Adewale talks about Mr.Eko

An interview with Lost’s Mr.Eko, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, can be read at Maxim Online. Adewale talks about the characters he has portrayed and discusses the Lost community.

Given some of the roles you’ve played in the past, how’d you end up on Lost?
To be quite honest with you, I hadn’t heard of the show at the time they called me. I’m based in the UK and the show hadn’t aired there, plus I wasn’t looking to commit myself to a TV series. I was wooed into the part—the chemistry and creative vibe was great with the producers. The character, at that point, was just a priest, so he’s evolved along the way. He was originally named Emeka…

How does the Lost fan cult compare with the Oz fan cult?
Oz was big, but Lost is something else. The theories [fans] conjure and throw at you, it’s like, “Why aren’t they writing it?” The amount of fascination is one of the hardest things to come to terms with. Basically you just accept that the obsessive audience is part of it.

How do you think it eventually ends for Mr. Eko?
It’d be nice to see him get laid (cracks up). That’s probably not going to happen. Hopefully he’ll be a complete person by the end of his journey, free of the self-torture and guilt. I just want to see him in peace.

Read the entire interview at Maxim