Out of the lineup, only Evangeline Lilly became a major star?
Hollywood just gave up on Matthew Fox, Josh Holloway, and Ian Somerhalder as leading men? Mitchell's in the Purge movies. Is Hurley still alive?
shareDepends on how you look on it..Matthew Fox basically said he would quit unless he got some projects that interested him and would never do tv again. I think he has mostly retired by choice.. Josh Holloway did several films and Colony for 3 seasons...and I think Ian Somerhalder did Vampire Diaries for years. Others have worked pretty steadily too.
Evangeline Lilly isn't exactly "a big major star" either.
...But few people really are major stars and who cares. It doesn't always mean they are the best...just the luckiest.
But I do think all the cast was terrific on LOST.
If I could be as terrific as they were on LOST then I'd never feel like a failure..
Yeah, all the cast and crew peaked with LOST anyway, so even if they still had successful careers now, nothing they would do would be anywhere near as good anyway. Plus it's always a bit weird seeing the actors in something else.
shareYeah, I kind of see it that way too. The acting was so well done by the principle characters that it's hard to overcome those moments in time. And physically I don't think Fox, Holloway or Lilly ever looked better either. They could be dirty and grimy with their hair unkempt and they've never looked as good.
But this isn't the first time I've seen actors peak in a certain role and never come close again. I don't consider it a failure though.
Despite its flaws it's still a great show to me.
I agree, I don't consider it a failure either. I see being a part of this show as the highest honor. They should all be very proud.
TV actors not finding much work after being in a highly popular series seems to be a very common occurrence though. The stars of other shows like The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, 24, Prison Break etc all for the most part have not had much luck with other roles after their shows finished, even if they were very popular actors.
I'm not too sure why exactly that is. My guess would be that it's because we watch them for so long, far longer than we would see a movie actor in a movie role, that they completely master that role and it's hard for people to accept them as someone else. Of course that's not true though. For example Matthew Fox played an awesome character in Bone Tomahawk. It would be great to see him or the other actors again, but it would also be okay if we don't since like I said nothing will ever match their work on LOST.
Dominic Monaghan's peak definitely came before LOST with the LOTR movies. He would have been the most recognisable actor going into the show at that time.
shareI saw Daniel Dae Kim (pre Lost) on Voyager, which caught me by surprise. I didn't remember ever seeing this episode, not that DDK would have stood out at the time. I don't even know who Lilly is, other than seeing the show and her name on this thread. I figured Terry O'Quinn was the most recognizable of the group, but he's not exactly box office catnip. Naveen Andrews I think I've seen again, but without much fanfare.
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