LOST news

March 16, 2005 -- THE frenzy over who on "Lost" will die this season is heating up now that the show's creator and cast mentioned it to fans.

"I wasn't really surprised that the death of this character was as hard in real life as it was on the show," "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams said at the William S. Paley Television Festival in Los Angeles. Fans have been buzzing about the upcoming death since word of the plot twist leaked out some weeks ago.

Some believe that mystery outdoorsman, John Locke (played by Terry O'Quinn), is the character marked for death since he is expected to "go missing" during the April 6 episode, according to upcoming series information released by ABC this week. (NO!!!! anyone but Locke!!!!!) In the same the episode, pregnant Aussie girl Claire (Emilie de Ravin) finally goes into labor, the network says.

Cast members at the festival joked that the mother of actor Jorge Garcia — who plays Hurley, the lovable millionaire lottery winner — was more concerned about the fate of the other characters than her son's. "I told her, 'One of us is gonna die this year.' And she said, 'Not Sawyer!' " Garcia said. James Sawyer is the long-haired, supply-hoarding scoundrel played by Josh Holloway. (squeeee!!!!)

Abrams and the rest of the show's producers keep a tight lid on information relating to "Lost." But some other behind-the-scenes gems gleaned at the panel included news that Garcia was the first actor to score a job on the hit drama. "The cast was as central in shaping what the show became as anything," Abrams said. Hurley was actually changed after Garcia got the part. Originally, he was supposed to be a middle-age country bumpkin instead of the mellow, fat guy. But Abrams chased Garcia after seeing him last year playing a laid-back marijuana dealer — on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm." "Lost" even referenced Garcia's role on "Curb" a few weeks ago when, in a flashback scene, Hurley was arrested after being mistaken for a drug dealer. (hmm... didn't know that)



----April 6 is not going to arrive fast enough!! I'm dying without my weekly LOST fix!!!!!!!