27 July, 2006

Some LOST News

Fans like myself are counting the days until the first week of October when season 3 of LOST begins. Filming doesn't start until early August so there's not a helluva lot in the way of spoilers. However, there are some tidbits and a couple new cast members (at least) will be seen this fall.

First there's the announcement that the "Brazilian Tom Cruise", Rodrigo Santoro, will be joining the show. No clue as to his character yet. There's also this quote from Natasha Henstridge that she'll be joining the show. Yes, she was the hottie alien in the awful film Species but, she was a hoot in Ghosts of Mars. I've heard nothing official on this from ABC so this remains to be seen. Earlier this month a spoiler came out which mentioned a new character named Juliet.

Juliet, a woman in her mid-30s, will be added to the cast as a regular. Juliet is a natural leader and a smart and independant woman. One of her flashbacks (?) will involve her mother Amelia. During said flashback, the ladies will discuss burnt brownies and Juliet's love life. It seems that Juliet may be an Other. Jack is held alone in a room and Juliet looks at him, separated from him with a glass window. Jack tries to break the chains that are holding him. Juliet tries to convince a pissed off Jack to trust her.

Henstridge turns 32 next month. Sounds like she could very well be Juliet.

Perhaps the biggest news is that the meaning behind the infamous numbers in the show - 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 - will be revealed soon in The Lost Experience, which is the alternate reality game that the makers of LOST came up with to tide fans over during the summer slog of reruns. Their meaning is supposed to be revealed at the end of the third phase of the game and we're in that phase now.

EDIT: My hypothesizing was wrong. Elizabeth Mitchell has been tapped to play Juliet.

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