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Akinnuoye-Agbaje: I Want Mr. Eko To Be Part Of Season Six!!

Published at:  Aug 14, 2009 2:25:00 PM CDT

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who asked for an early exit from “Lost” during season three, is ready to return.

“Adewale is open for business,” the “G.I. Joe” star tells Entertainment Weekly. “We have had talks about some things they might do for the final season and there are other dead folks coming back allegedly but at the moment it is still a maybe. A strong maybe but I have not shot anything yet or signed any contracts. But I’m hoping.”

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    Readers Talkback

  • Aug 14, 2009 12:58:35 AM CDT

    Do it!

    by hafsol

    Damon or Carlton if you are by some chance on this page you must bring Eko back. If Charlie and Boone are coming back then we want our Faux Priest with his Jesus Stick back to crack some skulls!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:04:42 AM CDT

    Bandwagon jumpers

    by lockesbrokenleg

    All these fuckers that left the show and want to come back. Shouldn't have left shit heads.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:10:10 AM CDT

    sweeeet

    by r_kelly

    this is cooler than anyone else returning.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:12:49 AM CDT

    The title of the first episode of season 6

    by cadfile

    I don't this is kind of spoiler so you might not want to read it if your afraid of those things. The Lost people are doing another ARG and one of the things they revealed is that the title of the first episode of season 6 is "LA X" LAX is of course where the lost people would have ended up if their plane had never crashed but its "LA X" with a space inbetween so its probably just a play on that. Still its kind of interesting :)

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:25:27 AM CDT

    It would be great to see Mr. Eko again

    by david26

  • Aug 14, 2009 1:25:57 AM CDT

    Huzzah!

    by growltiger

    This is good news. Mr Eko is one of my favorite LOST characters.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:34:23 AM CDT

    Need more Desmond, brother.

    by human_bean_juice_

  • Aug 14, 2009 1:43:03 AM CDT

    This is a kind of spoilter no?

    by spooky2k

    He says 'there are other people coming back...'.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:52:30 AM CDT

    EKO! EKO!

    by ironic_name

  • Aug 14, 2009 1:53:46 AM CDT

    aye! more deesmund, brothargh!

    by ironic_name

  • Aug 14, 2009 2:07:49 AM CDT

    Please let this happen!

    by frodofraggins

    Eko is by far the best thing to happen to Lost.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:32:54 AM CDT

    WE NEED MORE DESMOND BRUTHUR

    by j-dizzle

    So remember kids, say ya prayers and take your vitamins, because the Hulkster's gonna run wild on you, BRUTHUR!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:33:47 AM CDT

    PLEASE!

    by smalltuna

    yes please

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:34:24 AM CDT

    Meh. I can live without him.

    by estacado1

    I'm more excited if Boone comes rather than Eko.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:41:10 AM CDT

    We need Des.

    by themarinebiologist

    Gotta say it... show would be lost without that character... If Faraday said he was "special" and that the "rules didn't apply to him," then we need some fucking payoff to that.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:48:15 AM CDT

    BRING HIM BACK AS SIMON ADEBISI

    by mullah omar

    ...and have him go on the rampage. Don't even explain how Adebisi got there or why he looks like the other guy.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:50:17 AM CDT

    He didn't want to be in season three!

    by maxthesilent

    Lindelof and Cuse have said that they had planned a lot more for 'Mr Eko' but that the actor only signed for one season and didn't want to come back.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 3:18:19 AM CDT

    I thought that Terry O'Quinn didn't get

    by dingbatty

    along with him?

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  • Aug 14, 2009 3:46:53 AM CDT

    THIS MUST HAPPEN.

    by ribbons

    I know the producers don't need me to tell them how awesome this would be, but in some small hope of nudging the show's karmic balance in favor of Eko's return, I repeat: THIS MUST HAPPEN!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 4:34:57 AM CDT

    Cast

    by nudeandaroused

    I seem to remember reading that this was not well liked at all by the cast and crew.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 5:21:51 AM CDT

