'Ant-Man: Quantumania' Star Evangeline Lilly Cringes When She Sees Her Early Performances In 'Lost'

Marvel

Mar 2

She may dislike her early work, but fans loved her since the beginning and continue to do so nowadays. The talented, beautiful, and amazing Evangeline Lilly recently talked about her work during the early seasons of Lost and her words might be a shock.

It could be said that her career had a slow start; her first roles were background characters in movies such as The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), and White Chicks (2004). However, in 2004 she landed one of her most important and unforgettable roles; she portrayed Kate Austen in the acclaimed series Lost.

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During an interview with Josh Horowitz in the podcast Happy Sad Confused Evangeline Lilly confessed: “…when it would be a Kate-centric episode, I would wanna curl in a hole and die, 'cause I knew I was bad.” She then mentions her feelings towards her work nowadays: “And I still to this day will stand by the fact that I can watch the first couple seasons and I cringe, because I'm not very good.”

“And I do feel like season three was a turning point, where I went from 'panicked, figure it out, just shoot from the hip, feel it, go with my gut,' to 'I hate this, I don't wanna do this, get me out of here,' to 'oh, I guess if I'm here, I'm stuck, and I'm gonna stay, I should figure it out.' And that was in season three. And I started to actually try to learn my craft." She continues. Watching the later seasons of the show there is a difference between her approaches.

Despite Evangeline cringing at her early work, it is undeniable that her performance created one of her most memorable characters and surely shaped the amazing actress she became. Now, we can see her again as Hope Van Dyne in Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania doing an amazing job and fascinating fans in the way only she is capable of.

Written by: Julián Gutiérrez

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