Post by pearl on Oct 21, 2006 20:11:24 GMT -5
Evangeline Lilly (Hollywood Heidi) talks about her work on the RPG, the other Characters and the future of LOST:
The applause is calming down.
"That was a nice guy, huh? But now we convert from national television to worldwide success with the ABC hit show Lost! And who wouldn't be more to blame for this success than Evangeline Lilly and her yet too short bikini - scene!"
The band starts to play and the curtains open with a spotlight on it.
Evie walks out with a big smile, waving to the crowd. She stops to give Leno a hug and kiss on the cheek before walking to the chair, giving one more wave, and sitting down.
The applause slowly dies down again. Jay takes his place behind the desk and Evy sits down too.
"So ... first of all we have to come to terms with that whole name thing. Can I call you Evy? Because this whole "Evangeline" thing drives me naughty. The name is just like having sex with your mouth ... erm ... did I just say that?"
After a brief look of surprise, Evie gives a hearty laugh, then looks at him seriously. "If you're gonna keep talkin' to me like that, then you can call me whatever you'd like." She laughs a bit more.
Jay raises his eyebrows, tilting his head.
"O-kay then ... so much about not making me naughty ... well done Missy!"
He moves a little around on his chair like sitting uncomfortable.
"Hey, if you're gonna dish it, you have to be able to take it," she says jokingly.
"I just heard my mum there ... it will be bad weather tomorrow!"
She smiles again. "The weather here in L.A. can be unpredictable, but in Hawaii, it's perfect, rain or shine."
"So you just have to bring two pairs of clothing, right. A white shirt and hotpants ... and something for the shine!"
"That's right, no jackets needed! But you won't see me wearing hotpants on the show. Not very practical for hiking and running for your life in the jungle."
"If a bikini does not have liberty of action then what does? Running a lot did certainly work your body. But you were good in shape before Lost. I have seen pictures you know!"
Leno squirts an eye.
She beams at the compliment. "Thank you. They do keep us running around so much. Saves me from having to get a gym pass." She leans in and says in a stage whisper, "I thought we agreed to destroy those pictures." She sits back and laughs.
"You could ask me to burn the Mona Lisa in a breath Honey. But they are safe with me. I'm not the sharing type."
He taps with the flat hand on his jacket pocket a few times.
"But you know that we had your on screen, fellow Matthew Fox here a few days ago."
"Ah, Foxy. Did he tell you about his skinny dipping habit?"
Jay gets a funny expression of awkwardness on his face.
"We were not talking about stuff like that!" he quickly replies.
"But we can talk about your skinny dipping habits!"
He moves a little closer as much as the desk allows.
She laughs again. "We leave the skinny dipping to the boys. I have to draw a line somewhere."
"I see were that line is ... close to the place were the boys are skinny dipping I suppose. Why didn't that sort of oddities flow into the show. What could be weirder than seeing a few guys skinny dipping after a plane crash on a deserted island. No Monster or polar bear in the jungle could keep up with that!"
"Ah, but the great thing about this show is that the writers are keeping it realistic," she says smiling. "Skinny dipping is probably not the first thing on someone's mind after crashing on an island. Maybe the skinny dipping will be added to the bonus features. They can call it Losties Gone Wild."
"There are definitely a few girls who would buy that ... are there?!"
A lot of girls are screaming from the audience.
"What was your first thing on mind when you heard about getting the part in Lost. You probably weren't thinkin' about hanging around in artificial rain and mud all the time shooting artificial polar bears with artifitzu ... whatever. Who made that word up anyway, it's really difficult!"
She looks out at the audience and smiles at the their reaction. "I was so excited to hear I got the part! But you know, I almost missed out on it! I got clearance to work in the U.S. just a day before shooting. They'd even started interviewing other girls for Kate just in case." She pauses a moment. "I don't really mind all the rain and mud. I've always loved the outdoors."
