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Josh Holloway Is Finally Coming Back: “I Had a Hard Seven Years”

The charismatic actor talks reuniting with J.J. Abrams to star in HBO Max's retro action comedy 'Duster,' his frustrating dry spell, trying to stay thin for '70s clothes and being kinda-sorta down for a 'Lost' reboot.

The character is a swaggering and seductive long-haired criminal with a heart of gold who can affectionately call somebody “Peanut” and have it sound utterly charming. It’s a performance that’s instantly recognizable to fans of his breakout role in ABC’s Lost, though with dashes of intense violence and a fair amount of profanity — which sometimes sounds almost jarring coming from him (there’s something inherently sunny about Holloway that makes him feel PG-13, in a good way). And once you get that, you’re like, “Oh, I understand what the car can do.” And yes, it’s distracting, too, because you want to pull 90-degree turns all the time — just stomp that emergency brake, do a nice little slide up, hit the gas and go.

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