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“Lost” fans finally got new glimpses of their fearless (and, apparently, utterly bonkers at some future date) leader, Jack Shephard, when the brain-teasing hit show began its fourth season at the end of January. And in his new movie, “Vantage Point,” Fox’s Secret Service agent Kent Taylor can be seen trying to save an American president from a Spanish assassination plot again and again and again. The movie depicts the same shooting from eight different perspectives, revealing more information each time it rewinds. Fox was raised on an isolated Wyoming ranch and loves living in Hawaii with his wife of 17 years and their two children, out of focal length from most paparazzi lenses. And though the 41-year-old actor isn’t one to seek attention, he doesn’t mind if his current ubiquity pleases many adoring fans. Now, if we could only figure out what his characters are up to. Let’s talk about your character in “Vantage Point.” Oh wait, we can’t. It’s kinda tricky; I’m not used to that. We really wanted to find ways of foreshadowing stuff that audiences wouldn’t necessarily see the first time around, but after the realization they would go, “Oh. Yeah.” So we were playing with levels of it and trying to make something that was nuanced. Smoke monsters? Ghosts? Pirates? Renegade researchers experimenting with wormholes and polar bears? All minor headaches compared to the thorniest threat Matthew Fox and his fellow Lost castaways have faced: Namely, fickle fair-weather fans. “Those were all bandwagon jumpers. Those were the people who would not have been Lost fans to begin with,” says Fox of the millions of viewers who bailed during the stormy sophomore season and had many observers wondering if the phenomenally-popular series would ever regain its momentum. “We won the Emmy. We won the Golden Globe - and then we had a whole bunch of people jump on just because they couldn’t stand being left out and they weren’t really Lost fans to begin with. “And they all went away.”
Head over to Fox4News to watch FOX 4 Film Critic Shawn Edwards chat with Matthew. Having been a father for 10 years, one might assume Matthew Fox would have some great words of wisdom for father-to-be and his We Are Marshall co-star Matthew McConaughey, but he begs to differ. “That’s a tough one,” Matthew tells OK! at the Vantage Point premiere. “Being a father is an individual experience and I wouldn’t really feel qualified to give anyone advice other than just trying to do the very, very best job you possibly can.” During our extensive research in preparation for the premiere of the new thriller Vantage Point, we observed that Matthew Fox, the not-bad-to-look-at star of Lost, grew up on a horse ranch in Wyoming. We kept this in mind as we prepared to interview Vantage’s stars on the big night, thoughtfully studying our list of questions, prioritizing some and eliminating others (probably there would be technical difficulties involved in asking Mr. Fox to remove his shirt, for instance). By the time Matthew, who we will always remember as Charlie on Party of Five, reached us on the red carpet, he was overwhelmed by reporters with tape recorders. They all were assaulting him with questions about his role as a Secret Service agent. At a lull, we took a deep breath and jumped in with the number-one question on our finely honed list. New York: Mr. Fox, you grew up on a horse farm? Victory! Another celebrity admits to eating bovine testicles! —Bennett Marcus |
