interview with him. In the interview, we talked about the moniker "DarkUFO" and its origins, what he wants to see on Lost, and of course (no surprise here), LostFan108 and his season finale spoilers which caused an uproar in the fan community. The interview can be read here.

And then comes one of my favorite interviews yet. I recently spoke to John Williamson, who portrayed the man with the red shoes in "Flashes Before Your Eyes", who, in Desmond's flash, proved Ms. Hawking's statements about course correction in the universe (a standard that was later applied to Charlie's death). Mr. Williamson was extremely gracious, and gave one of the best interviews I've done, speaking about the red shoes symbolism, being treated like a star on set, and other background roles on Lost. He also promised to keep in touch if new Lost roles popped up for him. He was extremely nice, and I really hope, for both him and I, that he gets another role on Lost. His interview can be read here.

I have also secured interviews with Robert Greygrass, Caden Waidyatilleka, Sally Strecker, and many others which will be posted over the long hiatus. Many more interviews are likely to be confirmed as well. Currently, I have enough material to where, if one or two interviews per week was posted, the interviews would continue until September 21st.

If you have any suggestions for an interview, please contact me on my talk page or contact Lost Soul's talk page with your suggestions. Thanks.

About Me

I'm Sam McPherson, as you can no doubt tell. I'm a die-hard Lost fan, and I've been editing Lostpedia for almost two years (started in February 2007). It's a very fun pasttime, and I have made several contributions to the site, such as:

Conducted several interviews
Came up with idea for Quote of the Day
Rewrote several major articles
Worked on portal images

1 Favorites
2 Favorite Characters
3 Least Favorite Characters

Favorites

Main Characters

Minor/Background Characters

Episodes

Above drawn by me

Pages I Have Created

I have created 86 articles in all (84 in English, 2 in Spanish). Two have been made featured. The following list is for reference only. I do not use it for any other reason than to look over the articles I've started and see how they've grown. It's not from pride, belittlement, or any other purposes.
In English