Well, it's certainly no longer considered a Lost spoiler that Charlotte died.  We may have known for weeks that we were losing an Islander and due to her bleedimg, it was most likely going to be Charlotte.

Now that Charlotte's gone, the Los Angeles Times was lucky enough to do an exit interview with the beautiful actress, Rebecca Mader that plays her.  Now that she's gone, Mader was able to talk freely about the show without fear of the Lost producers hunting her down.  Here's a small excerpt:

How did the producers break it to you that Charlotte was going to die?
I've known since June of '08, because that’s when we negotiate contracts between seasons. Originally, when I started on the show in August of 2007, I was only supposed to do eight episodes. I ended up doing 20. I was on the show a lot longer than I thought I was going to be. A lot of it has to do with the writers strike. Less episodes in Season 4 meant backstories were compromised for the new people. I think that’s why my character carried into Season 5.

What was the experience of being on the show so far from its writers, who are all based in Los Angeles?
It's rare to work on a series without a writer. If you have a question about a line, then phone calls have to be made. It’s 2 o’clock in the morning and you have to wake someone up if an actor isn’t feeling a line. Sometimes it’s too much of an effort. Sometimes my line is written in a certain way, and it needs to be more English. I would go to the script supervisor usually to make changes.

How much did they tell you about Charlotte initially?
When I first got the job, I was told nothing about my character. She's an anthropologist and she’s tough, she’s a female Indiana Jones. That’s what I went into the show knowing. That’s all I knew all of Season 4, until the very end, when I learned I was originally from the island. I was on a break reading my script, and I said, "Bloody hell!"

You can read the rest of the interview at the Los Angeles Times.  It's an entertaining read for sure.

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