Naveen Andrews Speaks Candidly of Lost
Naveen Andrews speaks candidly with Digital Spy about the past and future of Lost, the writing, and his views of Seasons 5.
Naveen starts off on a good note, talking about his pleasure with the Season 4 finale. “I was really pleased with it, because it’s the closest we’ve come to season one in terms of the standard of excellence. They needed to get it back on track and they have.”
It’s come a long way from Season 3, a season of which Naveen is critical. He attributes much of the problems to the writing. “We all know what the executive producers, Damon [Lindelof] and Carlton [Cuse], were going through because they had this burden of an endless show,” Naveen says. “I don’t think it’s what Damon wanted in the first place. He always used to say to me ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we were a bit like the Sex Pistols and did just one season of great television and then bang, that’s it?’ Sort of smash and grab. Obviously you can’t do that on primetime network TV but he wanted a limit to the show. He managed to do a deal where he was able to achieve that. Now that we have an ending to aim towards, I think it’s inevitable the quality will get better.”
When it comes to playing Sayid, Naveen doesn’t feel that it’s a burden but rather a discipline… “I don’t think it’s a burden being paid, but it’s a real discipline to play the same character over years rather than months or weeks. It requires a certain amount of stamina.”
Luckily the flash forwards seemed to have revived Naveen in terms of having to play his character the same. “It’s a challenge to be able to play a character in the present and then zoom ahead to a point when they may have undergone great changes. I felt in season four, Sayid was spiritually dead [in the future], and something awful happened to his soul. To be able to play that and then go back to the island, where he’s still quite active in life, was good.”
The challenge lies in not knowing much about the characters in the future. How much is Naveen told? “Absolutely f**k all.” And when it comes to preparation he has very little time. “I was talking to Jorge [Garcia, Hurley] about that yesterday. I was saying ‘I got my script a week and a half before we shot’ and he said ‘I got mine three days before we shot it’.”
Naveen has his own thoughts on what Lost Season 5 will entail. “I still presume it’s going to be the island,” he says. “I think season five’s going to be Matthew [Fox, Jack] rounding up us lot to go back to the island, or whoever he can get to go back - maybe some people don’t, because they can’t be f**king bothered - and they go back and then there’s this big kind of conflagration on the island. Will good triumph over evil? I don’t know. It’s just a rough idea.”
Speaking of rough ideas, would Naveen be interested in doing a Lost spinoff? “I can’t believe they would do that. If they did it would be hilarious. Maybe it could be Locke… and Ben… and a baby! You know what I mean? Come on! … It’s a preposterous question. If it happens then Damon should be shot!”
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