The Tail Section

Josh Holloway is standing under a banyan tree in a clearing not far from the shore in Kahuku, a picturesque place on an island where he works hard — and plays even harder

It’s a setting that has become imbued with mixed memories for the actor. It was in this spot, under the banyan, that as Sawyer, the bad boy of ABC’s hit series LOST, he was tortured in one of last season’s most memorable episodes.

“You get an emotional imprint of these places when you do something that intense,” he says. “I spent two 12-hour days on my knees tied to a tree.”

But not far beyond the banyan tree, he says, is a place that conjures more pleasant thoughts: “A beautiful bay where I did the scene where I came out of the water supposedly naked and caught Kate (Evangeline Lilly) looking at me.” Later that night, he returned to the spot with his wife, Yessica Kumala, for some real skinny dipping. “No one caught us,” he says. “It’s pretty secluded.”

The days of Holloway, 36, being able to slip by unnoticed may be dwindling. He has emerged as a surprise breakout in a large ensemble cast that includes plenty of memorable faces.

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