He had since disappeared Lost ! Matthew Fox, the intrepid Jack Shephard in JJ Abrams’ cult 2000s mystery, took a fourteen-year break before rediscovering the desire to make a series. Guest of the 61st Monte-Carlo Television Festival, the 55-year-old actor presented a world premiere on Friday last lightan ecological apocalyptic thriller in which he co-stars Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey).
“It was not easy to convince Matthew to return to service”, launches, during the press conference of the miniseries produced by MGM International, the director Dennie Gordon, who directed the actor on The life of fivein the 1990s. “It took a project of this magnitude to get him off his sofa,” she laughs.
“I had to get involved with my children”
After Lost, Matthew Fox participated in a few films with confidential success and retired to spend peaceful days in Venice where his wife “was born and raised”. “I had in mind a list of objectives to achieve in the world of TV and cinema. After shooting the western Bone Tomahawk (his latest film, released in 2015), I checked all the boxes. At that moment, I felt that I had to get involved with my children,” explains Matthew Fox. And to add: “I really thought I had retired. I dedicated myself to other very personal artistic projects, such as music or writing. »
The adaptation of Alex Scarrow’s bestseller, about the chaos caused by the collapse of the oil supply, holds his attention. “My list may have also included becoming an executive producer. I said to myself that I had to give it a try and that it was the right time, ”he confides. He plays Andy Yeats, a petrochemist whose family will try to survive in a world with a shortage of energy.
No recurring role in sight for Matthew Fox. ” On The life of five and Lost, we did more than 100 episodes. In either case, the plot is stretched a little longer than necessary. Being able to tell a story in five episodes is fascinating. This format of four, five or six episodes, more and more common on the platforms, is excellent for the quality of the stories. ” Whether last lighta series expected in the United States on Peakock, does not yet have a broadcaster in France, but negotiations are underway.