Thanks to Shelly for the info. Could this be Regina that is casted for episode 4.07?
Kiwi stuntwoman Zoe Bell's acting career is rocketing ahead with a role in the hit television series Lost.
Bell, who grew up on Waiheke Island, makes her acting debut playing herself in the Quentin Tarantino movie Death Proof, which is to open in New Zealand on November 8.
Bell said from Los Angeles yesterday that her next project was in Hawaii filming episodes of Lost, starting next week.
The series, now in its fourth season, follows a group of passengers marooned on a mysterious island after their plane crashes.
Bell described it as "a little acting role" that would involve some stunt work.
She also has two upcoming action movie projects in which she has the lead role.
"I'm injury-free and I've got a Green Card and I'm gonna be an action hero," she said of her rising career as an actress.
"Something new is always exciting. My life has been made up of a series of events that I've chosen to jump at and run with and see where they end up, and I never really know where they're going, but it feels like quite an organic transition and I'm enjoying the ride."
In Death Proof, Bell speaks in a broad Kiwi accent and talks about coming from Auckland.
"Every day I was giving a shout out to home, that made me feel really good.
"And Quentin was definitely giving a shout out to New Zealand because he's definitely a fan of New Zealand and Australia."
The film's most terrifying stunt sequence has Bell straddling the bonnet of a 1970 Dodge Challenger reaching speeds up to 150 kilometres an hour.
"If we'd had a major glitch during that sequence I could've very easily not walked away from it so well."
She said she was concerned by YouTube footage of people trying to emulate the stunt.
"The most I can do is state clearly that there is an amount of illusion involved in all movie-making."
Her first job as a stunt double was jumping out of a car in Shortland Street.
After doubling for Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess for three years, she left New Zealand and her big break came when she was signed by Tarantino as a stunt double for Uma Thurman in his Kill Bill films.
Source: SpoilerTV
Kiwi stuntwoman lands role on Lost
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If she plays Regina? Well, nothing tells that right now except the age of the role.
See more from Zoe on IMDB; http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1057928
[REGINA]
Late-20s to early 30s, any ethnicity. Tough, formidable, someone who could take an order and execute it flawlessly but who is now a shell of her former self; nervous and paranoid. NICE CO-STAR .WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A STUNT WOMAN BUT NOT CRUCIAL.
I think judging from the description age and the stun woman part make it more likley than the other cast calls
Oh man, I thought I was the first one to know, I heard it on the radio this morning.
Will be awesome having another Kiwi on the show
Heh...just saw Deathproof a week ago...
Couldn't pick up Kristen Bell so they had to settle for a foreign Bell instead?
I kid.
Nothing wrong with Kiwi's mate
Judging by Kristen's performance on Heroes, I'm glad she didn't join Lost.
Zoe Bell... ugh. Amazing stuntwork, no doubt, but if Grindhouse is any indication, she can't act her way out of a '70 Dodge Challenger. Let's hope her appearance is short, and ends with her never coming back again. I don't normally rag on people, but... just didn't care for her acting (or non-acting) at all.
Seems like a fun, cool person though. So I feel bad saying that.
Zoe Bell!!!
This is one of the greatest casting decisions yet. If anyone doubts her talents, I advise them to watch Death Proof.
She was sick. Its not only the hood trick but she was an animal running after that car
I bet her part is one of Ethan-like crazy strength
Death Proof kicked ASS!!!!!!!!
I loved the whole vibe the movie had, the humor, the lines... yeah kick ass :)
Im happy to see more of her, she has a like-able kind of way of acting...
This is great news. I hope this becomes a regular role, and she's on the actual island, not just in a fb/ff. It would be great to have a woman on the show who kicks butt, and isn't either morose or whiney--since Zoe isn't an actress per se, I can only assume she'll be cast in a role somewhat resembling her actual personality, which is very winning, funny, and ballsy indeed. Really looking forward to seeing her on the show.
That picture is creepy as hell.
I LOVE Zoe Bell.