    A Serious Part of Me Wants to Say Fuck Him

    by crow3711

    He was a total dick asking for to leave early, and in some senses, forcing the writers into a corner to figure out how to go on without him. The show wasn't good enough for him 3 years ago, why should they let him come waltzing back on to be remembered fondly now? I loved Eko, but now I'm just used to it without him. I'm disapointed to hear he wanted off the show so badly, because if I remember correctly, he basically said it didn't mean anything to him, he thought it was silly, and he wanted to return to Africa to do more personal projects. Now that he realized he could have been famous, he wants back in. Let Boone come back, but Fuck Eko. And yes, More Desmond. More Desmond. More Desmond!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 5:29:14 AM CDT

    Well tough coz you fucked off

    by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil

    And by doing so, you fucked me off because I liked your character. And so now I hope you fuck off. Just fuck off.You traitorous fuck.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 5:36:25 AM CDT

    Fuckin A!!

    by nalapou

    Please, please, PLEASE!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 5:59:34 AM CDT

    I heard that him wanting to leave was all lies..

    by monkeymanreturns

    He got convicted of drink driving and since the show let two other cast members go for the same reason, they had to do the same with him (or be open to all kinds of legal shit). But for publicity (cos it looked bad to have a third member leave for drinking and driving) they made out that he wanted to go. I mean seriously - who leaves a top rated show to work in bloody Nigerian television?? Who? You would have to be one hell of an idiot to do that. I mean, has any of you actually seen Nigerian television. It 'aint good my friends, it 'aint good.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 6:10:33 AM CDT

    Crow3711

    by salparadiseshat

    Clearly you don't remember shit because you just made up all those reasons in your head, he left the show to be closer to his family back in London(where he's actually from) when one of his parents had died(or was about too, thy were terminally ill). I logged in just to tell you how full of shit your post is, back to africa what the fuck, y'know Eko was a character, not a real person?

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  • Aug 14, 2009 6:10:51 AM CDT

    Crow3711

    by ribbons

    He has a recurring role on "Monk" and a pretty big role in G.I. Joe, so I have a feeling fame's got nothing to do with it. From what I understood, part of the reason he wanted to leave early was that both of his parents had just died and he felt like he had to go home. Also I've heard him apologize for his behavior on-set several times; could just be time has given him a different perspective on things. Either way, I don't think he's a bad person and his character remains one of the high points of the show, so I see nothing wrong with bringing him back.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 6:16:27 AM CDT

    And another thing

    by salparadiseshat

    If any of you last few posters new ever read anything about Eko's departure you'd know how badly they wanted him to stay on the show, he also wanted to make more films in the uk also, but not in africa or because of drunk driving. Sure Jin was slapped with a dui last year and Des was accused of groping a production team member and both of them have lasted, you're all idiots.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 6:47:42 AM CDT

    here's why he shouldn't get to...

    by mrgreentheplant

    after libby and ana lucia died, eko was the only remaining character from the tail section (useless bernard nonwithstanding), and was thus the only reason for making that ENTIRE MAJOR PLOT ARC from seasons 2/3 worthwhile. leaving the show and forcing the writers to kill him felt like a patrick duffy-esque waste of a season of lost. ret-conning him back into the show will only piss us off further (judging from the ire in this talkback). libby, if anyone, should get to return, especially since her character actually had unresolved mysteries worth exploring.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 6:56:33 AM CDT

    Talking in the 3rd person is always charming.

    by juansanchez

  • Aug 14, 2009 7:03:31 AM CDT

    Crow3711

    by bitchesbastard

    Couldn't agree with you more. For me, Eko WAS Lost and I hated that he was killed off. I think 'The 23rd Psalm' is still the best 45 mins of TV I've seen. Yet he forced everyone's hand by looking to move onto something he thought was more worthwhile (which was supposed to be directing his own life story). Screw him, Eko's dead. Here's hoping they leave it that way...

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  • Aug 14, 2009 7:22:10 AM CDT

    He jumps ship and now wants back in?

    by atari

    Fuck him!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 7:39:07 AM CDT

    Terry O'Quinn didn't get along with him...

    by phimseto

    ...we never really got the whole story, but if you read between the lines, it sounds like Adewale didn't quite mesh with some people. Maybe he rocked the boat a bit, but there also seemed to be some small town groupthink used against him.

