Behind the Scenes of LOST

I used to work on the tv show LOST for the first 3 seasons. It was a fun show to do with a really nice crew that becomes like a big family. Since there isn't any new episodes airing right now, I thought I'd share with you some of the more interesting facts and funny stories that happened while I was there.

During season one and two, the production office was located at the Dole Cannery in Iwilei. The building was once a canning warehouse for pineapple. The place has been renovated and is now a mixed use of retail and office space. But for a long time, it was the place where lots of teenagers got a summer job canning pineapple.

Anyway, this place was just a big warehouse that now had floors. It was like a maze to get to the office door. Even some of the crew would get lost if they hadn't been there in a while! The sign for the office didn't say LOST but was actually the name of the production company, which is totally different. So if you didn't know the name, you had an even harder time looking us up on the office building directory downstairs.

It was between seasons or the time we in the biz call "being on hiatus". I was in the office by myself. The office door had one of those skinny windows next to the door that was probably about 8 inches wide and ran almost the height of the door. I was walking towards the door from inside the office, when all of a sudden, I could see flashes of light coming through the window. I stopped in my tracks, startled and puzzled.

I was really curious as to what had just happened. So I rushed to the door and flung it opened. I caught sight of a group of people at the end of the hall just turning the corner and disappearing from view. I couldn't figure it out. So after a beat, I followed them, walking quickly down the winding corridors.

I caught up with this group of 12-15 people at the elevators. Each of them were wearing tags bearing the logo of one the tour groups that cater to Korean visitors. While we waited for the elevator, I asked the tour guide what her group was doing here off the tourist beaten path. It seems that they were fans of the show. They were so excited to be this close to LOST that they wanted to take a picture of our office door!!!

If you'd like more of these little stories or have a question, let me know. Just don't ask me for answers to where the story lines are going because I don't know ;)