Cu siguranta peisajele exotice, cei mai frumosi pasageri care s-au suit vreodata intr-un avion care se prabuseste pe o insula misterioasa si... stop! Cand visul idilic intalneste aventura, suspansul, misterul, pericolul care pandeste dupa orice trunchi de palmier, atunci ai pus mana pe o reteta de aur.
Paradisul in care salasluieste necunoscutul fascineaza milioane de telespectatori, iar acum fanii serialului se intalnesc cu alti doi naufragiati, Ian Somerhalder (Boone) si Maggie Grace (Shannon), care chiar daca nu mai apar in sezonul II, nu este exclus ca producatorii sa ne rezereve cateva surprize. AXN si CineMagia va invita sa cititi un interviu inedit cu cei doi. Datorita fanilor din strainatate care ne-au scris, publicam si interviul complet in original.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Ce mi se pare interesant e reactia oamenilor cand ne vad urcandu-ne in avion cu ei. Poate fi foarte subtila. Nu stiu exact cine esti dar e ceva care ii face sa se simta stingheriti in prezenta ta.
(Rasete.)
IAN SOMERHALDER: E destul de amuzant.
R: Cum v-ati descurca in viata reala intr-o astfel de situatie de supravietuire?
MAGGIE GRACE: Mai bine decat Shannon.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Mai bine decat Boone.
R: Aveti vreo pregatire pentru supravietuire in conditii limita sau…
MAGGIE GRACE: A mea se limiteaza la a fi citit Fox Fire cand aveam 10 ani si la a visa sa fug de acasa si sa traiesc in padure, asa cum fac toti copiii de 10 ani. Dar nu, cred ca as face fata mai bine intr-o situatie limita. Nu sunt atat de isterica pe cat pare ea.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da. Eu – eu doar – mi-am petrecut cea mai mare parte a copilariei – cam pana acum – in aer liber, calarind, inotand si invatand foarte multe. Tata era foarte strict in privinta dorintei de a ne invata cum sa supravietuim in padure – stii, cred ca e minunat sa inveti un copil aceste lucruri – cand vezi cum e natura, intelegi mai bine umanitatea si aspectele naturale ciclice ale vietii. Si e ciudat. E ciudat pentru mine sa stau pe insula si sa aud oameni strigand ‘du-te si fa asta sau asta’ si sa vad oameni incercand sa faca noduri si tot ce vrei. Iar eu stiu aceste lucruri pe cand Boone n-are nici cea mai vaga idee. Dar din acest motiv e actoria minunata, pentru ca trebuie sa razi, sa-ti opresti pornirile. Si faci un efort constient sa nu stii si sa arunci cunostintele cat colo.
MAGGIE GRACE: Cred ca ai facut o treaba foarte buna, pentru ca te-am gasit foarte plin de tine timp de cel putin jumatate din episodul pilot. Nu esti din Louisiana. Nu esti din Manhattan.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da. Da. Noi – acesta este un alt lucru formidabil, sa te afli aici cu toti acesti oameni incredibili. Suntem 14 si ne iubim la nebunie.
MAGGIE GRACE: E incredibil. E nemaipomenit. E un grup formidabil.
IAN SOMERHALDER: E un grup minunat.
R: Cum va schimba vietile faptul ca va aflati in Hawaii?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Oh.
MAGGIE GRACE: Le-a imbunatatit.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da, sunt mai bune.
R: Nu va e dor de nimic? Va place? Cum va simtiti acolo?
MAGGIE GRACE: Ne place.
IAN SOMERHALDER: E perfect.
MAGGIE GRACE: E minunat.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Serios, nu vreau sa para prea mult – adica, e…
MAGGIE GRACE: Traim in comunitati foarte mici. Suntem echipati cu instrumente de sprijin reciproc. Si stiu ca toata lumea din serial e ca o familie si acesta este un cliseu, dar petrecm impreuna foarte mult timp. Cand te gandesti la profunzimea acestor relatii ai crede ca ne stim de ani intregi nu ca lucram impreuna de mai putin de un an.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da.
MAGGIE GRACE: S-au purtat cu totii extraordinar. Grupul de oameni pe care l-au format si nu numai –sunt incantata sa lucrez cu unii dintre cei mai talentati profesionisti din domeniu. Distributia noastra e fantastica. Si, stii, ironic, tocmai am filmat recent prima scena cu Terry, si a fost nemaipomenit. Ca actori, toti sunt – este un proces de invatare minunat sa lucrez cu oameni care au mult mai multa experienta decat mine. A fost uimitor. Dar si la nivel personal ii admir – sunt oameni cu adevarat extraordinari si ma simt binecuvantata ca ma aflu cu ei in Hawaii.
