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Originally Posted by Jon Kano
Yeah I heard they make up SOME elements as they go along, but due to the time span in the show, the character connections, story arcs etc, I don't think they improvise as much as you have been lead to believe.
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I think they improvise quite a lot actually.
Jack was supposed to die in the pilot. Surely they would have mapped out the entire idea
before the pilot. So at some point they decided to keep Jack on AND make him the central character. Surely that meant a lot of replanning.
Ben was scheduled to appear in 4 Season 2 episodes until they liked the performance and character and kept him on. Suddenly he is the would-be leader of The Others and the central point of Season 3. So once again a change to the planned plot.
Libby and Ana Lucia were killed off due to the actresses that played them getting in trouble with the law (according to rumour). Surely they would have played bigger roles. The same was rumoured for Eko.
The whole thing with Walt seemed to take them by suprise. The oversight that the actor was aging faster than the character led to Michael and Walt being written out of the show.
It's rumoured that Nikki and Paulo were set to play bigger roles but were killed off due to public dislike of the characters.
Seems that they DO change and switch things. Seems that quite a few things are made up on the fly to me. Still...brilliant show!