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Team Darlton is on the prowl for an actor of any ethnicity to play…
Paul: An overworked, harried male age 30-60 who finds himself in a highly adrenalized situation that forces him to remain calm and tests his ability to keep his wits about him — a test he fails miserably. Must be available for episodes 602 and 603.
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I’m thinking that Paul is one of the crew on the Black Rock…maybe even the ship’s first mate, whose diary was won at auction by Charles Widmore?
The diary that was found on the Black Rock belonged to someone named Tovar Hanso; they announced his name at the auction. Perhaps a distant relative to Alvar Hanso – financeer of the Dharma Initiative? But not Paul. I do like where your mind is about the Black Rock though.
I suspect they would be looking for a specific ethnicity if he was a crew member on the Black Rock.
Probably not to do with the Black Rock as it was a slave ship, and the call asks for any ethnicity. If it was for a Black Rock character, they’d probably have to specify the ethnicity with either the slaves or the crew (or maybe to match Richard Alpert if theories that he came from that ship are to be believed)
Carlos Bernard! (heck, I’d watch him on just about anything, but still…)
I second this notion.
Seriously, your tweets are deliberately misleading. None of the Lost scoops you’ve been announcing these days has ended up being an actual scoop.
I want to see Garret Dillahunt in that role.
Enrique Murciano??? I’ll miss not seeing him on Without a Trace each show and would love to see him on such a great show like Lost.
John Malkovich – and now I’m thinking about the skit Bill Hader did on Weekend Update of him failing to keep his cool.
Gary Anthony Williams who played the cross-dressing Clarence on Boston Legal. In fact, Christian Clemenson (aka Jerry Espenson) would be a good choice as well.
I second the Christian Clemenson thought. I think he would be perfect.
Stick with Deadwood, Darleton – Ian McShane
Or I’d love to see Damian Lewis
Both are lead actors though so may not want to do a small part unless it is pivotal
HEIDI THOSE ARE BOTH EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS! I LOVE IAN MCSHANE! I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CAST EVEN IF IT IS IN THE LAST SEASON
First a casting call for ‘Lennon’ and now ‘Paul’. Makes you wonder what role a certain band might play in the mythology…
Ringo is next. I wonder what his Lost bio will be? “An extremely lucky guy who rides coat tails of more talented individuals. Likes to laugh at himself… most of the time.”
No joke we may have some kind of Beatles connection – in some way – or possibly Lennon and Paul would be colleagues (shipmates? hatchmates?) and connected strongly.
Nice Catch! I heard Richard Starky will be making an appearance in episodes 609 and 610
Enrico Colantoni – I’d watch Keith Mars in anything (of course, I’ll be watching no matter who they cast).
The character description sounds like a possible Dharma Initiative experiment subject. Maybe he’s an early candidate for operating the Swan or the Tempest. Just a thought.
Maybe “Paul” is an air traffic control dude for LAX???
LOVE the idea of them trying to bring in what air traffic control was doing/thinking at the time of the crash. would still rather Paul had something to do with the Black Rock, though…
Keep the Deadwood reunion coming! Even “Psych” is doing it – both W. Earl Brown and Jim Beaver have rejoined Timothy Omundson and any of them would work.
Did anyone notice that this is ‘Paul’ right after a scoop about ‘Lennon’? I mean they don’t sound like the band members but Lost isn’t huge on coincidences….
John Billingsley would be a great pick. So would Ben Shenkman.
How about BtVS’s Nicholas Brendan?
Xander on “Lost”? Bringing together the casts of two of the best written shows of the past fifteen years might just make my head explode…
I hope that it is a character for the Black Rock. They need to have closure to that storyline.
What about Skeet Ulrich? He could play desperate and stressed to the max pretty well…
Lennie James who played Robert Hawkins on Jericho.
I second this. I have missed Lennie James on my screen, and he definitely has the talent and intensity that LOST needs.
Gotta love Ausiello for not giving credit, where credit is due. Darkufo broke this around 10 hours ago. Go there for all of your lost info.
John Schneider
ooooh John Schneider! Love him!!
Eric Close, Enrique Mercuriano, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Lennie James, Dale Midkiff, Rick Worthy, Andrew Kavovitt, Ty Olsson, Abraham Benrubi…just a few of the names that popped into my head. All actors I would love to see turn up on Lost.
Stanley Tucci
What about Carl Lumbly from “Alias”? He would be very good in this.
they’ve already cast this role, you idiot. go away. stop acting like you have “scoop” when it’s a casting breakdown any nickle and dime agent could get their hands on.
Dreamcasting and speculation are fun. IF you don’t like the column, stop being a whinging masochist and go read something else.
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– Rob
Who was cast?
Denis Leary
Scott Patterson. And from the description given, it sounds to me like his character’s name should be changed to Luke.
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Also, the name “Paul” should be avoided anyway due to the similarity to the name “Paolo.”
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– Rob
Who is Scott Patterson? Can’t place him.
I wish if we were allowed to dream cast we’d get a few days to do so -it seems as soon as the casting call goes out they’ve cast the person within an hour! Can’t you get some earlier scoopage, Ausiello?
He was Luke on Gilmore Girls.
…OMG; the 1st name that popped into my head while reading was Scott Patterson! so glad someone else thought of him too…
Wasn’t Paul married to Horace’s wife? He was killed by the others, and Sawyer and Juliet saved her.
Michael Biehn, the guy is awesome, and he needs work – LOST Help him out. I mean he was in Aliens and The Terminator for gods sake.
He’d be perfect for Lost but I’d rather see him in leader mode – can’t picture him a stressed out failure
30-60? That’s a big range.