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Daniel Dae Kim - "Lost" Tv Show Season 2 - First Spoilers

buffy — 2005-06-20T13:53:17Z

SPOILER ALERT

LOST SEASON 2 SPOILERS GALORE: DARK HORIZONS has reported a host of LOST spoilers from the pages of THE LA TIMES, which we're reposting below unedited... because we don't want to know what happens in season two! But if you're itching to have a bunch of LOST's secrets ruined for you, read on:

At the end of a Q&A session with several of the show's writers, one audience member shouted, "Don't kill Sawyer," referring to the island's hunky bad boy. Executive producer Damon Lindelof replied, "We won't. But he did get shot, which means his shirt will be off in a future episode." As female crowd members whooped, Lindelof added, "And he'll be wet" (due to Sawyer's fall into the ocean).

"The plane did not crash by accident," Lindelof told the crowd. "It crashed for a very specific reason." But he dismissed speculation that someone aboard the plane caused the crash. "I will tell you today that is not the case."

Lindelof promises "Season 2 is gonna get weird" - though he and other writers promised the mysteries wouldn't drag on as long as "The X Files," which ran nine seasons. What's inside the mysterious hatch will be interesting, but not as interesting as the effect it has on the John Locke character.

Finally, and not surprisingly, the rear section of the plane - and additional survivors - will be discovered during the second season.

Daniel Dae Kim - The Subtleties Behind the Subtitles

buffy — 2005-05-22T16:49:55Z

Daniel Dae Kim Relishes Complex Role on 'Lost'

Oh, the mysteries of ABC's hit series "Lost." Where are the doomed passengers of Oceanic Flight 815? How did they survive the plane crash? And why are they all so darn good-looking?

On an island full intriguing characters, Daniel Dae Kim's Jin Kwon has been almost as confounding as the show's cursed lottery numbers. Already one of the few Asian characters on prime-time television, Jin has not spoken a word of English all season. A risky decision, even for a show as smart as "Lost."

"I am so grateful to [executive producers] J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof for taking the chance on having a character who doesn't speak the language for an entire season," Kim, 36, said. "I think it's really doing a lot for what we deem acceptable on television and what we can expect the viewer to follow."

The idea to have characters who don't speak English occurred to the producers when Yunjin Kim (no relation), who plays Jin's wife Sun, auditioned for the role of Kate.

"She was phenomenal," Lindelof said. "It wasn't like she was wrong for Kate, but we thought: How interesting would it be to have a character who doesn't speak English? You would really have this opportunity to do something that doesn't really exist on network television."

So they cast Yunjin as Sun (the role of Kate went to Evangeline Lilly) and gave Sun a husband. Kim auditioned for the role — and suddenly found himself relocating with his wife and two children to Hawaii, where the show films. As the season unfolded, Sun and Jin's heartbreaking back-story was revealed: A tale of two innocent young people passionately in love before Jin is corrupted by Sun's criminal father. Eventually, viewers discovered that Sun speaks English — but Jin remains confined to subtitles.

This meant Kim, who was born in Busan, South Korea, but raised in New York and Pennsylvania, had to seriously brush up on his Korean. "It was one of the biggest challenges of my career," he said. "I wasn't fluent."

He relied on Yunjin and the show's translator to help him capture the cadence of the language. "For me, it wasn't so much that I wasn't pronouncing the word correctly, but the melody of the lines was different," he said. "So it was just a matter of trying to get the tonality of speech down."

Like many viewers, Kim was worried that Jin could be perceived as a cliched stoic and inscrutable Asian man.

"That was actually one of my biggest questions when I started," Kim said. "The character wasn't a sympathetic character by any means, so I was a little bit concerned that he might come off as one-dimensional or somewhat stereotypical — and sure enough, after the pilot, I did receive some criticism for exactly that.

"There will always be a small minority of people who always want my character to be nothing but a hero who speaks fluent Korean and saves the day," Kim said. "I think there's much more value in a character that's complex and can really hold your interest for the long term."

Kim said he's aware that his role comes with a somewhat heavy burden.

"This is really the first opportunity I've had to play someone who is a Korean national, so I want to be as sensitive as possible with regard to representing that," he said.

"It's important that if I am in a position of visibility that I use that position to not only help myself and my career but [also to] continue to help the image of Asian portrayals in the media."

A recent study by the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium found that Asians make up 5 percent of the U.S. population and play 2.7 percent of the regular roles on TV.

Before landing the role on "Lost," Kim played an FBI agent on "24," a social worker on "ER," and a really evil lawyer on "Angel."

"Most of the roles that I've done have been written for non-Asian people, so it has been a conscious choice to try to expand the notion of what's acceptable for an Asian person to play," Kim said.