IAN SOMERHALDER: A dat norocul peste noi. Suntem cu adevarat norocosi. Povestea nu este doar convingatoare si impecabil scrisa, mai e vorba si despre faptul ca esti inconjurat de oameni care sunt atat de talentati si intelegatori si este foarte interesant sa vezi cum functioneaza aceste lucruri. N-am facut niciodata parte dintr-un proiect atat de bine organizat si bine facut si, nu stiu daca se poate spune asta, dar s-ar putea sa nu mai vedem o astfel de distributie adunata vreodata. E ceva foarte special in legatura cu ea, si cateodata esti plin de noroc. Si cred ca noi am dat lovitura. Si e vorba despre o mare incarcatura personala care apare si despre prietenii si despre nivelul la care comunici cu acesti oameni.
MAGGIE GRACE: Si despre a putea sa ai incredere in ceilalti cand lucrezi, mai ales in situtiile de risc in care jucam moi. E minunat sa poti avea incredere in cei cu care lucrezi.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da.
MAGGIE GRACE: Atunci cand faci cascadorii, atunci cand filmezi scene pline de emotie care te epuizeaza. Ni s-a creat o atmosfera minunata, cu adevarat minunata.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da. E foarte fluida.
R: Ce vor insemna aceste roluri va insemna pentru cariera voastra? Serialul e urmarit pretutindeni. Are foarte mare succes.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Au insemnat deja foarte mult. Au facut ca lucrurile sa para mai usor de obtinut.
R: Aveti mai multe ocazii acum? Adica vi s-au oferit roulri in filme de lung-metraj?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Mult mai multe ocazii. Ceva de aceasta anvergura creeaza…
MAGGIE GRACE: Tocmai cum spunea el, audienta mare.
IAN SOMERHALDER: E vorba despre calitatea intregii munci depuse.
MAGGIE GRACE: E scris ca un film. Si, cateodata, are si buget de film.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da.
MAGGIE GRACE: Un aspect prin care serialul se apropie si mai mult de un film de lung-metraj este fondul muzical. Am participat la prima mea sesiune de dublaj muzical nu cu mult timp in urma si, stiti, nu putem uita, cand suntem in Hawaii, ce serial uimitor este si cati oameni sunt implicati. Am ajuns la dublaj si am vazut o incredibila orchestra compusa din multi muzicieni talentati iar compozitorul nostru, Michael,
e minunat si e implicat intr-o multime de filme. Si cred ca acest lucru contribuie la crearea senzatiei de film in fiecare saptamana. Cred ca este – e serializat intr-o oarecare masura, dar ideea este ca poti, daca nu ai putut sa prinzi toate episoadele, sa vezi unul si sa constati ca e de sine-statator – are anvergura unui film. Adica locatiile pe care le folosim – felul in care e filmat – se suprapun perfect peste aceasta senzatie. Nu pare un serial de televiziune.
IAN SOMERHALDER: J.J. a spus-o cum nu se poate mai bine. A spus asa de bine – oh, a spus "Lost" e de fapt, si-a potrivit ochelarii, "este – este – un film de categorie B turnat in felul unuia de pe lista cu A-uri”.
MAGGIE GRACE: Lucru pentru care J.J. e cunoscut. El ia concepte de filme de categorie B si le trateaza ca pe niste A-uri, stiti, de la "Alias," genul cu fete spion. Si a facut-o…
IAN SOMERHALDER: Dar daca "Felicity" ar fi spioana? Asta a spus el. A spus intr-o zi, "Dar daca "Felicity" ar fi spioana?"
