GQ: Now that it’s all over, what did you really think of the last episode? Emilie: Well, I gotta go back to when I was reading it. The whole last script was printed on dark red pages so that it couldn’t be copied, and we didn’t get the last ten pages until the night before shooting it. I was so moved by it. It wasn’t like, Oh, it’s the end of Episode 5. It was like, Wow, this is the last time I will ever read a “Lost” script again. That had major resonance.
Some fans weren’t as moved.
I don’t think everyone is going to be satisfied with the end of every show or every movie, especially something complex like this where you can’t answer every question. That’s one thing I heard: Why didn’t they answer everything! But it’s sort of boring to answer everything. You’d need another 500 episodes to do so. And I thought it ended in such a beautiful way.
Were there any questions that you had that went unanswered?
I would have liked to know more about what happened with Claire and her mother and their relationship.
I was always curious about why Claire’s baby daddy’s paintings were in Charles Widmore’s office.
Me too! I thought the dad was going to come back in some way. And the mother.
Did you like playing crazy Claire?
I did. I really did. It was nice to do something different after four seasons.
She had gone from being someone who’s always holding a baby in the scenes—
Yeah, I couldn’t be involved in the activities. Just standing on the beach, saying, See you guys!
Then you became a gun-wielding badass.
It was great to be able to do such different things. It wasn’t a show about five people doing the same thing every day.
It’s no “Friends.”
Yeah, it was creatively stimulating. I don’t think I could have done a show for that long if it was the same thing every episode.
Is it tough saying goodbye to a character you’ve known for so long?
It is. But maybe crazy Claire shouldn’t hang around in my mind for too long. That could be dangerous.
Emilie de Ravin talked about LOST with Parade.com‘s Jeanne Wolf:
And don’t expect any revelations about the finale of Lost either.
“I still don’t know how it ends. I’ve got no clue. It’s as confusing as it’s always been. We’ve still got a few weeks left to shoot, so I’m constantly sort of surprised when I’m given a new script. I mean, it’s insane the things they come up with, but really in a great way. This time Claire is a different person, it’s basically a whole other Claire, so it’s been fun sort of figuring out her journey.”
The last season has felt like the first.
“Honestly, I think my favorite moments were at the beginning of the series when the original cast was working together and just sort of hanging out. This final season has been like the old days. It’s kind of nice getting back to that if you just forget that it’s ending which is kind of sad. But I’d much rather have it conclude while it’s still good and people are still interested as opposed to just sort of petering out. I will miss it though.”
She won’t miss the sun and waves.
“Hawaii is drop-dead gorgeous, but you kind of get sick of going to the beach every day. When I’m back in L.A., I don’t go nearly as much as I thought when I moved here from Australia. I was like, ‘L.A., it’s all about the beach.’ But unless you live in Santa Monica or Malibu, it’s quite a drive.”
Or the bugs.
“The sand flies, mosquitoes, that kind of thing are really bothersome in Hawaii. L.A.’s kind of bug-free. I think the bugs all die from the pollution. They all kind of migrate up north. It’s like, when do you see a fly in L.A.? But I love spiders. They kill all the bad things you don’t want around anyway. So I’m OK with them.”
Remembering her minimalist wardrobe as a castaway.
“It was kind of fun because we got to go through other people’s suitcases and take things that didn’t fit and cut them up. It was nice for a change not to be sort of thinking, ‘God, does that make my butt look big?’”
NOTE: I apologise for the lack of updates for the last couple of days. My PC monitor stopped working and I had to replace it with a new one. Stay tuned for more blog posts!
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Spoiler Alert: the title of Episode 6.07 is revealed at the beginning of the first video.
Tags: Claire, Emilie de Ravin, interview, LOST Finale, Season 6
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