    As I best I could interpret, that tension was the main reason for the break, and I thought it stunk at the end. Eko was a great character, and despite what the crew think (and said at the time), the camaraderie of the actors is not more important than the strength of the story. Eko was a huge loss for the show, and my major regret of Lost after all these years is that we never got to see his full character arc.

    Oh...and my other major regret: that the producers trotted out the "we had come full-circle with his character and didn't really have any plans" lie at the time.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 7:39:34 AM CDT

    You had your chance, fucker!

    by spud mcspud

    Now give up and stop prostrating yourself. It's undignified.

    Yeah, Mr Eko was cool, but what WASN'T cool was Ade allegedly being a pain in the ass on set and then ditching the show early, derailing some juicy plotlines that were lined up for Mr Eko. NOW he wants the plotlines??

    Go ring Stephen Sommers. Maybe he can bring back Lock Naa in a Medjai prequel or something.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 7:42:57 AM CDT

    salparadiseshat - If what you say is true

    by spud mcspud

    Then maybe the Ade deserves another chance. Nothing fucks with you more than the death of your parents, especially if you were close to them. If Ade lost them both, then condolences from the Spud and I hope he's moved on sufficiently enough to be able to come back to LOST with a fresh perspective.

    Now I want an apology for that piss-poor Lahndahn accent he had in GI JOE. WTFWT??

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  • Aug 14, 2009 7:45:13 AM CDT

    salparadiseshat

    by spud mcspud

    Get off your high horse and give us some credentials! How do you know so much about what's REEEEALLY going on behind the scenes at LOST - or is all this fanboy wish fulfilment bullshit??

    Reply to Talkback

  • Aug 14, 2009 7:48:23 AM CDT

    And Issiah Washington is returning to Grey's.

    by yeti

    Except not.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 8:04:56 AM CDT

    the episode with desmond...

    by iwasredempted

    jumping back and forth in time then asking penny to wait for a call is the best lost episode that they have produced, brothah.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 8:21:39 AM CDT

    Cool, more patch work plot hole filling.

    by evilwizardglick

    Lost writers must have a plot like TWISTER board. The ways the fill plot holes their own shortsightedness created is creative to say the least.
    Lost and Heroes share the same school of writing talent.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 8:28:47 AM CDT

    Is Charlie coming back? What about Claire

    by white goodman

    I love me some Claire, and Charlie was entertaining when he wasn't cracked out.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 8:37:06 AM CDT

    Akinnuoye-Agbaje Gotta Eat!

    by grandmufftarkin

    Wow, I can't believe noone went for this line yet. Soooo, Mr. "I-want-out-cause-I'm-a-busy-movie-actor" now comes slouching back, hat and carved stick in hand? So long, sucka.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 8:40:29 AM CDT

    I Agree With Omar

    by aquatarkusman

    His character in Oz was badass, especially with that tiny little hat. As nothing in Lost makes any bit of sense apart from the straining of some fanboy hivemind, why the hell not?

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  • Aug 14, 2009 8:44:09 AM CDT

    As for the Desmond/Penny Episode

    by aquatarkusman

    It did feature some great acting, but there were a number of times I thought I wished they would have started with a title card that said "Desmond Hume has become unstuck in time..."

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  • Aug 14, 2009 8:53:52 AM CDT

    heavy duty

    by dradis contact

    for participating in GI Joe, he should have his actor credentials revoked

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:05:43 AM CDT

    spud mcspud

    by thegza

    "Now I want an apology for that piss-poor Lahndahn accent he had in GI JOE. WTFWT??"

    Um...He was born...and raised...in London...

    Also, seems a lot of people think he just left to be a douchebag. He went to London after both of his parents died in a car accident and apparently to direct a film there. I really doubt the latter was as much a reason as the former though. He was an awesome character, especially when we got to see some of Adebisi in his character's flashback. Obviously a ton of you guys feel the same. It's a TV show, let it be.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:14:03 AM CDT

    I'm cool with it but the must keep things tight or

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    you're going to get a lame season 6! The final season has to be greatly about the original Losties!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:17:16 AM CDT

    Fuck Akinnuoye-Agbaje

    by fivezero

    He hurt lost with his departure. Now he wants to come back? Fuck him. He's not that big a deal. Unless Lost's producers have a really awesome idea for his return... Fuck Him.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:21:00 AM CDT

    this would be great.

    by bearison ford

    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was by far one of the best later-season cast additions. I was sad to see him go.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:25:45 AM CDT

    if Michael Vick..

    by harrys_site_sucks

    gets to come back to th NFL, why not Echo? Just sayin....