"Awe ... so you are one of those foreign chicks steeling Melanie Griffith and Jennifer Lopez all the good roles away!"
She laughs. "Nah, I don't think they'd take television roles. If I start making some movie deals, then you can tease me about stealing their jobs."
"I don't think you don't want those kind of jobs."
He looks at her seriously.
"But you weren't actually into that whole acting thing from little age, right? Was it just a nice coincident? Did your agent just think. That Evangeline girl bugs me ... should send her do a distant island ... Oh, they are looking for Lost cast members!"
"I didn't think about it much until a Ford modeling scout approached me. Modeling didn't appeal to me but I became interested in acting after that. I just had very small rolls until the casting call for LOST."
"Modeling did not appeal to you? I always used that as my ice breaker quote: "Hey ladies, I am a Ford Model scout. Wanna do some pictures?" And they were always like WOHOOOO! ... well, sometimes ..."
Evangeline laughs yet again. "So that was you?" she joked. "Nah, modeling never much appealed to me, though I signed up with them anyway. I was never comfortable with the attention my appearance brought me. I've always been more of a tomboy."
"Just like Kate ... but why not making money out of your god given talents."
His view wanders over Evy's body extremely obvious and slow.
She mockingly leers back at him. "To avoid encouraging more leering. I'd even quit my job as a waitress because of it."
"And you are still modeling? Other than for LOST Promos."
"No actually, I never did model. A lot of people don't realize that Ford Models has an acting branch. That's the direction I went with it."
"Really ... you never stop learning. But tell us something about your role."
"Sure! I play Kate, who despite her girl-next-door look, has a very dark past. I can't tell you exactly what it is because I don't want the writers to kill off my character, plus, they don't really tell us anything anyway." She smiled. "Kate has trust issues and has trouble staying in one place so she usually volunteers for whatever trek they're taking into the jungle of mystery. She's spent most of her life avoiding any type of bonds but now she's faced with the fact that she's stranded in close quarters with all these people. Kind of hard to avoid bonding in that type of environment."
"I bet with all those hunky guys. But why is everyone so freakin' scared about being killed of the show? Mat literally left teethmarks in the armrest of that chair of yours. It sound like working for the mafia, "Do what we say or else!" ... meaning concrete shoes, swimming with the fish."
Laughs, "They may have resorted to the cement shoes if they didn't already make sure our contracts stated that we could be dropped at any time. But if you think about it, it keeps us on our toes, keeps the plot from being spoiled, and avoids those ugly wage battles which lead to bad attitudes and negative feelings between the cast. It might be the reason we all get along so well."
"I've heard about those ecstatic feasts over at everybody's house when a new episode comes out. Send me an invitation next time like I invited you here pal! And make sure there is a pool."
"Yeah, usually held by the person who's having the flashbacks that night. You just let me know the next time you're heading out to Oahu and I'll get that invitation to ya." She smiled.
Jay nodded pleasantly pulling out a newspaper article afterwards.
"And you tell me next time you plan on DUI so that I can keep my kids at home and my dog on the short leash. How did that happen anyway?"
She gave a mock grimace. "Yeah, a few of the cast members did get a DUI. Not myself though. I'm a bad enough driver as it is without the alcohol." She smiles. "We mostly have a problem with speeding tickets."
Jay freezes for a minute. Then unfolding the newspaper and cracking into loud laugh.
"Well that is a first!" he sais catching breath again.
"I confused you with Cynthia Watros!"
He even had to brush a tear out of his eye as he showed the headline to the audience saying Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros has been charged with DUI.
Laughs again. "Yeah, I can see how you can confuse us. We look like twins." She points to the picture of Cynthia with blonde hair.
"I don't go after the outside hun!"
He hums over at her.
"Oh, so the leering from earlier, that was just something in your eye or were you looking at the person inside?" Laughs.
"I can see right through you!"
Takes a really intensive look of her chest area!
"Nice heart!"
