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** Doctor Pierre Chang shares the same French-first-name Chinese-last-name formula as his actor, Francois Chau.
** Jack Shephard went to Columbia University, as did Matthew Fox.
* [[Breakthrough Hit]]: You can thank ''
* [[Cast Incest]]: Michael Emerson played Ben. His wife, Carrie Preston, guest starred as his mother. This is made slightly less icky by the fact that the two actors never actually shared a scene.
* [[Creator Backlash]]: [[Paul Dini]], who worked on the series during its early days, wrote this gem for [[The Joker]] in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' as a sort of [[Take That]].
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** In an example of "Word of Mistaken God", an excellent way to see if someone is making something up about a producer comment is to see if they attribute it to J.J. Abrams, who has had little involvement in the series since Season 1, helping to set it up, write and direct the pilot, and contributing to only a very few episodes since (the last being in Season 3).
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Jacob may be immortal, wise and extremely powerful but he is ''[[The Big Lebowski|obviously not a golfer]]''.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Michael Emerson (Ben Linus) is [http://io9.com/5246218/emerson-explains-why-ben-is-such-a-punching-bag an affable, intelligent and mild-mannered fellow] who couldn't be nicer to ''
** He once described how if people see him in public, conversation will sometimes drop off suddenly. He'll then do something non-threatening, like a small wave, which people will possibly read as even more threatening. Because he's [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|Ben Linus.]]
* [[Name's the Same]]: The show's [[Theme Naming]]:
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** Yunjin Kim originally read for the character of Kate. The producers felt she was not what they were looking for in Kate, but decided to create a new character for her, along with a spouse.
** Jorge Garcia, Matthew Fox and Dominic Monaghan all auditioned originally for the part of Sawyer as the other characters had not been developed yet.
** Originally, Michael Keaton was cast as Jack. In the first draft of the script, Jack was to be killed by the monster after they arrived at the cockpit. ABC told the producers that they shouldn't kill off the hero so soon in the series and the script was changed. After the change, Michael Keaton backed out of the role since he did not want to commit to a regular series.
** Forest Whitaker was originally cast in the role of Sawyer, but opted out of the role to direct ''First Daughter''.
** Dominic Monaghan originally auditioned for the role of Sawyer, who was originally supposed to be a suit-wearing city con man. The producers were so enthused by Monaghan that the part of Charlie was altered to accommodate him - Charlie was originally going to be a 45-year-old washed-up rock star.
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