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Yunjin Kim on Lost's Return: Prepare to Be 'Amazed'
Yunjin Kim by Mario Perez/ABC
She was part of one of this season's time-twistiest moments, but to hear Yunjin Kim tell it, Lost has even bigger tricks up its sleeve. TVGuide.com invited the actress to preview the batch of new episodes kicking off tonight. (ABC's Lost now airs Thursdays at 10 pm/ET.) — Matt Webb Mitovich
TVGuide.com: Was it any special thrill, if only because of the job security, to learn you were among the Oceanic Six?
Yunjin Kim: Initially I thought it would mean job security, but it doesn’t really look that way. It doesn't really mean anything. If you're not one of the Oceanic Six, that doesn’t mean you're going to be killed off the show.
TVGuide.com: When you were reading the script for "Ji Yeon," were you led to believe that Jin was on his way to see Sun?
Kim: Yes and no. The Year of the Dragon was a pretty significant sign that we weren’t talking about in 2005. I got a sense we were in two different time zones.
TVGuide.com: Were you touched to see that Sun and Hurley are still friends?
Kim: I thought that of all the characters, Hurley would be the one coming to see the baby. The question is, why was he so glad none of the other Oceanic Six members would be there? While we were shooting it, we discussed how far Jorge [Garcia] should go with that. Should he be really glad no one else was coming, or half glad...? We did a couple of different variations, and they made it very ambiguous.
TVGuide.com: From where you sit, is the energy on the set at all different this season? Does the show feel tighter, more exciting?
Kim: Because of the huge [strike] break, we were all happy to come back to work and find all the crew members returning with us. I was afraid to walk in and find a new crew. But yeah, I agree that the episodes have been great. [Sun and Jin's] episode had the right combination of the story going forward with Sayid and Desmond on the freighter, and also dealing with the A-story. And, of course, the huge surprise at the end raised so many questions. That’s what Lost is all about.
TVGuide.com: What is Sun's involvement in this week's new episode?
Kim: Well, usually when you do your "own" episode, you take it easy for the next one or two. But the story continues: Are we actually going to leave the island? Right now we’re going crazy trying to shoot three episodes all at once. [Laughs] We have three different units working, we're working every single day.... I think the finale is going to be amazing. I'm a huge fan of the show, and as soon as I get a script, I plow through it to see what happens next. People will be very amazed by how we end this season and set up the next one.
TVGuide.com: What has been your favorite episode of this season?
Kim: I really loved our episode, but I also loved Desmond's. With the love story between Desmond and Penelope and those last few seconds on the phone, as they were trying to get their words out, and the music.... It was so emotional and so satisfying. You really are rooting for those two to get back together. I hope people will do the same at the end of the season finale for Sun and Jin! People could have the same reaction.
TVGuide.com: Do you know anything about the "Frozen Donkey Wheel," aka the finale's big twist?
Kim: Hmm. They’ve omitted, I think, two scenes from the finale, which was not even a script, it was a book it was so thick! It's amazing. We go out with another huge "What?!" reaction at the end.
TVGuide.com: You're one of TV Guide's Sexiest Stars [to be detailed in the May 5 issue]. How does that honor rank compared to being on Maxim's Hot 100 and a Stuff pinup calendar?
Kim: Now all my dreams have come true. [Laughs] I was very flattered. I feel like we have a very good-looking cast, so we'll each take our turn.
TVGuide.com: It must feel good to be called "sexy" when you spend every episode covered in grit or sand or are in a lot of the same clothes week after week.
Kim: Right! I guess they find dirty sexy nowadays! [Laughs]
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Apr 23, 2008 8:55 PM
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Nice interview, and it's interesting to see the cast is not let in on any secrets either. Helps keep it all running smoothly with lots of mystery. BUT, I think Kim gave something away, without meaning to or without realizing it, when she said she hopes people will be rooting for Sun and Jin to get back together at the end of the finale. Sounds to me that, as we'd all been contemplating, JIN IS NOT DEAD! (Am I wrong??)
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Apr 24, 2008 11:30 AM
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It sure sounded that way, but it is LOST so who knows. I think the fact that she said if you are not one of the 6 that does not mean you are dead was very telling as well. As many of us have thought there were many left on the island that the "world" thinks are dead but that these 6 know are NOT. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT!!!!
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Apr 24, 2008 11:42 AM
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Dorjean you could be wrong. I think what she meant by her comments is that in the present people are still alive on the island and the main action takes place on the island so there's no reason to just start killing people off even if they're dead in the time period of the flash forwards. So for example there's no reason Jin couldn't still be on the show for the remaining seasons even if he will be dead in the future.
Her comment about them getting back together also does not mean that has to take place off the island in the future.
Basically her comments are vague enough to not be able to drawn any concrete conclusions.
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Apr 24, 2008 12:43 PM
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I think Jin is dead...but in order for Sun to have the baby, nine months have to pass, and that would take more than the remainder of two seasons to happen (if you base everything on current LOST time). So Jin could die before the end of this season, or at the end of season six; it makes not difference. The question is more about Clair being dead; Aaron looks older than nine months, and so Aaron and Kate might be at a further point in the future than Sun having the baby...Hugo might be happy no one else came to see the baby because when they are all together, the six still have to keep the secret, and that could make for tense interaction. Hugo also apologized to Jack in that one episode about having gone with Locke, so that might be one reason he is glad the others did not show up. The question she is not answering is if there are still survivors alive on the island, or if anyone else (like Michael) secretly got off the island and are keeping it a secret.
There is also another way to look at her answer; she says being part of the Oceanic Six does not guarantee job security. Theoretically, if Sun were killed off in the future, and she exits the island before the end of the season, then she has no job security...if Sun were off the island in 2005, and dead in the future, then this actress is out of a job.
Sun might be the body in the coffin that Jack went to see, and Kate did not care about...that would be the big secret she is revealing in this interview. She tells us the last episode is packed full of events, and a scene or two are left out; if she knows that scene is a shot of Sun in the coffin, that would be one big twist.
The other big thing is that every time two characters find real happiness, they get pulled apart and one gets killed off: Charlie, Shannon, Libby. Find some joy with another human being, and one of you will get killed off.
My Guess: An 85 percent chance that Sun is in the coffin.
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Apr 24, 2008 8:29 PM
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