She covers her chest with a hand and blushes as she laughs. "You're terrible!" Laughs some more.
"I wished I would be Superman right now!"
Jay leans back at laughs too.
"Sorry, back to serious."
More laughing.
"Hard to say on the tonight show I guess ... wohoo."
She smiles.
"O-Kay ... tell us something about your female colleagues. Matt was mentioning there will be some catfights and mud wrestling come up?"
"Are we talking about on the show or when the cameras aren't rolling?"
"On screen first Evy ... we get to all the off screen stuff later!"
He blinks with an eye again.
"Hope my wife is not watching tonight." he whispers with his mouth still forming a smile.
"Ah yes, there are some possible love triangles in the works. And a group of us will be heading out for a hike. I'm not sure what will be happening since the writers don't even tell us anything, as I've mentioned."
"Isn't that mean to not know with one to end up and going all Blue Lagoon with?"
Laughs, "Nah, I have complete faith in the writers. They know what they're doing. And it's not as if there's much to complain about when there are so many good looking actors to choose from."
"I am not on the show honey .. sorry."
"Well, I can't have everything." Smiles.
"But we can ... and for that reason we will have a lot of your co-stars here in the next weeks too. With whom did you get along the best by the way?"
"Oh gosh," she thinks for a minute. "The cast is so great, I get along with everyone pretty well, but probably more with Foxy, Dom, Christina... those of us who had gone to find the transceiver. We worked together a lot, but I'm sure I'll get getting to know some of the other cast better with this upcoming hike."
"Hell I wish you a lot of fun then. Swear that you'll come back here again anytime soon!"
Smiles.
"Definitely! Hopefully I'll have more information for you next time, but I have a feeling they'll be keeping us in the dark as much as possible."
"Maybe we do a group interview next time, makes it easier for ya to slip!"
He gives Evy one last grin then he putts his papers together.
"Well just about time to say goodbye. I do feel sorry for me and all the geeks out there but this was Evangeline Lilly people!!!"
The music begins to play.
She blows a kiss to the audience and waves.
The applause is calming down.
"That was a nice guy, huh? But now we convert from national television to worldwide success with the ABC hit show Lost! And who wouldn't be more to blame for this success than Evangeline Lilly and her yet too short bikini - scene!"
The band starts to play and the curtains open with a spotlight on it.
Evie walks out with a big smile, waving to the crowd. She stops to give Leno a hug and kiss on the cheek before walking to the chair, giving one more wave, and sitting down.
The applause slowly dies down again. Jay takes his place behind the desk and Evy sits down too.
"So ... first of all we have to come to terms with that whole name thing. Can I call you Evy? Because this whole "Evangeline" thing drives me naughty. The name is just like having sex with your mouth ... erm ... did I just say that?"
After a brief look of surprise, Evie gives a hearty laugh, then looks at him seriously. "If you're gonna keep talkin' to me like that, then you can call me whatever you'd like." She laughs a bit more.
Jay raises his eyebrows, tilting his head.
"O-kay then ... so much about not making me naughty ... well done Missy!"
He moves a little around on his chair like sitting uncomfortable.
"Hey, if you're gonna dish it, you have to be able to take it," she says jokingly.
"I just heard my mum there ... it will be bad weather tomorrow!"
She smiles again. "The weather here in L.A. can be unpredictable, but in Hawaii, it's perfect, rain or shine."
"So you just have to bring two pairs of clothing, right. A white shirt and hotpants ... and something for the shine!"
"That's right, no jackets needed! But you won't see me wearing hotpants on the show. Not very practical for hiking and running for your life in the jungle."
"If a bikini does not have liberty of action then what does? Running a lot did certainly work your body. But you were good in shape before Lost. I have seen pictures you know!"
Leno squirts an eye.
She beams at the compliment. "Thank you. They do keep us running around so much. Saves me from having to get a gym pass." She leans in and says in a stage whisper, "I thought we agreed to destroy those pictures." She sits back and laughs.