MAGGIE GRACE: Si cred ca asa a atras nu numai atentia criticii ci si un mare succes comercial, pentru ca e un concept care ii atrage pe multi. E escapist. E vorba despre un concept pe care toti si l-au imaginat de cand erau copii. Ce as face daca as fi in aceasta situatie? Dar felul in care l-a tratat si scenariile care ni se dau in fiecare saptamana il fac sa para cu totul nou. E uimitor.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Dar mai cred si ca oricine poate sa se identifice cu cineva de pe insula. Te poti identifica cu cineva intr-un anume fel sau forma. Exista multa impartialitate in acest lucru, pentru ca te aduce mai aproape de materie. Si, de asemenea, mai cred ca ceea ce am descoperit - si am vorbit multora despre asta - este ca fiecare episod acopera in mare o zi si jumatate, astfel ca fiecare sezon acopera de la 30 la 40 de zile. Se termina un episod si apoi, saptamana urmatoare, se reia actiunea cu cinci secunde dupa ultimul lucru pe care l-ai vazut si, astfel, nu se pierde senzatia de imediat. Nu ai deloc senzatia ca lucrurile treneaza ci ca totul evolueaza. E atata energie si la fiecare hotarare se nasc o multime de intrebari.
MAGGIE GRACE: Cred ca atunci cand oamenii au aflat despre premisa serialului inainte sa vada vreun episod, au fost putin reticenti. Cum poti pastra interesul fata de un serial a carui actiune se petrece pe o insula si are o distributie si posibilitati limitate? Iar daca iti scade audienta, nu poti aduce o celebritate pe post de actor invitat ca sa ii dea avant. Dar cred au uimit pe toata lumea doar in virtutea personajelor deosebit de interesante si bine creionate si in virtutea nenumaratelor niveluri ale actiunii. Suntem la inceputul actiunii de sondare a profunzimilor…
IAN SOMERHALDER: de-abia.
MAGGIE GRACE: …trecutului acestor oameni.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Varful iceberg-ului.
MAGGIE GRACE: cum au devenit cine sunt acum. Si trecutul lor si cum se intersecteaza ei si cum afecteaza acest lucru felul in care acum se descurca intr-o anume situatie, si, de asemenea, ce se afla pe insula, ce este insula insasi si multe alte fenomene. Cred ca facut o treaba minunata legand una de alta atatea povesti incat oricine poate gasi ceva atragator. Surorii mele, care are 12 ani, ii place la nebunie serialul. Ma uimeste faptul ca nu ii e frica. Toate micile ei prietene se intalnesc, raman peste noapte la ea, urmaresc serialul si…
IAN SOMERHALDER: Daca ar ramane la ele acasa, ne-ar creste audienta si mai mult.
(Rasete.)
Oamenii dau petreceri in cinstea serialului "Lost", si tocmai ma gandeam la asta. Ma gandeam, "Ce-ar fi daca ar sta toti acasa?".Wow. Nu.
MAGGIE GRACE: Dar a fost minunat pentru ca saptamana asta a fost atat de frumoasa... Noi suntem din Ohio, iar ea si-a invitat prietenele din Ohio si ii vine sa ma sune si sa-l sune pe Ian si sa spuna, "Oh, da, hai sa ii intrebam ce se intampla in timpul pauzelor publicitare. Hei, da, Ian. Ne uitam la serial. Tocmai ne intrebam"…
IAN SOMERHALDER: Are parte de multa popularitate la 12 ani.
(Rasete.)
MAGGIE GRACE: Da, mare popularitate.
R: Credeti ca a crezut ce s-a intamplat cu cele doua personaje in episodul pilot?
MAGGIE GRACE: Nu cred ca am lasat-o sa se uite la acel episod.
MAGGIE GRACE: Dar cred ca ar fi depasit-o putin.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Da. Si ar fi terminat prin a ma uri.
MAGGIE GRACE: Nu cred ca a vazut acel episod.
Multumim postului AXN pentru amabilitatea cu care ne-a pus la dispozitie acest interviu. Nu uitati sa urmariti in fiecare duminica cele mai noi episoade ale sezonului 2 din LOST: Naufragiatii (duminica, ora 20,00 pe AXN).
This is for our international readers, LOST fans. The whole interview with the stars of LOST.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Oh, is that one of those things? That's -- what? That's great.
MAGGIE GRACE: No way.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Love it. What happens when someone sneezes? Do you --
MAGGIE GRACE: Now, he's going to buy one just so he can have one.
(Introductions.)
IAN SOMERHALDER: Wow. I'm going all over the world today.
MAGGIE GRACE: My goodness.
QUESTION: Do you speak all these languages?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Absolutely. And farcy (phonetic).
QUESTION: Good. Do you speak French mainly?
