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Lost star Daniel Dae Kim stays put, talks 'Hawaii Five-0

By April MacIntyre May 19, 2010, 19:10 GMT

04/28/2010 - Alex O\'Loughlin - "The Back-up Plan" UK Premiere - Arrivals - Vue Leicester Square - London, UK © Solarpix / PR Photos

One of the most anticipated new series for telly is coming to CBS, who has bet long and hard on actor Alex O'Loughlin to hit a homerun for the network after the critically praised "Moonlight" wrapped.  

Classic television series "Hawaii Five-0" gets a reboot.

E! reports that Daniel Dae Kim of "Lost" will get to stay on the island of Hawaii a bit longer.

"Hawaii Five-0" was picked up by CBS for the primetime season to air later this year.

CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" is reimagined by "Fringe" producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who are part of the JJ Abrams umbrella of geniuses.

How does the pickup news feel?

DDK: I'm really excited for all the poeple who worked so hard to get this show on the air. I think we have something special. I hope the audience will think so, too.

How was it shooting the pilot?

DDK: It was fantastic! Hawaii Five-O is a very different show from Lost. It's big in a different way. There are a lot of explosions, things being blown up, guns everywhere. Well, come to think of it, it's not that different from Lost. [Laughs.] Playing a cop in the real world, I guess I'm a little bit like Miles (Ken Leung) or Sawyer (Josh Holloway) in the Flash Sideways. It was a lot of fun, and it was great to see some familiar faces on the crew and meet some new people on the cast.

Alex O'Loughlin. The ladies want to know...

DDK: Alex is fantastic. I hadn't met him before. I heard a lot about him. But he's a pro, he's dead-on. He works really hard; he set a really great tone for the rest of the cast and crew. He's very familiar with the cult following. It's been interesting to watch the Internet chatter because he has a very vocal fan base. They're all chiming in on Five-O.

How is this Five-O different than the original?

DDK: This Five-O keeps the heart of the original version, but it's heavily updated. Some of the characters are descendants of the original characters and others have the same names but have no relation. The template is there, but the emphasis is on making it modern and making it very timely.

What about your character?

DDK; He has more local knowledge than the rest. He knows how the island works. He knows how to get information from people in a way that the others haven't learned yet. So, he's kind of the island connection. I like him a lot because he's very affable, very friendly and close to my personality in that way. At the same time, he's a great cop. I like playing both sides of him.

Your producers Robert and Alex are part of the JJ Abrams family. So does it feel similar in any way to Lost?

DDK: In some way, there are major differences. But the thing that I really appreciate and feel like is familiar is the sense of family. I actually want to sound cliché about this. They have done an exceptional job of creating an environment where we're all part of the same team, and I really, really appreciate that.