.png)
4 days ago
12
Evangeline Lilly rose to prominence with her role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama Lost. Lilly admitted several times that the role had changed her life and even defended the hated finale of the series, sharing that there was no one interpretation of the finale. However, filming the series was not always a memorable experience for the actress.
Evangeline Lilly in a still from Lost | Credits: ABCDuring an all-revealing interview, Lilly opened up about her role and some of the tough times she faced on the set of the show. The Ant-Man actress shared that she was forced into doing a couple of partially naked scenes in the series, even after battling for control in those scenes.
Evangeline Lilly Revealed Her Challenging Times While Filming Lost
Evangeline Lilly and Matthew Fox in a still from Lost | Credits: ABCEvangeline Lilly‘s revelation that she found her Lost character Kate Austen a bit “obnoxious” came as a shock to fans. Speaking to The Lost Boys podcast in 2018, she shared her honest opinion on the character who started strong but was written into “chasing the boys” towards the end of the series. She shared that her character had no autonomy and was designed around her romantic interests, Jack and Sawyer.
However, it was not just the character that frustrated her. According to Lilly, she felt she had no choice while filming a Season 3 scene in the series. The scene required her to be partially n*ked and Lilly felt that she was cornered into doing the scene. She remembered crying her eyes out after filming the scene. She shared with The Lost Boys podcast:
In Season 3, I’d had a bad experience on set with being basically cornered into doing a scene partially n*ked, and I felt had no choice in the matter. I was mortified and I was trembling, and when it finished, I was crying my eyes out and I had to go on do a very formidable, very strong scene immediately thereafter.
It happened a second time in Season 4, where she fought hard to keep the scene under her control. However, she shared that she “failed to control of it again,” and decided once and for all that she would never take her clothes off on the show. She shared her decision with the makers of the show, telling them that even if they wrote such scenes, she would never do them.
Lost Creators Apologized To Evangeline Lilly After The Interview Went Viral
Evangeline Lilly in a still from Lost | Credits: ABCDamon Lindelof and J.J. Abrams, the co-creators of Lost, issued a public apology to Evangeline Lilly after her revelation on the podcast. Alongside the executive producers Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse, they shared that they would like to “profoundly apologize” for the Real Steel actress’s experience working on the series. They shared (via E! News):
Our response to Evie’s comments this morning in the media was to immediately reach out to her to profoundly apologize for the experience she detailed while working on Lost. We have not yet connected with her, but remain deeply and sincerely sorry. No person should ever feel unsafe at work. Period.
Lilly also shared that she was a “little bit better equipped” for the situation then, adding that she would avoid such “uncomfortable experiences”. She shared that she was in a privileged situation to say no to roles where she had to get n*ked.
Recently, Lilly shared via Instagram that she was leaving her career path as an actress to “step into [her] dharma”. She shared that retiring from a career that has been providing her “wealth and fame” was scary but added that the “dharma” could replace the fear with “fulfillment”.
Lost is now available for streaming on Hulu and Netflix.
Bengali (BD) · 
English (US) ·