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:43:33 AM CDT

    More YouTube embeds, that's the answer!

    by reflecto

  • Aug 14, 2009 9:48:07 AM CDT

    His parents died guys. That's fact.

    by d.vader

    And that's why he left that little island for the bigger island.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:50:12 AM CDT

    DARLTON! Just make Season 6 24 episodes long

    by d.vader

    For the love of god, please do this. We don't want 16 more episodes of LOST. We want a full fledged final season of 24-26 hours!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:57:00 AM CDT

    EKO NEEDS TITS!

    by darth busey

    Adebisi rules. That's all.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:59:58 AM CDT

    Too late my friend

    by betaraybill07

    You had your shot. You could have friggin ruled this series. But you didn't like living in Hawaii. Who doesn't like Hawaii!?!?!?

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  • Aug 14, 2009 10:00:11 AM CDT

    Too late my friend

    by betaraybill07

    You had your shot. You could have friggin ruled this series. But you didn't like living in Hawaii. Who doesn't like Hawaii!?!?!?

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  • Aug 14, 2009 10:36:12 AM CDT

    No thanks

    by melvin_pelvis

    don't need egos cluttering up the final season
    you wanted out
    well, your out

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  • Aug 14, 2009 10:43:30 AM CDT

    Dead people overload

    by the mcpoyle clan

    With everyone and their mother supposedly coming back, something/someone is probably going to be shortchanged. Darlton had better tread carefully and not cheapen the season for the sake of squeezing cameos in, no matter how beloved the departed characters.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 10:45:25 AM CDT

    Instead of Eko

    by elpaw

    Why not have Echo come to the island? Dushku can fill the hole left by Juliet's death

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  • Aug 14, 2009 11:22:44 AM CDT

    I hope there's Charlie

    by adelai niska

    and somehow dead-Charlie and not-dead-Claire are still a couple. While riding a polar bear through time.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 11:33:28 AM CDT

    Where do you Guys get your Info?

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    It's fascinating how there's so many different theories about why he left LOST.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 12:40:20 PM CDT

    "there's so many different theories about why he left LOST."

    by sapno_krei

    cymbalta4thedevil

    Several different answers have been given, none more convincing than the other. When Keanu Reeves passed on SPEED 2, he said it was so he could tour with his band. Then the movie (with Jason Patric in the lead) came out, and it became obvious that Reeves dropped out b/c the screenplay sucked.

    I'm sure actors have it in their contracts that they can't leave a production and badmouth it openly. So when AA-A left LOST, he was contractually obligated to give a BS reason, as were the producers.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 12:46:19 PM CDT

    Alternate Realities

    by enderandrew

    At ComiCon they basically said the new season will deal with alternate realities. They said Charlie is coming back, and that Juliet is coming back as well. Over a year ago they said Claire would be gone in season 5, but back in 6. These aren't leaked insane spoilers. These are just simple statements the producers/writers are making at major events.Frankly, I think the alternate realities gimmick is weak sauce, but frankly it is the logical conclusion of the finale. The bomb went off. Either the cast is all dead and the show is over, or the trick worked and now they are in an alternate reality. We might get to see the characters in different situations and learn more about them. I just don't know how you bring a meaningful conclusion to the first five seasons with an alternate reality however. Each season has been about an exodus of sorts. The cast isn't happy where they are, and they want to go somewhere else. My guess is that someone they know they aren't where they belong, and they need to fix things. If I had to bet dollars to doughnuts, Widmore is close to taking over the island, the Losties unite again to stop him, and destroy the island so he can't have it.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 12:50:20 PM CDT

    sapno_krei

    by enderandrew

    But there was badmouthing going on. Several cast members said he didn't like living in Hawaii, he was a pain to work with, and he didn't like sticking to the script. The fact that his parents died is also well documented. Though I think Eko's death was a VERY telling moment in Lost. In it, they revealed that Smokezilla likes to appear as dead relatives. Darlton said we saw Smokezilla several times in Season 1 without realizing we were looking at Smokezilla. My money is that Smokezilla is Christian Shephard.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:23:34 PM CDT

