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KingPriest2 · 11-18-2004, 11:48 AM

NAMES & FACES
'Lost' finds mix of realism in cast

By Ellen Gray | Philadelphia Daily News
Posted November 17, 2004

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Television executives like to talk about "colorblind casting," a process that more often than not produces series pilots that are blindingly white. So how did ABC's Lost manage to create one of TV's most diverse casts right from the beginning?

"I don't think it was colorblind. . . . I think it was color-conscious" casting, says Harold Perrineau (Oz), who plays Michael, a father getting to know his young son (Malcolm David Kelley).

Besides the African-American father and son, the cast includes an Arab character (played by Naveen Andrews, a British actor of Indian descent) and a Korean couple, stranded together on an island after their flight crashes. Plus, there's actor Jorge Garcia, whose character, Hurley, may not be Latino but adds diversity of his own as one of the larger characters on TV.

"Hey, that's what the world looks like. It doesn't look like The O.C.," Perrineau says. "From my point of view, the world looks like the island."

"What's cool about that, actually, is that on an international flight, you have people from all different countries, so it doesn't feel forced at all," says Daniel Dae Kim (24, Angel), a Korean-born, American-reared actor whose Lost character, Jin, speaks no English.

Kim owes his job in part to Yunjin Kim, the Korean-born actress who plays his wife, whose audition for another role in the show "blew us away," executive producer Damon Lindelof says. "We realized that she spoke fluent Korean and decided that we should have a Korean character on the island. And maybe it was a husband and wife."

For Daniel Dae Kim, it's "an opportunity because I haven't had a chance to speak any Korean in any of the projects I've done. And I've really made it a point to try and take roles that are as assimilated as possible, so this is a real great chance to explore a whole different side of my career."

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KingPriest2 Super Grover Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: KCMO Casino cash: $9135135	NAMES & FACES 'Lost' finds mix of realism in cast By Ellen Gray \| Philadelphia Daily News Posted November 17, 2004 Email this story to a friend Printer friendly version RELATED STORIES Entertainment News Nov 17, 2004 Television executives like to talk about "colorblind casting," a process that more often than not produces series pilots that are blindingly white. So how did ABC's Lost manage to create one of TV's most diverse casts right from the beginning? "I don't think it was colorblind. . . . I think it was color-conscious" casting, says Harold Perrineau (Oz), who plays Michael, a father getting to know his young son (Malcolm David Kelley). Besides the African-American father and son, the cast includes an Arab character (played by Naveen Andrews, a British actor of Indian descent) and a Korean couple, stranded together on an island after their flight crashes. Plus, there's actor Jorge Garcia, whose character, Hurley, may not be Latino but adds diversity of his own as one of the larger characters on TV. "Hey, that's what the world looks like. It doesn't look like The O.C.," Perrineau says. "From my point of view, the world looks like the island." "What's cool about that, actually, is that on an international flight, you have people from all different countries, so it doesn't feel forced at all," says Daniel Dae Kim (24, Angel), a Korean-born, American-reared actor whose Lost character, Jin, speaks no English. Kim owes his job in part to Yunjin Kim, the Korean-born actress who plays his wife, whose audition for another role in the show "blew us away," executive producer Damon Lindelof says. "We realized that she spoke fluent Korean and decided that we should have a Korean character on the island. And maybe it was a husband and wife." For Daniel Dae Kim, it's "an opportunity because I haven't had a chance to speak any Korean in any of the projects I've done. And I've really made it a point to try and take roles that are as assimilated as possible, so this is a real great chance to explore a whole different side of my career." __________________ Quote: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally Posted by Taco John If you're not sure who you're voting for at this point in time, you can abandon all connection to the word "smart." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally Posted by Taco John ...He asked who I am voting for. I told him, "well, that depends... ."
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