Evangeline Lilly was one of its protagonists, but contrary to what one might think, the actress is ashamed of her work on this show.
Evangeline Lilly is ashamed of her work on ‘Lost’
In an interview with the ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast, Evangeline Lilly confessed some aspects of her career as an actress.
In ‘Lost’ she was one of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, who became an indispensable member of the group of castaways.
Although she was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Television Series at the Golden Globe Awards in 2007 for this performance, the actress confessed that she cannot see herself on the show without feeling ashamed:
“We had ‘Lost’ parties where the cast would get together to watch the show, and when it was a Kate-focused episode, I liked to curl up in a hole and want to die because I knew it was bad. And to this day I stand by the fact that I can watch the first two seasons and cringe because I’m not very good.”
Although in the first two seasons of ‘Lost’ she did not feel comfortable in her character, for the third she was forced to solve the problems surrounding her work:
“I feel like season 3 was a turning point, where I went from ‘panic, act, record from the hip, feel it, follow my gut,’ to ‘I hate this, I don’t want to do this, get me out of here,’ to ‘oh, I guess if I’m here and I’m stuck and I’m going to stay, I should figure it out.’ And that was in Season 3, I started trying to learn my trade.”
Evangeline Lilly turned down the role of ‘X-Men’
In the same interview with the ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast, Evangeline Lilly also confessed that before playing Hope in Marvel, she could have been part of the ‘X-Men’ universe.
But she didn’t because she wasn’t drawn to superhero stories, which changed when she got closer to Marvel movies.
The most shocking thing about the case is that the actress rejected this proposal from none other than Hgh Jackman himself, who at the time asked her if she would be interested in joining the ‘X-Men’ movies:
“I was like, ‘No. I’m not interested I’m not interested. I was like, ‘I feel like an asshole because I’m talking to an X-Men! The X Men! And I tell him, ‘No, that doesn’t appeal.’ Like what?!’ I felt so rude!”
