A big thanks to Shell for the following information on this mornings interview with Nester Carbonell (Richard Alpert). I'm hoping to acquire the audio for this shortly.
Nestor Carbonell did a phone-in interview on an Atlanta radio station morning show, this morning. One of the guys on the morning show is a big Lost fan. Nestor Carbonell made it clear that he was all about Cane right now, but did discuss Lost a bit. He was very charming and funny. He even joked that he has it put in all his contracts that he does not age. Here are a few highlights from the interview...
- As far as he knows he will not return to Lost because of his contract with Cane. However, you never know about television so anything is possible.
- He believes that Richard is indigenous to the island and has been around 400 years or so.
- He stumbled over Evangeline Lilly's name while discussing the season finale.
- He compared Cane to Lost, saying that anything could happen on the Cane.
- Music will be very important on Cane. There will be a lot of guest performers at a club on the show.
- He loves Rum.
- He mentioned his role as the mayor of Gotham City in the upcoming Batman movie.
Richard Alpert 400 years old and not returning?
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23 Comments:
The loss of Alpert is a huge blow to the show. I hate to say it but I really hope Cane tanks just so we can have our Alpert back.
I agree, the writers will probably make use of the freighter staff to kill him off (if it is possible in the first place?) because postponing that part of the story may not work. I guess we wait and see.
-S
This doesn't sound like he doesn't want to return to Lost. Oh please ABC, talk to CBS!
Cuse and Lindelof said in the podcast that they were "parking" Alpert and that he might be able to come back as both Cane and Lost are produced by ABC TV Studios, even though they air on different networks.
I do not expect them to kill him off.
I don't understand why they didn't offer him series regular status when they decided to expand his character? He went off to go film Cane right after filming "Man Behind the Curtain". That means they had weeks to ask him before he signed a contract to the other show.
Or did Nestor be a dick and sign on to Cane anyway?
Either way this wouldn't be a problem if he hadn't had Richard in Ben's episode...
I just read the plot summary of Cane on Wikipedia. It sounds really lame.
BOYCOTT CANE. If nobody watches Cane then we will have alpert back by mid season.
Since Cane is a latino show, I'm pretty sure Nestor really had no choice but to go for it. He would probably get crucified by his community if he chose a show about crusty ole white folk over Cane.
I don't think latino people are that pathetic, lashade... *rolleyes*
That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying that....how many latino focused shows are on primetime? Why would someone of that heritage stay as a 2nd string character on a show when they could become a main character on a show that brings their peeps to the foreground? sorry, i am not very articulate...i'm at work right now.
I was in the pharmacy last light and looking across the magazine racks when I saw the latest issue of Tu Ciudad Los Angeles. (here's a link to the inside cover photo:
http://www.ciudadmag.com/ciudad/article.aspx?id=1406
It has an interview with Nestor and he still sounds like he is on the fence. The article alludes that he may be on both networks this season.
Personally, I feel they may have already worked out the deal so that we have a shocker when Richard appears in the first few episodes. All the media mentions about him not being able to do Lost just has the feel of a foiler. It seems too planned.
But I've been wrong before.
"last light" = "last night"
sorry!
This blows so much. But you can't blame a guy for wanting his own TV show. I mean, Lost is a great ensemble opportunity, and he's got cult status for sure, but really.... I guess that's 400 years of flashbacks we'll never see??
So far Cane has been getting pretty bad reviews:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34169
As much as I'd like to see Nestor have success, I hope Cane tanks and he's able to come back to Lost. Richard Alpert is waaaaay too much of an intriguing character now that we've all watched 'Man Behind the Curtain.'
If Cane flops, Carbonell might be more keen on returning to Lost to have a regular spot, just in case that Cane gets cancelled.
I think in the battle of the shows, poor old 'Cane' has already...
...lost!
*snicker*
The loss of Richard Alpert will be a huge blow, his character is very intriguin, first it was Bea Klugh, then Mikhail & now Richard. Next will be Ben or Alex or someone.
Plus he may very well have connections to Jacob & if he's been around 400 odd years, then he may be connected to the Black Rock as well.
Thanks Dark
I agree that him not being in Season 4 is going to hurt the show somewhat. It would have been like Ben or Desmond being absent from Season 3.
400 years old sounds a bit over the top but they've obviously made allusions to the fact that he doesn't age. It'll be interesting to see how they explain his characters complete abscence within the show.
Not all reviews are bad for Cane...
NY POST (a very fickle paper) gave it great reviews
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09252007/tv/rum_punch.htm
Not having Alpert back SUCKS. It was the only interesting/mysterious and even sexy character that was introduced in season 3.
Give him as much money he needs to at least complete an arc with him.
Newsflash: LOST is part of the Hollywood entertainment business.
Nestor Carbonell is also a part of the business. He'd be a total fool to pass up a juicy part on a Jimmy Smits led show on CBS for scraps from the LOST table.
I think if LOST really wnats him, they'll pony up the cash and get an exception to Carbonell's exclusivity clause. I seriously doubt they'll kill him the Richard Alpert character off so unceremoniously.
Richard will probably be explained away for most of the season, maybe all of it, while ABC watches Cane's ratings very closely.
I think he was being sarcastic about his character being 400 years old. He seemed pretty annoyed with the interviewer for talking about Lost.
hahahaha... I just love the Alpert character, I think is one of those man that can resolve the entire history beside of Ben