The Tail Section

Earlier in the week we posted the first part of Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with Lost masterminds Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.  Now the remainder of the interview is up, and it covers such things as Walt’s growth spurt, the possibility of a Lost movie, and how they plan to top the season 3 finale.  Check out some highlights below, or read the entire interview by visiting TVGuide.com.

Jimmy Kimmel: Will Walt continue to grow until he’s 9, 10, 11 feet tall?

Carlton Cuse: That’s one of our favorite lines of the whole show: "Who told you that, Taller Ghost Walt?" You know, we had lunch at Arnie Morton’s with Malcolm David Kelley, the actor who plays Walt.
Damon Lindelof: This was before the finale last year.
Cuse: And he was still the same size. We were like, "Thank god!" So we wrote him into the finale and then somehow, in that intervening six weeks, he hit puberty hardcore. He shows up [to shoot the episode] and it’s like, "Wow, can he slam-dunk?"

TV Guide: Do you feel pressure to live up to last year’s finale? How do you beat the flash-forwards?

Cuse: I don’t know if you beat it. But the audience has been waiting to find out what happens after that scene between Jack and Kate [at the end of Season 3], and we’re gonna deliver on that in the finale. We’re doing some pretty cool s–t. It’s just gonna be on a different bandwidth than last year. It’s not about the M. Night Shyamalan trick.
Lindelof: Jimmy, that’s actually a question I wanted to ask you. Do you find now that you’ve done the Ben [Affleck] and Matt [Damon] videos, everyone’s saying, "How are you gonna top yourself?"
Kimmel: Yeah, but because that’s a departure from my usual show, I have the luxury of not doing anything. So we’re just gonna leave it alone. Certainly, if there were some spectacular idea, we’d do it. But there isn’t anything better than what we did the last time.
Lindelof: That’s the way we feel about last year’s finale — that it’s a special moment in time. That moment when Kate gets out of the car is a once-in-a-lifetime show experience.

Kimmel: When the series wraps, is there any chance of a Lost movie?

Cuse: Our goal is to finish the show and have it feel satisfying. We have no plans at this point to do a movie. Lindelof: We don’t wanna do "and then" storytelling. Like, "Yes, that’s the entire thing. And then the one thing we didn’t tell you was this."
Cuse: When the show ends, it’s over.
Lindelof: But I think it goes without [saying that until then], the show is gonna get weird. Weirder.
Cuse: [Laughs] I’m glad you added that amplification. Recently, we were doing [an interview for] a clip show and after about two hours of explaining plot, I was like, "This show is insane! We are certifiably insane people."