"Lost" finally has a gay character...who's dead!
This would be funny if it weren't so annoying.
One of the castaways on ABC's "Lost" was revealed to be gay in this week's episode: Boone, portrayed by the very pretty Ian Somerhalder. Just one little problem: Boone was killed off in the first season! And during that initial season, which remains the show's best, the only attraction Boone seemed to have was toward his stepsister Shannon! And it is through Shannon, in a flashback sequence, that we learn about Boone's sexuality. In the scene, the step-siblings are in the airport and she rips on him for hitting on every cute guy he sees. At least show us him hitting on a cute guy...give us SOMETHING!
What a ripoff. Maybe the show has plans to have more flashbacks with Boone making out with Jack (Matthew Fox) or Sawyer (Josh Halloway). I'd forgive them anything if we had that. But since neither Sawyer or Jack are gay (that we know of!), that ain't gonna happen. If I were a gay guy trapped on that island, i don't know how you don't fall for Jack.
I was ticked when Ian was killed off because he's been on my radar ever since he was on a long-ago and short-lived WB drama "Young Americans." He fell in love with a girl who was pretending to be a guy so she could attend the all-boy boarding school and he started to think he might be gay because of his strong attraction to this guy...who was really a girl.
And Ian showed in the indie gem "Rules of Attraction" that he isn't afraid to play gay or do a same-sex love scene. His kiss with co-star James Van Der Beek was semi-hot but even hotter was a sexy dance he did on the bed in his hotel room with another guy whose name I don't remember. But he was really gay in "Rules" and went after who and what he wanted.
Anyway, I'm pretty much off "Lost" this season anyway but if I hear they are going to explore this gay angle a bit more via-flashbacks, I'd be back in the fold.
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It's not clear whether Boone is gay or not. His sister could have been joking or being bitchy. Boone never really was seen smiling at the guy he was supposedly flirting with, so it's vague.
Also, one of The Others has been referred to as gay, so he wouldn't be the first gay character.
I did a post looking at the question at the following link:
http://thecupofjoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/does-lost-have-gay-character.html
The guys name is: Russell Sams. The scene where Ian dances on the bed with Russell Sams in The Rules of Attraction was not scripted. Originally Russell Sams was suppose to dance by himself as a "pledge" for being new to movies and Ian was about to leave the set when the Roger Avary told him to "stick around."
It is common Lost fan knowledge that Boone and his step-sister were revealed to be sleeping together before the character was killed off. It's quite possible that Shannon was just teasing him. And even if what she said was true that doesn't make him gay. He'd be bisexual at best and whose to say he would even identify as either of those orientations.
Before you swoon too hard for Mr. Somerhalder, listen to his commentary track on the Rules of Attraction DVD, where he's all "Ew, yuck, I had to kiss a boy." He may be cute and play occasional gay roles, but that doesn't make him an ally.