    YES! THERE IS A GOD!

    by jaysin420

  • Aug 14, 2009 1:36:07 PM CDT

    I love Mr. Eko!

    by georgieboy

    Please brink him back! Repeatedly!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 1:50:37 PM CDT

    Season 6 to mirror Season 1

    by finky089

    No returno del Eko, sorry. Tho, I surely wouldn't protest if he does make an appearance.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:21:01 PM CDT

    Bring back Nikki and Paulo!

    by zooch

    They were (not) great!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:25:24 PM CDT

    Bring Back The Jesus Stick!

    by cheif brody

    And wield it with unholy vengeance, Mr. Eko!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:29:53 PM CDT

    Eko already came back

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Hurley was playing chess with him.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:42:52 PM CDT

    Eko's maybe coming back is all well and good

    by chrisvenom

    ...but was'nt there a rumor going around that AA-A was in talks to be Marvel's Black Panther on the big screen? Anyone else hear about this?I think Im more excited by that then his sure to be small role on Lost this season.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:45:47 PM CDT

    Is Lost still on?

    by pdorwick

  • Aug 14, 2009 2:50:33 PM CDT

    Pdorwick

    by lockesbrokenleg

    It's on for like four months.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 2:50:53 PM CDT

    finky089

    by hobocode

    Eko may not have appeared in Season 1 but his character was on the island as a crashed tailie during that time.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 3:01:36 PM CDT

    Wasn't Eko like the most wrapped up character ever on LOST?

    by tomonicker

    Eko was a pretty intriguing character for awhile, but I think he was wrapped up pretty tidy. Perhaps a ghost cameo? I don't know... Well, if there is an Alternate Reality storyline, it's definitely possible that he could return, right? I'd rather see more Libby myself.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 3:49:11 PM CDT

    Eko finished his storyline

    by lockesbrokenleg

    He made peace with his brother, and he was killed for betraying the island or "whatever" the Smoke Monster is. Move on!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 3:56:29 PM CDT

    Fuck EKO

    by busterrantcasey

    That dude bailed on the show, because he didn't like Hawaii, We're so beyond him and his storyline, i could careless, I don't even need a flashback of him, i never got what people loved about that guy, and the episode in which he dies I probably hate the most out of all the Lost Episodes, So yeah Fuck that Dude,

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  • Aug 14, 2009 4:08:10 PM CDT

    FUCK! ANNA LUCIA ALREADY CAME BACK!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    In a pointless scene. Her arc was SO pointless!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 4:51:18 PM CDT

    Eko was pointless anyway

    by twogunjames

    And this guy doesn't deserve to return after looking a gift horse in the mouth and then kicking it's teeth out.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 5:25:52 PM CDT

    I can't believe you people!

    by ribbons

    Don't bring Eko back because "fuck him"? If that was the way Hollywood worked, Russell Crowe would never get work. I personally don't think AAA is the spawn of Mammon, but I fail to see how that would make Eko coming back for at least an episode less awesome. And he WANTS to be on the show; isn't that reason enough? But he doesn't love Lost as much as you do, and if you don't even get to be on it once, he shouldn't be allowed to be on it twice? Fuck that.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 5:39:45 PM CDT

    Amen Ribbons

    by toe_knee

    I say bring Eko back. The guy is a fan favorite... sorry haters.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 5:48:46 PM CDT

    Apparently Jughead exploded so we could get the CAMEO SEASON!

    by tall_boy66

    Just wrap up the story with the (surviving) characters, we don't need, "Hi! Remember me! I was dead but I ain't!" Besides, usually these all-too-brief surprise cameos are blown by headlines, like, weeks in advance. ie. "ANNA LUCIA LIVES AGAIN ON THIS WEEK'S LOST!!!" or something, when the scene would have been way better if I didn't know she'd show up. I love the show so much, though, that's why I complain. Aw, who am I kidding, bring back Eko!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:28:01 PM CDT

