EW video interview with Foxy

, you know that Jack is going back on that island for a certain section of episodes. That means that he could die.”

Enough talk about death…is Matthew Fox happy with the direction Lost is now taking? “Yes…Last year, we find out that Jack and Kate are off the island. How the f--- did that happen? And why does he want to go back? In answering those questions, you have to start addressing the bigger, epic scope of the show. In doing that, you’re going to get into questions about the show that the audience is just dying to start finding out. What is this island? Where is this island? When is this island?”

Despite its rabid fanbase, Lost has received its fair share of criticism for losing its focus and for introducing too many characters into the mix. Case in point, the short-lived Nikki and Paulo. “Those characters didn’t work for me from the very beginning,” admits Fox. “I was part of the camp that was like, ‘What? Huh?’ That was one of those experiments where [the producers] were like, ‘Can we suddenly introduce characters that were part of the crash victims but we’ve never seen them before, and have them become characters on the show?’ And the answer to that question is…no.”

With the Lost premiere just weeks away, are there any other secrets that Fox would like to divulge? Well, check out the expanded Q&A at ew.com/matthewfox or turn to the cover story on page 23 to find out!