‘Lost’ Brings Back Goodspeed
Written by Ian Cullen on September 30, 2008 – 10:10 am -
By Ian M. Cullen
ABC’s genre series Lost has seen many characters come and go – and one character that will return to the series next year is Horace Goodspeed who is played by Doug Hutchison.
Goodspeed first popped up in the flashback episode – which revealed how Ben Linus came to be on the island as part of the Dharma initiative. In an interview for SciFi Wire Hutchison revealed a little about the character – and his return to the hit series.
“He’s this cool, weed-smoking sort of just laid-back throwback to the ’60s. He’s this cat who has flashbacks from the ’60s to the ’70s, all the way up to the ’90s, and he’s an integral part of the role of Ben [Michael Emerson] on the show and how Ben got started, because he knew him when Ben was a little boy.”
Those who have watched Lost without missing an episode will know that Goodspeed only lasted the one episode – before Ben betrayed the Dharma camp and had everyone killed. So it’s fair to say that Hutchison was a little surprised to be asked back onto the series.
According to the actor – Goodspeeds return will be in the present and will take up a possible 4 episode story arc.
“I got the script, and sure enough, now Horace Goodspeed…I don’t know,” Hutchison added. “I don’t know what’s going on. Nobody knows what’s going on on that island, but I’m either a ghost or a memory, a figment of one’s imagination or a piece of the island. I could be I’m conjured by the island. I shot that out in a day, and now I got a call from my agent about a month ago saying, ‘Lost would like to have you do at least four episodes for this coming season, pending your availability.’ I don’t know what they have up their sleeve. I’m lost!”
All Hutchison really knows is, Goodspeed will be “resurrected in some incarnation.”
As for other characters returning for season five, it’s been leaked through various sources that Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) will be back, as will Ana-Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez). Emilie de Ravin is rumored to be back for season six.
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