    I did a little Internet Research

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    The actor who played Mr. Eko and the show's writers had always agreed that his time on the show would be limited, although he may have wanted out sooner than they expected. He told the NY Post that he preferred to stay in character all day long to maintain his intensity. When he wasn't on camera he would sit quietly by himself reading a Buddhist book. He didn't sit around chatting with everyone in between takes so that made him seem standoffish but that was part of his process. Daniel Day-Lewis and Robert De Niro do the same thing. Off the set he was friendly with Elizabeth Mitchell who spoke very fondly of him after he left. I didn't find any corroboration of him not getting along with anyone or not wanting to perform scenes as scripted. The writers specifically said that wasn't the case. He showed up, acted his scenes and then kept to himself. Doesn't sound like the asshole or prima donna some of you talkbackers are making him out to be. Feel free to refer me to any stories which corroborate your rumors.Oh, and not only is he in talks with Marvel to play the Black Panther, but Bret Ratner is making a movie out of Rob Liefeld's YOUNGBLOOD and he wants Twilight's Robert Pattinson in the cast. Ratner. Liefeld. Twilight. If that's not a Perfect Shitstorm for AICN Hate I don't know what is. I can't believe nobody's started that Talkback yet!

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  • Aug 14, 2009 9:58:47 PM CDT

    Team Saymond must reunite

    by cherryvalance

    I'd love for all the dead characters to come back and I think they will. I'd love if it Nikki and Paulo showed up. LOL. The whining from LOST fans would be hysterical. From everything I've read/heard recently, especially the first episode title, I think it's a 95% chance of a reset.

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  • Aug 14, 2009 10:44:55 PM CDT

    GO TEAM SAYMOND!!!!

    by redfishbluefish

    I second that Ms. Valance. bring back the winning bromance!!!!!

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  • Aug 15, 2009 12:11:34 AM CDT

    I echo the need for more eko

    by castiel

    everyones coming back. does that mean they will all have their memories or some will have their memories and some wont?

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  • Aug 15, 2009 2:08:31 AM CDT

    FUCK THAT

    by maniaq

    great actor, great CHARACTER too, but I absolutely DO NOT want to see the writers trying (even successfully!) to shoehorn in a subplot that has ALREADY BEEN PUT TO BED to this final and arguably most important season
    they got serious story tellin to do and I'm sure NONE OF US really care enough at this point about Eko to let him get in the way of that!

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  • Aug 15, 2009 5:16:23 AM CDT

    Where's the John Quade obit/talkback?

    by grammaton cleric binks

    Papillon, Outlaw Josey Wales, Every Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can, and more 80s tv appearances than you can shake a stick at. Get on it before the Black Widows come for you. Hit it LordofHell.

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  • Aug 15, 2009 6:00:01 AM CDT

    This is the lowdown of what happened with Eko. this is from Nov.

    by therootstheroots

    http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1553848,00.html

    When the producers of Lost first conceived the character of Mr. Eko, he was simply a gentle, upstanding Nigerian priest. And after an onscreen career full of drugs and thugs, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje jumped at the chance to play such a role. ''When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace,'' says the 39-year-old actor, whose 6'2'' build and hulking shoulders are just as imposing in person. ''I thought I wouldn't mind showing a different facet to my character.'' The good news? Once the producers saw a tape of his breakthrough performance as prison bully Simon Adebisi on HBO's Oz, they knew he was the man for the job. But his sheer power in the role compelled them to give Mr. Eko a new complexity, to add a darker edge, to make him...a former drug thug.

    It was as if Akinnuoye-Agbaje himself had been plopped down in the middle of an irony-filled Lost flashback. The switch, he says, came as ''a bit of a shock. I was devastated.'' But he ultimately embraced the backstory, in which Eko assumed the identity of his Catholic clergyman brother, Yemi, who'd been killed by government troops when he tried to stop a drug deal. ''This guy murdered and plundered to stay alive, but he traded his soul for his brother's,'' explains Akinnuoye-Agbaje, referencing Eko's childhood decision to kill a man so his brother wouldn't have to. ''He's running around in his priest outfit still killing people. If you're an actor, that's just delicious.''

