Lost star Evangeline Lilly spoke to TV Guide in which she discusses the upcoming season 5 of her hit show and how she deals with fame. She says she's turned down big budget movies in favor of indy projects, but doesn't have major plans yet for when Lost ends in 2010.
She also fesses that she guards her privacy and won't admit to being herself when a fan stops her in public: “I deny that I am Evangeline Lilly…it’s terrible to admit but I don’t care…. People go, 'Are you?' and I go, "No, but I get that a lot. I look a lot like her.' And then I just walk away."
Evangeline, 29, says that "When I look back, I wasn’t ready for any of this.” She also mentioned that she tried not to rock the boat during the first year or two on the set, "I was just trying to do what I was told and not piss people off."
She also talked about the rumor mill and the talk surrounding her relationship with Dominique Monaghan (who she refuses to talk about): “To this day I’m engaged every summer. And it's not true. I've never been engaged since this show began.”
As for what will happen after "Lost" ends, she says she's taking a wait-and-see approach. "I'll continue to read scripts...but I don't have any investment in needing to be the next megastar."
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