The Future of Matthew Fox

Usually when I find interviews with any cast members from Lost, I skim through, parse them for info about the show, and throw it up on here for you to digest. (See, uh, my last post.) But I just came across an interview with Matthew Fox for Details magazine that barely talks about Lost at all but is still worth a look:

Lost will likely be Fox's last gig on the small screen; series work is too much of a time commitment for a 42-year-old eager to immerse himself in feature-filmdom. "You won't be seeing Matthew on TV anymore, you'll see him in big movies," says Carlton Cuse, Lost's co-executive producer and cowriter. "He has that cocktail of dangerous and charming. He has a leading man's good looks, and heroic qualities as an actor."
Cuse's partner, Damon Lindelof, senses that Fox might be happier in—and more challenged by—smaller roles of considerable depth: "He has the potential to be a leading man, but I think he's interested in those quirky transformative roles. Three, four years from now I can see him getting a Supporting Actor nomination. . . . He wants acting to be hard, to be torture. He does not want to ski the bunny slope."

Can he find a foothold on the next level?

"I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think I could," Fox says. "I've been proud of the things I've been part of so far. I don't have control over what will come my way, but if the opportunities I get excited by keep coming, I'm going to continue working in this business. If they don't, then there are other things in my life I'd like to take on."

Yeah, the interview was timed to promote the season premiere, but it's a good read. Read the full article here.

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