"You could ask me to burn the Mona Lisa in a breath Honey. But they are safe with me. I'm not the sharing type."
He taps with the flat hand on his jacket pocket a few times.
"But you know that we had your on screen, fellow Matthew Fox here a few days ago."
"Ah, Foxy. Did he tell you about his skinny dipping habit?"
Jay gets a funny expression of awkwardness on his face.
"We were not talking about stuff like that!" he quickly replies.
"But we can talk about your skinny dipping habits!"
He moves a little closer as much as the desk allows.
She laughs again. "We leave the skinny dipping to the boys. I have to draw a line somewhere."
"I see were that line is ... close to the place were the boys are skinny dipping I suppose. Why didn't that sort of oddities flow into the show. What could be weirder than seeing a few guys skinny dipping after a plane crash on a deserted island. No Monster or polar bear in the jungle could keep up with that!"
"Ah, but the great thing about this show is that the writers are keeping it realistic," she says smiling. "Skinny dipping is probably not the first thing on someone's mind after crashing on an island. Maybe the skinny dipping will be added to the bonus features. They can call it Losties Gone Wild."
"There are definitely a few girls who would buy that ... are there?!"
A lot of girls are screaming from the audience.
"What was your first thing on mind when you heard about getting the part in Lost. You probably weren't thinkin' about hanging around in artificial rain and mud all the time shooting artificial polar bears with artifitzu ... whatever. Who made that word up anyway, it's really difficult!"
She looks out at the audience and smiles at the their reaction. "I was so excited to hear I got the part! But you know, I almost missed out on it! I got clearance to work in the U.S. just a day before shooting. They'd even started interviewing other girls for Kate just in case." She pauses a moment. "I don't really mind all the rain and mud. I've always loved the outdoors."
"Awe ... so you are one of those foreign chicks steeling Melanie Griffith and Jennifer Lopez all the good roles away!"
She laughs. "Nah, I don't think they'd take television roles. If I start making some movie deals, then you can tease me about stealing their jobs."
"I don't think you don't want those kind of jobs."
He looks at her seriously.
"But you weren't actually into that whole acting thing from little age, right? Was it just a nice coincident? Did your agent just think. That Evangeline girl bugs me ... should send her do a distant island ... Oh, they are looking for Lost cast members!"
"I didn't think about it much until a Ford modeling scout approached me. Modeling didn't appeal to me but I became interested in acting after that. I just had very small rolls until the casting call for LOST."
"Modeling did not appeal to you? I always used that as my ice breaker quote: "Hey ladies, I am a Ford Model scout. Wanna do some pictures?" And they were always like WOHOOOO! ... well, sometimes ..."
Evangeline laughs yet again. "So that was you?" she joked. "Nah, modeling never much appealed to me, though I signed up with them anyway. I was never comfortable with the attention my appearance brought me. I've always been more of a tomboy."
"Just like Kate ... but why not making money out of your god given talents."
His view wanders over Evy's body extremely obvious and slow.
She mockingly leers back at him. "To avoid encouraging more leering. I'd even quit my job as a waitress because of it."
"And you are still modeling? Other than for LOST Promos."
"No actually, I never did model. A lot of people don't realize that Ford Models has an acting branch. That's the direction I went with it."
"Really ... you never stop learning. But tell us something about your role."
"Sure! I play Kate, who despite her girl-next-door look, has a very dark past. I can't tell you exactly what it is because I don't want the writers to kill off my character, plus, they don't really tell us anything anyway." She smiled. "Kate has trust issues and has trouble staying in one place so she usually volunteers for whatever trek they're taking into the jungle of mystery. She's spent most of her life avoiding any type of bonds but now she's faced with the fact that she's stranded in close quarters with all these people. Kind of hard to avoid bonding in that type of environment."
