Matthew Fox talks about "Lost" and Jack Shephard

Matthew Fox did a group interview on April 18th and SCI FI Wire posted a portion of where he talks about stuff coming up with his character on Lost and how the final five episodes are looking.

Of course, while he says only episodes, there are really six total hours left as we reported a week ago.

Regardless, Fox had a lot to say about Jack Shephard and what we can expect coming up soon. These are sort of spoilerish, although pretty mild. Read at your own risk.

“Jack’s a frickin’ mess in the future,” Fox said. “So that’s been not pleasant, to revisit that. It’s never fun to put yourself into a place where you’re suicidal and really, really messed up and desperate. So, yeah, he’s really gotten to the rock bottom, but I understand why we’re taking him there, and there will be a turn in there where he begins to sort of build towards a redemption. And taking him to the very pit of despair is going to make, I think, that more rewarding.”

He also spoke a bit about the way filming has been going, and it sure looks like they are putting A TON of work into getting the final episodes completed.

“It’s been, you know, chaotic,” Fox said. “I mean, you know, as it always is this time of year for us. I mean, we’re doing many shows [at once]. I think we’re shooting three episodes simultaneously, essentially. So it’s like anywhere between two and three units working at the same time and going back and forth between them and shooting things very out of sequence, which you always do, but I think when you’re covering three episodes, it’s a lot. But it’s great. I mean, it’s really great.”

But it’s all going to be soooooooooooooooo worth it:

“You won’t believe what happens in the next five episodes,” Fox said. “The show is building to its climax of the year, and it’s a lot of things happening. It’s big, and it’s going to be good.”

I was psyched before, but now even more so. New shows return on April 24th and it’s going to be mind-blowing from the previews I’ve been seeing.