    As soon as Akinnuoye-Agbaje arrived in season 2 as part of the ''Tailie'' invasion, Eko's struggle to embrace his dual nature instantly helped make the character a looming presence on Lost — no easy task on a sprawling series that at the time featured 14 regular cast members, including some scene-stealing Emmy nominees. Eko made such an impression on castaways and fans alike that his Nov. 1 death — after the island's mystical smoke monster gave him a brutal bashing — was all the more unexpected.

    Though producers say they envisioned Eko's death from the beginning and knew Akinnuoye-Agbaje might not be sticking around for the long haul, the actor is the first Lost star to vote himself off the island. (He's the fifth series regular to leave the show.) After Eko's first flashback episode aired last season, Akinnuoye-Agbaje felt ''the character was complete. It was such a well-written episode that I knew I would be able to sew him up in a season.'' Says exec producer Carlton Cuse: ''In a perfect world it would've been great to have Mr. Eko for a little longer. But it was the best time to go our separate ways.''

    Tearing into a lobster at Cafe Med in L.A., Akinnuoye-Agbaje looks more like a pre-priesthood Eko, sporting braids, ripped jeans, and a white tank top. He sprinkles his speech with casual references to his devout Buddhism, but exudes a high-energy charisma that's nothing like Eko's Zen state. He also talks more — a lot more — than his character, and often explodes with deep laughter.

    Speaking in his native British accent (which he's never used in any role), he explains why leaving ABC's hit show was actually a ''joyous'' moment. His heightened profile, he says, has opened doors to potential financiers for his longtime pet project: Akinnuoye-Agbaje plans to direct and star in an autobiographical film he wrote about growing up in foster care and on the tough streets of London. (Africans who emigrated to England in the 1960s and '70s often willingly placed their children in foster care while they adjusted to life in a new country.) ''People that I'd approached [for funding] are now approaching me,'' says the actor. ''It's an opportunity I can't miss.''

    The script ends when he reunites with his parents as a teenager in the '80s, but in real life, what happened next provided plenty of material for a sequel. While he planned to follow in his lawyer father's footsteps, he got sidetracked by modeling gigs that eventually led to acting. After landing an episode of the Fox cop series New York Undercover in 1995, he was hooked. Roles in films like Congo, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Mummy Returns, and The Bourne Identity soon followed, but Akinnuoye-Agbaje made his biggest impact with a tour-de-force stint from 1997 to 2000 as gang leader Adebisi on HBO's violent prison drama Oz. Five years later, as he was shooting his role as (what else?) a powerful drug lord in the 50 Cent drama Get Rich or Die Tryin', the casting director for Lost — a show the actor had never seen — came calling.

    Akinnuoye-Agbaje swears that he's never been as bad as his most memorable characters. ''I've never dealt drugs, killed anybody, [or] raped anybody,'' he says. ''But I know what it is to suffer. You don't have to go chop somebody's head off to know that pain.'' As such, it was his own pathos-filled history — both on screen and off — that gave Mr. Eko such a gloomy edge. At his suggestion, producers changed the original name, Omecca, to Eko in order to be consistent with Akinnuoye-Agbaje's own Nigerian tribal lineage; he also advised them to add a ''Mr.'' to the wayward priest's moniker. ''Carlton and I looked at each other like it was the silliest thing in the world,'' exec producer Damon Lindelof says. ''Then we kept saying it, and we realized there was something really cool about it.''

    Akinnuoye-Agbaje's active involvement in his character's development became both a blessing and a curse over the course of his first season. ''Adewale's process is complicated,'' says Cuse. ''He needs to discuss it, process it, and make it his own. That's harder to do on a television schedule, but it ultimately leads to great work.'' His time in Hawaii — which can (for better or worse) leave a person feeling distanced from the rest of the world — proved difficult for him. He had to move to Oahu, a place he'd never been, in about two weeks. He was afforded little of the prep time he relishes. And he struggled with his newfound visibility. ''I felt like I'd landed on the moon,'' he says. ''I'm very private, and I don't like public influence on what I'm doing.'' Mostly, though, he struggled with playing the same person every week. ''I'm primarily a movie actor because there's a lot more flexibility,'' he notes. ''I never like to get lazy, sitting in a character two or three years, him getting fat and having grandchildren. I like to hit and run.'' Toward the end of last season, he met with Cuse and Lindelof to discuss his future, and agreed to stick around for a few season 3 episodes. ''There was an ongoing dialogue [when he signed on] about what the longevity of the character would be,'' Lindelof explains. ''And we all decided the shocking and emotional death would be the best way to go.''

