Matthew Fox talks about returning to TV in the limited series Last Light, more than a decade after the end of Lost: “It felt like the moment to jump back in”
Matthew Fox won’t be lost to the film industry for much longer.
The 55-year-old actor has been candid about his return to acting after more than five years away from film and television and more than a decade after the end of his hit series Lost.
“I had kind of a list in my head of things I wanted to accomplish in business, and after doing Bone Tomahawk in 2014, the list was kind of complete,” he told Variety. “I wanted to do a western. It’s a very weird western, but it’s a western. And that sort of completed the bucket list.
Coming up: Matthew Fox won’t be lost from the film industry for much longer (pictured June 2022)
“At that time in my life, our kids were at an age where I felt I needed to really get involved again,” he continued. “I’ve been focused on work and Margherita for a while [Ronchi] I had been running the family so beautifully, but I felt like it was time to be home and I really felt like stepping out of the business and working on other creative elements that were really personal to me me are – some music and writing.
While saying he’s enjoying his retirement, Fox admitted he realized he still wanted to do more on his professional bucket list.
“It kind of got to a point where I thought maybe executive producers would be on the wish list,” said the ‘Party of Five’ actor. “I have never done that. The opportunity to work on Last Light came up, so I wanted to give it a try. And it felt like the right time.’
Years of inactivity: The 55-year-old actor opened up about returning to acting after more than five years away from the film and television industry (pictured with Joanne Froggatt in June 2022)
New role: “It kind of got to a point where I thought maybe the bucket list would include executive producers,” he told Variety.
“So it all just came together. It felt like it was the moment to step back in and see what it’s like to be back in front of a camera and acting again,” Fox continued. “And it was surprisingly rewarding. And I felt really good about it, and with this incredible group of people and the collaborative aspect of it and how well we all connected, how much we believed in the project. And it turned out to be a fantastic experience.”
Fox last appeared as a noted actor in the 2015 film Bone Tomahawk and has not appeared on a television show since Lost ended in 2010.
His new series, Last Light, follows a petrochemical engineer who is separated from his family after the world’s oil supply runs out.
New Series: His new series, Last Light, follows a petrochemical engineer who is separated from his family after the world’s oil supplies are running out
More than a decade: Fox hasn’t appeared on a television show since Lost ended in 2010 (pictured as his character from the show in 2008).
Also joining the cast are Downton Abbey actress Joanne Froggatt, Traces star Alyth Ross and Death on the Nile actor Victor Alli.
“Last Light is the perfect combination of an action-packed limited series with a gripping family drama at its heart,” said Lisa Katz, President of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.
The show premiered last weekend at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.