MAGGIE GRACE: I took it in high school briefly, and I made A's, of course. But it was -- unfortunately, there were a lot of cute boys in that class, and I didn't pay as much attention as I should. And I was going, "I'm never going to use this stuff," and, of course, ironically -- but I have a lot of friends that are fluent and actually French, so I have a plot of people I can call and check.
IAN SOMERHALDER: And the studio pays people to --
MAGGIE GRACE: Mm-hmm. I use my friends.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Oh, nice.
MAGGIE GRACE: Mm-hmm. You're thinking of Naveen and he's Iraqi so --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Oh, yes, this is true.
QUESTION: So maybe you could both tell us a bit about your characters, what you thought of them when they first started. And now, you've had some more back stories revealed, what you can sort of tell the audiences they're in for about these guys.
MAGGIE GRACE: Go ahead.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Well, I definitely think they're in for some really interesting material. As far as characterwise goes, you know, yeah, it was pretty difficult at first, because there are 14 of us and it takes a really good while to actually -- for the writers to be able to hit each one of those story lines. And for awhile, we didn't know that much about our characters, really, at all, and it was more along the lines of we were just these two, sort of, little spoiled brats. And then, when you dig a little deeper and you realize that they're -- that they all have their own struggles, their own dreams and -- and past in which they're trying to move forward from. I think Boone was basically a guy who has a job but he's not very, very, very proud of, but it gives him a sense of solidarity and it grounds him a lot because it's a lot of responsibility. So he's very aware of his environment, because he controls it mostly. And he goes to Australia like everyone else in the plane to do something really important to him, otherwise he wouldn't have jumped on it and finds himself on this island in an environment which he knows nothing of, surrounded by people whom he doesn't know at all. And the main thing that he has to do is survive and protect the only thing that really means anything to him, which is his sister, who, oddly enough, all they do is fight and bicker. And -- and you find out a lot more later why that -- why they treat each other the way they do. There is -- there's a cause and effect for everything, and what's great is you get to look at 14 people's lives and see everything, what got them to this place and -- and they're going to, you know -- they're going to learn a lot about life very quickly so --
MAGGIE GRACE: Oh, gosh. Shannon -- yeah, on the surface, she's a spoiled, self-absorbed little socialite brat. She's young and somewhat emotionally young at least in her relationship with Boone which is --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Me.
MAGGIE GRACE: -- this one. And she is something of a train wreck. She's calculated, extremely skilled in manipulation.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Very.
MAGGIE GRACE: As he well knows. And she's thrust in this situation that she's completely ill-equipped for, in denial for much of the beginning of the our time on the island, which, I think, as we would all be in this day and age. I'm glad they addressed that, that why wouldn't we be found in two days. Of course we're going to be found. And then, we find out a little bit more about why we're not being found. And, yeah, I think she has a really long way to go. It's -- she's got a great arc to her, and not everyone was born a hero on this island. Some of us have to have things beaten out of us, and I will be one of those people.
QUESTION: Do you guys get recognized a lot?
MAGGIE GRACE: We do.
IAN SOMERHALDER: It changed. It's changing quite a bit. I think especially after last Wednesday after our episode aired.
MAGGIE GRACE: I don't know how much we can say because it hasn't aired in all --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Well, I'm not going to say anything about it. I'm just saying the actual episode.
QUESTION: Yeah, I saw it.
QUESTION: I saw it too.
QUESTION: Yeah, we saw it, so it doesn't matter.
(Laughter.)
MAGGIE GRACE: It was really fun. When we were at the airport the next day -- we were coming for the Globes -- and we were on the same flight. And so the flight got cancelled and everybody in the flight figured out, oh, "Lost" is here.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah.
MAGGIE GRACE: Then, we had these photographers and people and these writers from this magazine, and it was a really odd day. But it was like, hey, that was really, really kinky. Would you take a picture with my baby?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah, I know.
MAGGIE GRACE: Odd juxtaposition. It was --
IAN SOMERHALDER: That was funny, but what's even -- what's kind of interesting is that when we all get on flights
together, you see the reaction of people around you. There maybe something very subtle. They can't quite place you, and there's something that makes them slightly uneasy about your presence.
(Laughter.)
IAN SOMERHALDER: It's kind of funny. It's kind of funny.
QUESTION: So in real life, how would you deal in this kind of survival situation?
MAGGIE GRACE: Better than Shannon.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Better than Boone.
