Is the Adversary a way of keeping the cast in line.

[blockaderunner]

All this talk of the Adversary is making me wish there was a Fables series. But I digress.

This is purely a "behind the camera" speculation. I know that the introduction of the Adversary is a nice twist to the show, but one wonders that, with the real death of Locke and the Adversary assuming his form, the TPTB may use this as a way to keep the cast in line if someone wants a higher paycheck or gets caught with a DUI?


Cast member: My agent thinks I'm worth more than what I'm getting and I agree.

Producers: I see. Well tell your agent that your character is now the Adversary and you've been swallowed up by a Dharma shark, okay?

Cast member: Uh, forget what I said before. Have a nice day.

Producers: Oh, and drink responsibly, potential Adversary.

Perhaps its just Hollywood paranoia, but it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility.

 

[Michael]

I don't know. I more or less get the impression this is the story they wanted to tell all along. It doesn't strike me as something they just made up now.

 

[J47]

If we were halfway through the show's run, I could see this being an issue. As it stands, we're going in to the last season - the contracts have long since been signed, I just can't see anyone playing this game. Besides, the producers probably have every character's path more or less laid out by now.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Producers: I see. Well tell your agent that your character is now the Adversary and you've been swallowed up by a Dharma shark, okay?.

I must be missing something. Terry O'Quinn is still the actor playing not Locke even if real Locke is dead.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Producers: I see. Well tell your agent that your character is now the Adversary and you've been swallowed up by a Dharma shark, okay?.

I must be missing something. Terry O'Quinn is still the actor playing not Locke even if real Locke is dead.

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Yeah, but in that case, the producers can easily have Esau/not-Locke have a reason to become someone else, and eliminitae the need for Terry O'Quinn...but i hope that doesn't happen.


but i agree with others...at this point, even if there's an issue with a cast member, unless it's super outrageous...it'd be good to just let the sotry play out.

Then Abrams & others can choose not to cast people if they wish (or, for those they like, find a role in the next Trek movie)

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'm sure some of the actors, like Michael Emerson, Naveen Andrews, Terry O'Quinn, Jorge Garcia and Josh Holloway, realize that they are pretty much unkillable because of talent, fan-favoriteness, or both. Even if their character is technically killed, they will still have a job.