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| - Jorge Garcia is an actor who plays Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in Lost. The following questions were submitted by members of the Lostpedia Forums, and by members of the Lostpedia wiki. This interview was conducted via email, and was posted on August 19, 2008. I started it because I was seeing all of these “fall preview” magazine issues, of with LOST was not a part of, because we weren’t going to be on until the winter. I figured this would keep people buzzing about the show, while they were waiting. But some people were worried that the audience would be able to find spoilers by reading into what I was writing about. So I thought it would cause too much and stopped it. But then a day or so later I decided it might be fun to just do a non-LOST blog. It was an interesting turn, especially seeing what Hurley had become after being off the island for a while. It gave me some good opportunities to show some other sides of the character. I’m anxious to see what’s next. Well I inherited my superstitions from my grandmother. You don’t wish anyone a “Happy Birthday” early; it’s bad luck. And you don’t make fun of the dead because they will come into your bedroom at night and tug on your feet. I forgot how it was written in the first finale. I feel the “Hurley” thing came later. I don’t think it was the “Hurley bird” until season two. I keep all of my scripts. I have a collection of binders that have all of my final scripts. I also kept a few scenes that got re-written in major ways to remember the old plots years from now. But they’re packed right now in a box somewhere until I move. I was a little bummed that they couldn’t come to a deal with us to use our real voices. And my face looked pretty creepy. I don’t know I do about future games. As a rule, games based on movies or TV tend to not be the greatest. I guess it would depend on the concept. I like the idea of Hurley being the key to it all, especially if it means job security. We’re not thinking message when we’re working. We were excited to do this scene and were having fun trying to find all of the beats in it. On a stage we probably could have stretched it out to twenty minutes. After we had moved on, we found one last beat that we had missed. So as good as the scene was, it was not the best it could have been. That depends, would they still be dead? Because I liked the direction Hurley and Libby were going before… you know what happened. I can think of two. Shooting inside the helicopter was a lot of fun. We were having a blast pretending to crash into the ocean. And the moment when Jack visits Hurley in Santa Rosa and he sits there staring at the wall, something happened that felt very exciting. I don’t want to get into the specifics but it felt like there was magic in the scene. Probably the death of the Charlie has had the most effect on him. It’s tough to pick a favorite season. Season one will always be special though. Sure I miss playing Scrabble on Dom’s phone between takes. What I liked the most was that Hurley had no idea what was happening when Charlie went on the boat. It kept the moment from being too precious. Like the moment when all Hurley can tell Libby when she’s dying is that he’s sorry he forgot the blankets. Well I am contractually obligated to continue on LOST. But more importantly I love my job. I live in Hawaii and work on a show that’s not like anything else on TV. The snack jokes. One of the physically hardest things to do on LOST is marching on the beach. Usually when you walk on the beach you’re in sandals and your leisurely strolling. But to march with purpose over a great distance. That’s a bitch. When I went in they knew that wanted to meet me but they didn’t have material for me. So they had me read Sawyer. I wasn’t really auditioning for the part. But then they wrote scenes for me to test with at the studio and then network levels. At this point I was the only guy auditioning for Hurley in the room. Later I learned they basically created the part for me. And that makes you feel pretty special. I still have to figure out what I want to do after LOST. It doesn’t matter too much so long as the material is good. I watch the show when it airs. I like to watch it because stuff can change in the editing and always like to see how the effects turn out. I remember liking ALF when I was younger. But as a kid I think it’s the Indiana Jones movies that first made me want to be an actor.
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