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or it was Rebecca’s fault but they decided not to push it because what’s the real point. the damage is done, time to move on.
Way too much ado about nothing, Ausiello. Stick to delivering the scoops. Who cares about an age discrepancy, anyway? It’s fiction, people. And Lost is so chock-full of little idiosyncrasies, that I’m actually amazed that it took this long for Team Darlton to get confused for once. Mistakes will happen. No need for heads to roll.
Well, it’s settled!
Who knows who’s fault it was, but is Rebecca Madar that big of an actress she can actually dictate her characters age, especially if it goes against the timeline? Sounds like the writers made a mistake to me and through her under the bus. Dunno I could be wrong, but sounds weird.
Interesting. I was a little unsure when they mentioned it on the podcast, but now it makes more sense. I didn’t think that sort of significant change was usually allowed on set, especially for a show as complex as LOST!
Nicotine – “It’s fiction, people”. What a stupid comment to make on a blog that is purely here to comment on tv shows. It’s all fiction, nicotard.
Ah technology indeed! And to geek it up a little more, I found out about this post on Twitter via tweet from http://twitter.com/EWAusielloFiles
Hope there’s no bad blood between Rebecca Mader and Darlton!
Nice one to DocArzt for breaking this. <_<
Maybe Darlton are suffering from Constant sickness?
They shouldn’t have admitted to the mistake in the first place. They could have easily said that Ben lied about her age, or that Charlotte’s mom lied about her birthdate once they got to the mainland, or that the moving off the island caused some type of temporal maladjustment wherein they lost 5 years of time, so while Charlotte was born earlier, she would only appear to be a certain age post-island…
I am surprised they didn’t go a more creative route to explain the inconsistency.
Poor Greg Nations. The ultimate fall guy. I can’t wait to here his TWEET about all this!
Dorks freak about about the stupidest things.
We are geeks. Not dorks. Get your facts straight.
What I want to know is now that they made the error, will it be fixed? Surely they can delete that scene from the DVD and/or move it to a more appropriate spot in the season so the canon is corrected later on when the show is watched years from now.
Wow Damon and Carlton nearly messed up an actress’s reputation cause of one silly mistake! No wonder she got written off: maybe if Rebecca Mader had been a good little girl and spread her arsehole for Darlton between takes like they kindly asked her too, she might still have a job now!
I believe it’s 34 not 37. 2008 – 1974 = 34
“Mader changed the age of her character from 28 to 37″? Is that supposed to read “37 to 28″?
I see Mader’s comments on her MySpace page, but not on Facebook…
Jesus christ, how the heck would Rebecca Mader look 37 in the first place?
wow who cares, really?
so how do they explain the gaffe away, cause i think the brilliant writers should totally try to find a way to explain how Charllote was born in 1979… my explanation, was the her own mother, when she escaped the island changed Charllotes identity and falsified new records.
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While writing a show which turns around time travel, they should’ve been much more careful. It shows that in Season 4 they had no idea about what would happen to Charlotte. That’S what they always do. They never write consistent stories for the characters. They make up as they go along and try to show it “genious writing”. Cowards!! Well done Rebecca for standing against these clowns …
Well, I understand why Rebecca reacted this way because this could have damaged her reputation. I don’t blame Darlton for misremembering things, everyone does, but they really should’ve checked the facts on this before telling the story in the podcast. But now they confirmed Rebecca’s story, apologized and took all the blame. No need to make a big deal out of this, IMO.
And Dan, that also not a fair statement. I think they always planned that Charlotte was born on the island (remember how she smiled when the found that DHARMA collar in Tunisia?). Since they map out each season before the writing process starts, they knew time travel would play a huge this season. And they only got her birthdate wrong, what’s the big deal? The story is still as good as anything on TV today. But if you’re feeling better having called these guys “cowards” and “clowns,” be my guest.
Sorry for the double post. Dan, what examples do you have that they “never write consistent stories for the characters”? Charlotte’s story is consistent, they always had in mind that she was born on the island (when Miles said to her that he’s surprised she wants so leave after all this time she she’s been trying to get back here, Darlton said on the season 4 DVD that her backstoy unfortunately got chopped because of the strike and that we would get her story in season 5, which we did.) Her story is consistent, just because her birthdate got mixed up doesn’t change that.
I wonder how Darlton will deal with the continuity error? Charlotte said that she met Faraday when she was a child, and he told her to leave the island. If Darlton are sticking with Charlotte being born in 1979, does that mean that Faraday encountered young Charlotte in the early 1980s?
Carly, I don’t think they’re going with the 1979 birthdate but the one they originally had in mind (70 or 71). When they were in the Barracks with Dharma, Faraday saw a little girl and said it was Charlotte, that was 74. They made a mistake with the birthdate but it still could be explained that Ben (or Michael) got not entirely correct info (which makes sense since Ben also mentioned that Charlotte was born in Essex, England). It’s doesn’t bother me much since this doesn’t change the story one bit and I’ll just go with 71 as her birthdate.
Matt the show is dealing with time travel. Charlotte’s story is not that complicated to make such a mistake. How many facts did they have to remember actually? Age is a crucial element for a character. They are not writing Charlotte for years. It was a character introduced just last year. If they can’t remember last year I wonder if they remember what they wrote in Season 1?
Dan, I agree that it was a stupid mistake. But it doesn’t change the story one bit. They screwed this up. I’m willing to go with 71 as her birthdate because, hey, maybe Ben got a wrong date. But to take this story and say “see, they had no idea what to do with Charlotte” (which is absolutely wrong) or that they have no idea where to go and just make it all up (which is also wrong), that isn’t necessary.
@Matt: if Ben got the date wrong, then Charlotte wouldn’t have acted shocked when he said it. She would have said “no that’s wrong”, Plus it makes Ben seem foolish.
Rebecca should just come out and reveal Damon & Carlton tried to fu ck her in that perfectly round arse of hers and refused when Hurler wanted to join in.
I didn’t notice or care until this article, and, guess what, I still don’t.
So why the hell did you post if you didn’t care Farva? Are you retarded?