QUESTION: So you guys have, like, survival training or --
MAGGIE GRACE: Mine's limited to reading the Fox Fire series when I was ten and dreamed of running away and living in the forest or something as all ten-year-olds do. But, no, I think I would just deal better in an emergency situation. I'm not quite so hysterical as she seems to be.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah. I -- I just -- I spent most -- I spent my -- most of my childhood pretty much from conception until now outdoors a great deal on horseback and in the water and learning a lot. My father was really adamant about us knowing how to survive in the woods and how -- you know, I think what's great is when you teach a child that,
there's -- when you see the way nature works, you also have -- you have a better sense of actually how humanity works too and sort of the natural cyclical aspects of life. And it's funny. It's funny for me to be sitting on the island and hearing people screaming go do this and do that and people trying to tie knots or what have you. And Ian, I know those things, and Boone has no clue. But that's what's great about acting, is you're sitting there. You have to suppress that. You have to keep it in. And you make a conscious effort not to know and trying to reabsorb it which --
MAGGIE GRACE: I think you did such a good job, because I thought you were full of it for at least half the pilot. You're not from Louisiana. You're so from Manhattan. And then, we all went deep-sea fishing and I was like, okay, maybe he's not --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah. Yeah. We -- that's the other great thing, is being out in this place with all these amazing people. There are 14 of us. We absolutely adore each other.
MAGGIE GRACE: It's been really surreal. It's been amazing. It's a good group.
IAN SOMERHALDER: It's a great group.
QUESTION: How is living in Hawaii change your life?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Oh.
MAGGIE GRACE: Just made them better.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Better.
QUESTION: You don't miss anything? You like it? How is your life there?
MAGGIE GRACE: Love it.
IAN SOMERHALDER: It's pretty impeccable, actually.
MAGGIE GRACE: It's great.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Seriously, not to sound over- -- I mean it's --
MAGGIE GRACE: We live in very small communities. We have this amazing, you know, built-in support system. And I know everybody on the series is like, oh, it's like a family and it's a cliche, but we really do spend exorbitant amounts of times together. The quality of these relationships, you'd think we've known each other for years, not that we've --
you know have only been working together this year.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah.
MAGGIE GRACE: They were amazing. The group of people they put together and not only -- I mean I'm thrilled to beworking with some of the most talented vets in the industry. I mean our cast is fantastic. And, you know, I just did my
first scene with Terry, ironically, recently, and it was amazing. I mean on an acting level, everyone is -- it's just been a really great learning process to be working with people who have so much more experience than me. It's been amazing. But also on a personal level, I admire -- these are truly amazing people and I feel really blessed to -- to be with them in Hawaii.
IAN SOMERHALDER: We got lucky. We got really lucky. The story is not only compelling and impeccably created, there's also -- you're surrounded by a group of people that are so wildly talented and compassionate and it's -- it's just
interesting to see how these things work out. I don't know if -- I've never been a part of something this well put together and well done, and, you know, you can say this, but we may never see a cast like this put together. There's just something that's so special about it, and you get lucky sometimes. And I think we hit the jackpot. And there's -- there's an enormous amount of personal growth that comes out of that and friendships and the level of which you communicate with these people.
MAGGIE GRACE: And really being able to trust each other at work, especially in the kind of high-stakes situation we're playing. It's great to trust who you're working with.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah.
MAGGIE GRACE: When you're doing stunts, when you're doing emotionally draining scenes. It's just a lovely, lovely atmosphere they've created for us.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yes. It's very fluid.
QUESTION: (Inaudible) mean for your career? It's seen all over the world. It's very successful.
IAN SOMERHALDER: It's definitely made it a lot better. It's made things -- it's made things a little more obtainable, yeah.
QUESTION: You're having more opportunities now? I mean you have offers to movies?
IAN SOMERHALDER: A lot more opportunity. Something like this creates --
MAGGIE GRACE: Just like he was saying, the vast audience.
QUESTION: Yeah. But maybe on another show even if you're having a vast audience you would not be able to just jump in movies that easily.
MAGGIE GRACE: Well, I think with the quality of the writing --
IAN SOMERHALDER: It's the quality of the work.
MAGGIE GRACE: It's written like a movie. It's actually budgeted like a movie sometimes.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah.
