{"id":2328071,"date":"2026-03-14T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2328071"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:01:09","slug":"lost-star-matthew-fox-on-the-madison-shocker-and-working-with-kurt-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lost-star-matthew-fox-on-the-madison-shocker-and-working-with-kurt-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Lost&#8217; star Matthew Fox on &#8216;The Madison&#8217; shocker and working with Kurt Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F03%2Fmadison-copy-1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you\u2019ve watched the first episode of \u201cThe Madison\u201d on Paramount+.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLost\u201d star Matthew Fox just can\u2019t stay away from a plane crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I don\u2019t know. I seem to be subconsciously drawn to them,\u201d Fox, 59, exclusively told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/29\/entertainment\/taylor-sheridan-leaving-paramount-over-politics-nicole-kidman-drama\/\">\u201cYellowstone\u201d creator Taylor Sheridan\u2019s<\/a> new series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/13\/entertainment\/taylor-sheridans-the-madison-is-a-michelle-pfeiffer-showcase-that-demonizes-nyc-review\/\">\u201cThe Madison,\u201d <\/a>(now streaming on Paramount+) \u2014 spoiler alert! \u2014 brothers Preston (Kurt Russell) and Paul (Fox) die in a plane crash in the first episode. They appear throughout the rest of the series via flashbacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew Fox in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kurt Russell and Matthew Fox in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For Fox, it\u2019s a return to form, as his<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/entertainment\/what-the-lost-cast-has-said-about-the-controversial-ending\/\"> iconic role in \u201cLost\u201d<\/a> also began with an aviation accident. He starred as Jack Shephard on the ABC hit, which aired from 2004 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m a pilot in my life, and I\u2019m kind of getting that out of the way fictionally,\u201d the actor quipped.\u00a0He was referring to how he is a licensed private pilot. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Madison\u201d follows the wealthy Clyburn family, including Stacy (Pfeiffer), her husband Preston (Russell) and their two adult daughters: Abigail (Beau Garrett), a divorced mom of two daughters (played by Amiah Miller and Alaina Pollack), and Paige (Elle Chapman), who is married to Russell (Patrick J. Adams).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew Fox with Kurt Russell in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew Fox and Beau Garrett in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Preston and Paul\u2019s tragic deaths, the surviving family members go to stay on property the brothers owned in Montana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLost\u201d star has kept a low profile since that show ended in 2010 \u2013 he even<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/11\/entertainment\/lost-star-matthew-fox-reveals-why-he-walked-away-from-hollywood-at-height-of-his-stardom\/\"> walked away from Hollywood<\/a> for several years, to live in Oregon with his family. Currently, he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/12\/celebrity-news\/lost-alum-matthew-fox-talks-life-in-italy-after-leaving-hollywood\/\">lives a quiet life in Italy. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox told The Post that he could relate to Paul, since the character is an avid outdoorsman who appreciates the simple life and enjoys flying and fishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in northwestern Wyoming, so I know that world really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew Fox in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew Fox in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Between 2014 and 2021, the \u201cParty of Five\u201d actor took fewer roles. But, one of his projects during that period was the 2015 film \u201cBone Tomahawk,\u201d which Russell also starred in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Fox was talking to the \u201cYellowstone\u201d creator about \u201cThe Madison,\u201d Sheridan, \u201calso told me that he was talking to Kurt about playing Preston. That was super exciting, because I worked with Kurt over a decade ago on a little film,\u201d he said, referring to \u201cBone Tomahawk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that he and Russell, \u201cjust hit it off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Stacy and her adult daughters grieve Preston, Stacy and Abigail have several arguments and moments of tension.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Beau Garrett in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Beau Garrett with Michelle Pfeiffer in \u201cThe Madison.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of hugging,\u201d Garrett told The Post, referring to her scenes with Pfeiffer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During one particular argument between onscreen mother and daughter, \u201cwe were just like, \u2018oh God, how far can we go?\u2019\u201d she recalled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we went for it\u2026we went further than we thought we were going to go. And all you could do after a moment like that was just hug each other, and then it\u2019s just water works.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garrett said that many of their emotional scenes were, \u201cquite raw,\u201d and afterwards, to decompress, \u201cwe naturally just kind of came together in a cuddle puddle.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you\u2019ve watched the first episode of \u201cThe Madison\u201d on Paramount+.\u00a0 \u201cLost\u201d star Matthew Fox just can\u2019t stay away from a plane crash.\u00a0 \u201cYeah, I don\u2019t know. I seem to be subconsciously drawn to them,\u201d Fox, 59, exclusively told The Post.\u00a0 In \u201cYellowstone\u201d creator Taylor Sheridan\u2019s new series \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2328072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21741,345322,390620,360046,307168,21913],"class_list":["post-2328071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-kurt-russell","tag-lost","tag-matthew-fox","tag-taylor-sheridan","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lost-star-Matthew-Fox-on-The-Madison-shocker-and-working.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2328073,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328071\/revisions\/2328073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}