Sonya Walger Talks "Lost" Parallels

Sonya Walger has a great life. She's Desmond's wife AND Joseph Fiennes' wife. But she doesn't want the viewers to get caught up in creating "Lost" parallels where there are none when watching "Flash Forward."

Here's an excerpt of her interview with PopEater:

I heard that you didn't hesitate to take on another complex show because you didn't even think of 'Lost' when reading the script for 'Flash Forward.' What do you think now after hearing all the critical comparisons between the show?
"It's inevitable that we'd be compared to 'Lost.' I think anytime you have a show with a big main central cataclysmic event and a large group of people are reeling from it, invariably it gets compared to 'Lost.' It doesn't feel like 'Lost' to me at all. It feels like a very different show. It feels very much embedded in the real world. The big political field of what's going on, and on a personal level, how people are dealing with what they've seen. The emotional ramifications. It's very embedded in the world we live in. You keep seeing shots of Los Angeles on fire and the White House half destroyed. You know, there's a global scale to it. I think the comparisons will tail off as the show progresses."

I think it's the giant secret that is the common element.

"Yeah, exactly. The secrecy about it and the gradual revealing of stories and story lines, all of which start paying off more and more as you watch. It's not like you have to wait for season 6 for everything to be revealed. There are lots of payoffs as the show continues."

I have to ask... are you coming back to 'Lost' for the final season?

"I hope so. We'll see. I've got no idea."

She has to come back. Are you reading this, Lost producers? BRING PENNY BACK.

TAGS: Flashforward, Interview, Lost, Sonya Walger
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