Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talk about the new faces on the show. Entertainment Weekly caught up with the Lost producers recently and asked about all the casting switches that have been announced.

Regarding the status of these new characters as one-shots or regulars, Lindelof said, "None of these guys are doing just one episode. Some of the arcs are staggered over the course of the season, some are intensive at the start of the season and may or may not continue, some of them have potential regular status in future seasons — we don't want to divulge which is which, because frankly, the actors themselves don't know."

When asked about the veracity of the leaks on character names and histories, Cuse said, "We actually [have] the actors read fake [scenes] and give them fake character names because those casting [pages] travel so widely, there's no way to maintain secrecy. So we basically have to come up with fake but analogous scenes that will show us qualities of an actor but won't give away what the role is. So yes, the stuff out there is not totally accurate."