"I bet with all those hunky guys. But why is everyone so freakin' scared about being killed of the show? Mat literally left teethmarks in the armrest of that chair of yours. It sound like working for the mafia, "Do what we say or else!" ... meaning concrete shoes, swimming with the fish."
Laughs, "They may have resorted to the cement shoes if they didn't already make sure our contracts stated that we could be dropped at any time. But if you think about it, it keeps us on our toes, keeps the plot from being spoiled, and avoids those ugly wage battles which lead to bad attitudes and negative feelings between the cast. It might be the reason we all get along so well."
"I've heard about those ecstatic feasts over at everybody's house when a new episode comes out. Send me an invitation next time like I invited you here pal! And make sure there is a pool."
"Yeah, usually held by the person who's having the flashbacks that night. You just let me know the next time you're heading out to Oahu and I'll get that invitation to ya." She smiled.
Jay nodded pleasantly pulling out a newspaper article afterwards.
"And you tell me next time you plan on DUI so that I can keep my kids at home and my dog on the short leash. How did that happen anyway?"
She gave a mock grimace. "Yeah, a few of the cast members did get a DUI. Not myself though. I'm a bad enough driver as it is without the alcohol." She smiles. "We mostly have a problem with speeding tickets."
Jay freezes for a minute. Then unfolding the newspaper and cracking into loud laugh.
"Well that is a first!" he sais catching breath again.
"I confused you with Cynthia Watros!"
He even had to brush a tear out of his eye as he showed the headline to the audience saying Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros has been charged with DUI.
Laughs again. "Yeah, I can see how you can confuse us. We look like twins." She points to the picture of Cynthia with blonde hair.
"I don't go after the outside hun!"
He hums over at her.
"Oh, so the leering from earlier, that was just something in your eye or were you looking at the person inside?" Laughs.
"I can see right through you!"
Takes a really intensive look of her chest area!
"Nice heart!"
She covers her chest with a hand and blushes as she laughs. "You're terrible!" Laughs some more.
"I wished I would be Superman right now!"
Jay leans back at laughs too.
"Sorry, back to serious."
More laughing.
"Hard to say on the tonight show I guess ... wohoo."
She smiles.
"O-Kay ... tell us something about your female colleagues. Matt was mentioning there will be some catfights and mud wrestling come up?"
"Are we talking about on the show or when the cameras aren't rolling?"
"On screen first Evy ... we get to all the off screen stuff later!"
He blinks with an eye again.
"Hope my wife is not watching tonight." he whispers with his mouth still forming a smile.
"Ah yes, there are some possible love triangles in the works. And a group of us will be heading out for a hike. I'm not sure what will be happening since the writers don't even tell us anything, as I've mentioned."
"Isn't that mean to not know with one to end up and going all Blue Lagoon with?"
Laughs, "Nah, I have complete faith in the writers. They know what they're doing. And it's not as if there's much to complain about when there are so many good looking actors to choose from."
"I am not on the show honey .. sorry."
"Well, I can't have everything." Smiles.
"But we can ... and for that reason we will have a lot of your co-stars here in the next weeks too. With whom did you get along the best by the way?"
"Oh gosh," she thinks for a minute. "The cast is so great, I get along with everyone pretty well, but probably more with Foxy, Dom, Christina... those of us who had gone to find the transceiver. We worked together a lot, but I'm sure I'll get getting to know some of the other cast better with this upcoming hike."
"Hell I wish you a lot of fun then. Swear that you'll come back here again anytime soon!"
Smiles.
"Definitely! Hopefully I'll have more information for you next time, but I have a feeling they'll be keeping us in the dark as much as possible."
"Maybe we do a group interview next time, makes it easier for ya to slip!"
He gives Evy one last grin then he putts his papers together.
"Well just about time to say goodbye. I do feel sorry for me and all the geeks out there but this was Evangeline Lilly people!!!"
The music begins to play.
She blows a kiss to the audience and waves.