MAGGIE GRACE: The cinematographers we have down to, I think, the scoring. I went to my first scoring session not too long ago, and, you know, you never forget, when we're in Hawaii, what an amazing show this is and how many people are
involved. But it really drives the point home when you -- I came to the scoring session and there's this amazing orchestra of all these musicians and our composer, Michael, is great and is doing a lot of features. And I think it really gives it the feel of a movie every week in a way. I think it's -- it is serialized to a degree, but the idea is that it's episodic and you can really, if you haven't been able to catch all the episodes, watch one and it sort of stands alone as a -- has the scope of film. I mean the locations we're using -- the way in which it's shot, it really lends itself to that feeling. It doesn't feel like a TV show.
IAN SOMERHALDER: J.J. said it perfectly. He said -- he said -- such a great -- oh, he said "lost" is basically, fixes his glasses, "It's -- it's -- it's a B movie done in an A-list way.
MAGGIE GRACE: Which is what J.J.'s known for. It's taking those B-movie concepts and giving them amazing A-treatment, you know, from "Alias," the spy girl genre. And he made it --
IAN SOMERHALDER: What if "Felicity" was a spy? That's what he said. He said one day, "What if "Felicity" was a spy?"
MAGGIE GRACE: And I think that's how it's garnered not only critical attention but commercial success, because it's a
concept that people are attracted to. It's escapist. It's this concept that everyone's had in their imagination since they were little kids. What would I do if I were in this situation? But the way he's treated it and, you know, the writing we're given every week, they just keep bringing it to the table. It's amazing.
IAN SOMERHALDER: But I think, also, too everyone can -- everyone can pretty much identify with someone on this island. You know, there's -- there's -- you can identify with someone in some way, shape, or form. That -- there's a
lot of equity in that, because it makes you closer to the material. And also, too, I think, I've -- what I've found,
and I've spoken to a lot of people, is that each episode's roughly about a day and a half each, so each season's 30 to 40 days. You're not -- an episode ends and then the next week, it picks up five seconds after what -- the last thing you just saw and that in itself lends a great deal, you know, the immediacy never goes away. I don't think you feel like you miss a beat, and it keeps it -- it keeps it moving. There's so much momentum and for every resolve, there's five questions.
MAGGIE GRACE: I think when the premise was first introduced to people before they'd seen the show, people were a little
leery. How can you keep a show going that's set on a island and has a limited, you know, scope and a limited number of people? And if your ratings are dropping, you can't bring in some celebrity guest star every other episode to bump them up. But I think they've really wowed everyone and just by virtue of how interesting the characters are and how well written they are and how many layers there are. We're just beginning to plumb the depths of --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Barely.
MAGGIE GRACE: -- where these people have been.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Tip of the iceberg.
MAGGIE GRACE: Who made them who they are. And -- and their past and how they intersect and what -- you know, how that affects how they're dealing with situation now, and also what is on the island, what the island itself is, and various phenomena. I think they've done a really great job of marrying so many franchises together so that there's really something for everybody. My 12-year-old sister loves the show. I'm shocked that she's not scared, but she loves it. All her little friends get together and have sleepovers and watch the show and --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Which if they all were at their open homes, then our ratings would be bigger. (Laughter.) People throw parties for "Lost," and I was just thinking about that. I went, "But what if they were all at theirhouse?" Wow. No.
MAGGIE GRACE: But it was great, because this week she -- she was so happy. We're from Ohio, and so she's having these little girls over in Ohio and she gets to call me up and, like, call Ian up and be like, "Oh, yeah, let's ask
them what's going on during the commercial break. Hey, yeah, Ian. Oh, we're watching the show. We just wondered" --
IAN SOMERHALDER: That's some serious 12-year-old currency.
(Laughter.)
MAGGIE GRACE: Yeah, big 12-year-old currency.
QUESTION: She must have thought (inaudible) going on with your two characters before the show?
MAGGIE GRACE: I don't think we let her watch that episode.
QUESTION: (Inaudible.)
MAGGIE GRACE: But I think it also would have gone a little over her head too.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah. And she'd probably end up hating me.
MAGGIE GRACE: I think she hasn't seen that episode.
QUESTION: You've only been 18 for two years I read somewhere?
MAGGIE GRACE: I think they've actually measured that from when things were released. I moved to L.A. a little over four years ago. I was just turning 17, and I was really lucky to sign with my agency my first week and start working. I mean I've been doing as many plays as I could since I was tiny. I've always been just completely in love with -- with acting and -- and just started working. And I'm really, in retrospect, very happy about the way that worked out and really working my way up from commercials and Indies and, you know, guest stars to leads and, you know, more TV movies and more pilots. And I've done this amazing show with this great cast and --
QUESTION: So you were 17 and you moved out to L.A. by yourself?
