Lost/Trivia: Difference between revisions

* One of the key questions with the character Walt's casting were problems that arose concerning the proposed timeline on the show. While the series moves slowly through time and only weeks have passed on the show, the actual filming has stretched over two years. When originally cast, Walt was portrayed as a 10-year-old boy but, after two seasons, he no longer looked 10. The show's writers dealt with this at the end of season two, by sending Michael and Walt [[Put on a Bus|away from the island toward supposed rescue]]. Walt reappeared in season 4, but in scenes that play three years further into the show's time line, so that he had aged appropriately by then.

* As the early drafts did not feature several of the characters who eventually appeared in the pilot, or had them appear very differently, many of the actors wound up auditioning for the parts of Kate and Sawyer. Yunjin Kim impressed the casting director but was deemed not right for the role of Kate, so Abrams and Lindelof created the character of Sun specifically for her, as well as the character of Jin to give her a foil. Dominic Monaghan and Matthew Fox both auditioned for the role of Sawyer, who was written as a slick city conman at the time: as mentioned above, the part of Charlie was rewritten to suit Monaghan, while Fox later re-auditioned for the part of Jack once it had been decided that Jack would be a series regular rather than a [[Sacrificial Lamb]]. The part of Sawyer was rewritten to its current incarnation based on the strength of Josh Holloway's audition.

* [[Actor Allusion]]:

** When he first meets Jacob, Richard Alpert asks if he is The Devil. Mark Pellegrino not only plays Lucifer on ''[[Supernatural]]'' but also previously starred as a servant of the Devil in ''[[Brimstone]]''.

** Zuleikha Robinson (British) plays Ilana Verdansky (who is presumed to be of Russian descent)

** In the flash-sideways verse, {{spoiler|possibly Jeremy Davies (American) as Daniel Widmore (British)}} (though he still has an American accent)

* [[Fan Nickname]]:

** Head writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are generally referred to as "Darlton" or "Team Darlton".