20 Ways Your Favourite TV Shows Were Almost Completely Different

By James Hunt / June 21, 2018

13. Lost - Jack Was Going To Die In The Pilot (And Be Played By Michael Keaton)

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Although Lost took its time to focus on all of the survivors, Matthew Fox's Jack was at the show's very core, with the series starting and ending with him.

That wasn't always the case, though, because Jack was originally set to die early on. As in, halfway through the very first episode, with the character being eaten by a monster.

As if that's not different enough, the show was also looking to cast a name actor to better sell the shock of the death, with Michael Keaton being eyed for the part (Fox, meanwhile, initially auditioned for the role of Sawyer).