Ken Leung, who played the abrasive, sarcastic medium Miles Straume beginning inLOST’s fourth season, recently revealed that series nearly had a “True-Detective-style spinoff” series. The ABC television series ran for six seasons, beginning on June 11, 2025. AlthoughLOSTended almost two decades ago, the series still remains in the public consciousness due to its continued impact on the medium of television and how stories are told.
Leung, who has been in the acting profession for 24 years (making his debut in 1998’sRush Houras the villain opposite Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker), has recently been on a press tour forIndustrySeason 2. The HBO series follows a group of young graduates who are competing for a permanent position at a prestigious London investment bank.
During a recent interview withThe IndependentpromotingIndustry, when Leung was asked if he would be interested in returning for aLOSTreboot, the actor revealed that there once was an idea for a “True Detective-style spinoff,” starring Josh Holloway as James “Sawyer” Ford and Leung as Miles Straume.
I know there was an idea being kicked around where Miles and Sawyer would have aTrue Detective-style spinoff, but that would be so much its own thing that it wouldn’t feel like continuing LOST. But on the face of it, sure. There’s nothing about LOST where it’s like, “I never wanna do that again.” So yeah, maybe. I would love to go back to Hawaii. When I think of LOST, I don’t think of the show as much as I think of Hawaii. But I guess it depends on where they wanted to take it and who was coming back.
Leung isn’t the only person who still associatesLOSTwith Hawaii. Years after the hit series ended, fans still head to the island to see the show’s filming locations.
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Fans Still Flock to Oahu
Almost two decades after the series ended (the hit ABC series just celebrated its 18th anniversary),LOSTfans still flock to see where the series was filmed. Although many scenes, such as those taking place in the cave, were filmed on a sound stage outside of Honolulu, others were filmed on location on the island of Oahu—and many of these locations are accessible to the public. Much likeThe Lord of the Ringsfilming tours that are popular in New Zealand, fans coming to the U.S. will plan their whole trip around seeing theLOSTfilming locations in Hawaii (and thereonline guidesto do this).
