Ken Leungwho played the abrasive, sarcastic medium Miles Straume from LOSTfourth season, recently revealed that the series is almost a “True Detective-style spin-off” series. The ABC television series ran for six seasons, beginning on September 22, 2004. Although LOST ended nearly two decades ago, the series still remains in the public consciousness due to its continued impact on the medium of television and how stories are told.
Leung, who has been in the acting business for 24 years (made his debut in 1998) Rush hour as the villain opposite Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker), has recently been on a press tour for Industry Season 2. The HBO series follows a group of young college graduates who compete for permanent jobs at a prestigious London investment bank.
During a recent interview with The independent promote Industrywhen Leung was asked if he would be interested in returning for a LOST reboot, the actor revealed that there was once an idea for a “real detectivestyle spin-off,” starring Josh Holloway as James “Sawyer” Ford and Leung as Miles Straume.
I know there was an idea launched where Miles and Sawyer had a… real detective-style spin-off, but that would be such a thing of its own that it wouldn’t make sense to continue with LOST. But at first glance certainly. There’s nothing about LOST where it’s like, “I don’t ever want to do that again.” So yes, maybe. I would love to go back to Hawaii. When I think about LOST, I don’t think about the show as much as I do about Hawaii. But I guess it depends on where they wanted it to go and who would come back.
Leung is not the only person who still associates LOST with Hawaii. Years after the hit series ended, fans still head to the island to see the show’s filming locations.
Fans still flock to Oahu
Nearly two decades after the series ended (the hit ABC series just celebrated its 18th anniversary), LOST fans still flock to see where the series was filmed. While many scenes, like the one in the cave, were filmed on a sound stage outside of Honolulu, others were filmed on location on the island of Oahu — and many of these locations are open to the public. Like Under the spell of the Ring movie tours popular in New Zealand, fans coming to the US plan their whole trip around seeing the LOST filming locations in Hawaii (and there online guides to do this).