Watching Lost

Playing Keamy on Lost had fans really angry at him and he says to blame it all on Ben! He also says he has yet to get caught up with Lost’s previous seasons, he has seen only about half of Season 1! Here’s a candid profile of the actor playing Keamy, Kevin Durand.

Growing up playing ice hockey helped him land a role in the 1999 comedy Mystery, Alaska, alongside Russell Crowe, who became his mentor — and bandmate. Durand sang backup and even resurrected his rap skills on Gaslight, the debut album by Crowe’s band, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. (Fans curious about his rhyming skills can check out the track Nowhere.)Their paths crossed again last year in the Western 3:10 to Yuma — this time with bloodshed. “Russell thought it was funny because he got to kill me,” he jokes.

The casting director on Lost liked his turn as Tucker in Yuma and called Durand to read for the role of Keamy, at which time he says he had no idea how evil the character would turn out to be.

Keamy has drawn attention to Durand — not all of it good, and not surprising given that he has killed or beaten up an average of one character per hour during his nine-episode hitch. He caught an earful from fans angry over Alex’s death in particular.

“People would just yell at me. They weren’t too happy about that,” Durand recounts. “I kept saying, ‘It wasn’t my fault! It’s Ben’s fault!’ But (then) people started cheering me on. I think they just love to hate the guy.”

That said, he realizes bloodthirsty fans are probably hoping that Keamy bites the dust when the two battle it out in Thursday’s finale. “We haven’t really seen anything outside of Keamy’s mission, so I think they definitely want him put down,” he says.

Asked to concoct a flashback plot for the stone-cold killer, Durand chooses his words carefully. “Keamy has a very big personal stake in this mission, and it’s beyond anything monetary. He’s just trying to get it done as soon as possible. It has to do with his family, so that’s why he’s working at the pace he is.”

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