MAGGIE GRACE: No. My mom and I have -- she kind of goes back and forth. She's an amazing, amazing woman. I wish she was here today.
QUESTION: That's nice. That's very supportive.
MAGGIE GRACE: She's the anti-stage mother.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yes.
MAGGIE GRACE: He knows it. She's like -- all of my friends adopt her as, like, their mom. The whole cast is like, "When's your mom coming bank?" She's really wonderful. She's just my best friend, and she's really supportive but not in a, you know, pushy way at all. She's just been -- I couldn't --
IAN SOMERHALDER: She leaves the pushiness up to you.
MAGGIE GRACE: Yeah. It's definitely been of my own volition, and anything I strive for, you know, I went after. But I couldn't do it without her. She's amazing.
QUESTION: So hiatus is coming up soon. Do you have any movies that you could tell us about that you're going to work with?
MAGGIE GRACE: I've had offers but we're still -- I mean the show is very much the focus.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah.
MAGGIE GRACE: And it's still early yet. And I think we all trust that the right thing will be there.
QUESTION: Your agents may have a different position?
MAGGIE GRACE: Well, they do. They can focus on whatever they want.
IAN SOMERHALDER: It's kind of -- it's actually kind of funny, and this isn't in any way, shape, or form a derogatory statement, but there's not a lot going on in the film world right now. It's pretty bizarre. And if you look at -- I've been looking at -- especially since "Lost" -- looking at the trades and watching a majority of the talk within this industry is in television right now. And a lot of big feature guys, big studio executives say, "Oh, why am I not in television?" And they want to make that switch, which generally it's almost the opposite.
MAGGIE GRACE: The audience is so much bigger.
IAN SOMERHALDER: The audience is growing, because I think -- I think what happened, and this is purely speculation on any point -- no, no, no. Just that there was a writer strike a couple years ago, a WGA strike, and I think studios started buying scripts in which they necessarily shouldn't have and not buying scripts in which they probably should, and so you had this sort of two-and-a-half-year lag of pretty mediocre film. And I think that audience decided why am I going to leave my house to go see a movie just to be disappointed again and pay for it when I can sit here and there's probably some really high-quality programming on this little TV in my living room. And that has transformed -- it's made a great market.
It's made it a lot bigger again, you know. And even with reality television there, "Lost" has found this niche of being wildly diverse with character also, too, with plot, you know. I sound like a broken record, but it's almost annoying at times that for every resolution there are five new questions.
MAGGIE GRACE: And they continue to push the envelope and take risks too, which we applaud them for.
IAN SOMERHALDER: They took a huge risk on us.
MAGGIE GRACE: They did.
QUESTION: Don't you think that the audience maybe are tired of the forensic stuff?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah. I mean the whole procedural show of it all I think is -- is --
MAGGIE GRACE: The great thing is we have a little bit of that too. It's really an amalgamation of every franchise: Family drama, medical drama, little dose of soap now and then. It's got a little something for everyone, and I think that's what -- what accounts for so much of the audience, is that really a lot of different -- a whole family can watch it and everyone can enjoy it, which I can't think of a whole lot of shows that my whole family watches together. Of course, I'm on it so -- (Laughter.)
QUESTION: Maggie, your character spends a fair amount of her time in a bikini.
MAGGIE GRACE: During the first bit of the season.
QUESTION: How much effort do you have to put into staying in shape and keeping --
MAGGIE GRACE: Well, I think living in Hawaii's a great help as well. But, yeah, I try -- I know. I always get these questions and you don't.
IAN SOMERHALDER: I'm not half naked.
(Laughter.)
MAGGIE GRACE: Yeah. He has his first topless scene, right? No. Just, you know, living in Hawaii, it's really fun. There's a lot of hiking, horseback riding. Don't tell J.J.
IAN SOMERHALDER: There's lots in store, guys, boys.
QUESTION: Matthew hasn't got you guys skinny-dipping yet?
IAN SOMERHALDER: What?
MAGGIE GRACE: What?
QUESTION: Are you the ones that go skinny-dipping with Matthew?
IAN SOMERHALDER: We all --
MAGGIE GRACE: I lot of us go skinny-dipping.
IAN SOMERHALDER: -- pretty much don't care? Why? Why would you care?