    As Eko's end grew imminent, the actor's offscreen life became more trying: Both of his parents passed away over the summer (''I'd rather not even mention it, to be honest. It's still too fresh''). In September, he was pulled over in Waikiki and charged with driving without a license, an unfortunate circumstance that called to mind the 2005 DUI arrests of fellow Tailies Cynthia Watros and Michelle Rodriguez. Charges were dropped when he produced his license — which he'd left in a pants pocket at home. ''[Media reports] tried to lump me [with Watros and Rodriguez],'' he says, ''but I don't drink.''

    Despite leaving behind a powerful character on a huge hit show, Akinnuoye-Agbaje is happy to be scouting for projects back on the mainland. (So far, he's signed to voice the town crier in the upcoming Jim Carrey CGI feature Horton Hears a Who.) Already, island life is becoming a faded memory. ''When you're out there, you're trekking, you're sweating,'' he says. ''It's not the paradise that you think it is.'' He does, however, still keep ''a little bit of Hawaii'' with him in the form of a single black pearl on a black rope necklace. And lest you think he's ungrateful for an experience that made him a star, he carefully adds this coda: ''Lost has been a huge learning curve — spiritually, professionally, culturally. It'll always be a part of me.''

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  • Aug 15, 2009 6:02:35 AM CDT

    3rd 2006 Sorry about the above blob.

    by therootstheroots

    first time post

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  • Aug 15, 2009 8:45:20 AM CDT

    If others are coming back...

    by hoichitheearless

    ...why not Eko? I am concerned about how they're going to pull off having all these characters return (I'm concerned that alternate timelines will be difficult to keep tidy, and the showrunners don't necessarily have a good track record when it comes to keeping storylines tidy). But, it appears that's where they are headed and if that's the case Eko would be at the top of the list among the characters I'd want to see return. He's certainly the character I miss the most. I could care less about the circumstances behind the scenes regarding AAA.

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  • Aug 15, 2009 1:35:52 PM CDT

    All this talk of resurrection and rebooting the island...

    by darthcorleone

    ...worries me. It's like when Robert Jordan spent 9000 pages or so killing off most of thirteen Forsaken one by one as the climax of each of his books and then decided to bring them all back to life, rendering that whole thrust of the story pointless. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it can be done organically in one single season without rushing things, but based on past pacing issues for the show, it would certainly remain to be seen.

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  • Aug 15, 2009 3:04:26 PM CDT

    Isn't he in the current and last season of 'Monk"?

    by mindtrip

    He looks like he has...grown a bit.

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  • Aug 15, 2009 4:07:00 PM CDT

    To be honest

    by salparadiseshat

    I'm not entirely into the whole bringing back the dead/alternate time lines apparently on the up, however if I had to handpick the characters that would return, Eko would be No1, and anyone who still thinks fuck him he left after hearing about his parents/his reasons/writers reasons/producers reasons is a fucking moron that doesn't deserve to get to watch a show like lost.

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  • Aug 15, 2009 6:44:00 PM CDT

    I like the character/actor but his story feels complete

    by tall_boy66

    If he left on his own terms or not, when you look at it, his character is pretty wrapped up. A) Was evil B) turned good C) did not apologize for past D) was killed off in Twilight-Zone matter shocking mythologically important twist that, most importantly, revealed that Smokey can turn into other people (Yemi) and reinforces one of the show's central ideas: good people vs. bad people, forgiveness, redemption, damnation, etc. etc. It's done! Unless he comes back and kicks the Smoke monster's ass, I can't see him having much of a point, really. His ending was powerful, that's why he's memorable.

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  • Aug 16, 2009 8:08:27 PM CDT

    ur a very innacurate broken record Glick.....

    by jay2517

    on Lost and btw go fuck urself idiot

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  • Aug 16, 2009 10:14:34 PM CDT

    Anyone following the viral campaign!?

    by iamnicksaicnsn

    It's heating up tonight, LA people! www.damoncarltonandapolarbear.com!

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