More Michael Emerson Hubbub

I don't typically spend a lot of time thinking about Michael Emerson. Probably because, to me, he's just Ben. And he's been living happily under the radar until this whole nomination thing happened. But now that critics are finally acknowledging Lost's renewed awesomeness this season (not that last season was shabby; this one was just straight-up spectacular), he's going with the press-invasion flow, noting that the show's nomination for best drama is actually far more exciting to him. And from the interview below, you'll note that he very much includes the mobisodes as part of the season.

"Last year there wasn't any hubbub about it; there was no media," he said from New York. "This year it was a three-ring circus at my house. At one point this morning I had two competing television crews in my humble living room. TV Guide was packing up and 'Access Hollywood' was setting up, and I had the Associated Press on the phone. And I had to be in a cab at noon if I was going to get to the airport safely. It was a bit zany."

In typical fashion, actor Michael Emerson was more excited yesterday about the Emmy nod for the "Lost: Missing Pieces" mobisodes than he was about his own nomination for best supporting actor.

"For some of the actors on the show, their best work is in the mobisodes," said Emerson, who has made Benjamin Linus one of television's most compelling characters.

"I think the mobisodes let us go a little off text, a little out of our carefully manicured rut. They were looser than the show, and some people got to bust out a little bit. I'm happy that the trouble they went to has paid off with some recognition. And someday we'll look back and tell our grandchildren that we were in the first mobisodes ever filmed! It felt like new territory."

Read the rest of the article here, where he talks about his hiatus, his fear of too much on-screen time (I totally hear you, Emerson), and the challenges of keeping things interesting.

P.S. Did you know that he won an Emmy in 2001 for a guest role on The Practice? Crazy.

TAGS: Emmys, Interview, Michael Emerson, Nominations
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