Kim grew up thinking he would become a doctor, like his father, or a lawyer. But once a friend at Haverford College asked him to be in a play, he was hooked. So he went to New York University and earned a master's degree in acting. During his summer hiatus, Kim will return to his theater roots and New York to star in the off-Broadway production of the Chekhov play "Ivanov," where he looks forward to performing before a live audience.

Being in New York also puts him closer to his parents. They love watching their son on TV every week, but Kim's mother has one small request.

"My mom can't stand to see me get hit on the show," Kim said. "She asks me to tell her whenever I'm going to be involved in violence. When I got killed off on 'Angel,' my mom literally couldn't sleep that night."

Kim couldn't offer many hints about what viewers can expect to see in Wednesday's two-hour finale or answer any questions about the puzzling hints the series has been dropping all season.

"The party line happens to be the truth: I really don't know," Kim said. "I have my own theories. That's how bad it is.

"I like to parallel the character's journey and the character doesn't know and the character is trying to sort it out, so I like to walk along with him," Kim said. "One thing that I do believe is that all the characters are on the island for a reason. I don't think it's a coincidence that they just happen to be there and survive."

LOST

Two-hour season finale Wednesday at 8 on ABC

Daniel Dae Kim - Eonline's Kristin talks with Angel alum and 'Lost' co-star

buffy — 2005-05-20T17:34:57Z

Spoilers For "Lost"

Daniel Dae Kim

"Our audience is really hardcore and dedicated"

Role: Jin Kwon

Where We Found Him: By a hotel pool

Need-to-Know Info: I've mentioned before that Daniel couldn't be more of a sweetheart. What you also need to know is that he is one of us, the kind of guy who loves a good Hollywood story: like what's really going on with those Desperate Housewives and the truth behind the saga of John Stamos' "crush." And his wife, bless her tube-loving heart, even frequents WWK Central! While waiting for the camera crew to set up, it took me approximately 2.5 seconds to become instant BFFs with DDK.

Is Jin still alive?

That's an interesting question. And my wife wants you to answer it so she can know, too.

Perfect. Tell me what happens on the raft.

Well, what happens is a helicopter comes in, and we're all saved, and we move to L.A. We'll go back once a year to roast marshmallows and have campfires.

Let's try this again. Tell me what happens on the raft.

It's dangerous.

Well, you shouldn't get on it!

That's what my mother says, too. She says, "Please stay on the island! Stay with your wife! Why are you leaving your wife?" You know...so...we'll see. But there are some incredible things that happen on that raft. I can't wait for you to see.

So, you guys shot some water scenes.

We did! We spent a good time on the water, a good deal of time on the water. And I was really surprised about how great that thing floated!

You were on the actual raft you guys have been building? You're crafty!

Yeah, right. I've been hammering and pounding! When we saw the raft, we were really worried. We were like, "That's not what we're really gonna be out on, right?" But sure enough, we pushed it out there, and it was more stable than the camera boats.

Daniel Dae KimHow does it feel to be wrapping the first season?

You know, I feel like I've been on an amusement park ride for about nine months, and I'm just stepping off. And you know how you get that slightly dizzy feeling? You feel like you achieved something by going on the ride? That's kind of how I feel.

And now you're something of a sex symbol.

It's a surprise. I'm happy that Americans are able to see an Asian, or someone of color, as a sex symbol.

Any hope for Jin and Sun?

Yeah! I think deep down they both really love each other, and any time there's true love, there's hope.

Do you know who's coming back next season?

Honestly, no. Like, I know the show is coming back, but all of us—after reading the season finale—are curious.

Daniel Dae Kim (wolfram and hart lawyer gavin park) - The Fansite

buffy — 2004-09-30T21:41:56Z

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Daniel Dae Kim (gavin park) coming to DVD in Crusade : The Complete Series

buffy — 2004-09-06T18:25:15Z

Crusade - B5 spinoff is slated

In 2267 the Earth is quarantined, having been infected with a deadly plague by an attacking alien force. Scientists estimate that it will kill every inhabitant within 5 years, not nearly enough time for a cure to be developed. So the planet's only hope lies with the Excalibur, an advanced prototype starship sent out to search ancient alien ruins for their former inhabitant's secrets, hoping that somewhere out there a cure can be found.

Warner Bros Home Video has announced that the Babylon 5 spinoff, Crusade will hit DVD on December 7. The series stars Peter Woodward, Gary Cole, Marjean Holden, Tracy Scoggins, Daniel Dae Kim, David Allen Brooks and Carrie Dobro. This 13 episode series (576 mins) will be released in a 4 disc set, and carries a suggested price of $59.98 US. It'll contain an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track, along with English, French and Spanish subtitles. The video will be presented in the original aspect ratio: 1.33:1. We have little information on the special features, just that there will be audio commentaries and a documentary.