MAGGIE GRACE: You guys are family.
IAN SOMERHALDER: It is a family. You know how twisted thatsounds, by the way?
MAGGIE GRACE: No. But it's kind of a pun.
(Laughter.)
IAN SOMERHALDER: Good pun. You know, it's -- it's just interesting. Yeah, it's stumped me. Can someone ask me a question, like a direct question?
QUESTION: Do you have a sister in real life?
IAN SOMERHALDER: I do.
MAGGIE GRACE: She's really cool.
IAN SOMERHALDER: She's great.
QUESTION: How old is she?
IAN SOMERHALDER: She's 34. I just found out she's getting married. Yeah, we're going to do it on our property at home. I'm so excited about that. So when I walk out of here, I'm actually going to call her.
QUESTION: You are close together?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah.
QUESTION: Do you have a brother also?
MAGGIE GRACE: This is weird, but my real brother's name is Ian.
QUESTION: Wow.
MAGGIE GRACE: And it's not a common name. So when I first met Ian, I was like, well, that has to bode well.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Mm-hmm.
MAGGIE GRACE: But, no, I have a little brother and sister. And, yeah, he's like his big brother now. It's great. Ian visits for spring break and stuff and I've got --
IAN SOMERHALDER: I got into so much trouble.
QUESTION: How old is he?
MAGGIE GRACE: He's turning 18 this week.
QUESTION: Okay.
QUESTION: So I would like to know what -- do you have any sort of dreams as an actor, what you want to become or something, like you want to become Robert De Niro or --
MAGGIE GRACE: I hate to pin a name on it.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Do you want to become a Robert De Niro?
MAGGIE GRACE: I'd love to. The doctor doesn't think I can really --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Pull it off?
MAGGIE GRACE: It's going to take a few stages.
IAN SOMERHALDER: It is 2005.
MAGGIE GRACE: True. I'm hoping they'll come out with --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Stop.
(Laughter.)
QUESTION: Danny DeVito.
MAGGIE GRACE: Just to keep growing and, you know --
QUESTION: He's not that tall.
IAN SOMERHALDER: I think it's to continue to work with really great people. That's --
MAGGIE GRACE: You know.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Who knows where you'll end up.
QUESTION: Seriously, when you're at home by yourself, you have some sort of vision or dream of who you're going to become?
IAN SOMERHALDER: Yeah.
QUESTION: Tell me.
MAGGIE GRACE: But it's not necessarily Robert De Niro, that I'm aiming to fill his shoes.
QUESTION: You know what I mean.
QUESTION: Does your romantic life improve thanks to the show?
IAN SOMERHALDER: No. No, it's gotten worse.
MAGGIE GRACE: He still can't get a date.
QUESTION: I don't believe that.
IAN SOMERHALDER: Living in Hawaii and doing the show and focusing on that and --
QUESTION: And the reality life is --
MAGGIE GRACE: Surfer chicks?
IAN SOMERHALDER: They come and go quickly.
QUESTION: That's what I'm saying. So it's more easy now?
(Laughter.)
IAN SOMERHALDER: I'm not on the spot, but --
QUESTION: Do you use the line "I'm an actor"?
IAN SOMERHALDER: No.
(Laughter.)
No. You try and stay away from that. But, yeah, it's -- you know, it's funny, because everyone else in this cast is pretty much married. I think myself, Maggie, and a couple of others -- we're the only single ones but it's kind of nice not to be in a relationship, not having to worry about that. I commuted between L.A. and New York for three years, because I had a relationship in New York, and -- and that, I will never do again, and that teaches you very quickly. So there's a -- there's a certain amount of restraint, and there's also -- there's a certain -- there's a lot of freedom in just knowing, wow, I am so happy by myself. I have these amazing -- this amazing group of people to spend my time with.
MAGGIE GRACE: I actually have more of a challenge getting a date now, because now I've got all these --
IAN SOMERHALDER: Oh, yeah. Me and Matt Fox and Josh Holloway and Naveen Andrews and --
MAGGIE GRACE: It's tough.
QUESTION: I believe you.
IAN SOMERHALDER: That guys got to go through some serious channels.
MAGGIE GRACE: Josh Holloway's like, "Oh, hold on. I'll be right back. I'm going to go clean my guns. I'll be right back."
THE WOMAN: Okay. With that, we have to wrap up. Thank you very much.
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