Jerome Wireman = John Locke?

[Mugwomp]

I posted this in another thread, but since you mentioned Lost, this is who I pictured as Wireman as soon as King described him:

Tom Friendly (played by M.C. Gainey) from Lost

[SharonC]

I dunno you guys...
Wireman is described as middling-height, stout, and dark-skinned and he uses alot of Spanish; soooo I'm thinking Latino. It brings to mind a younger Eli Wallach to me. Think the good,bad,ugly ugly guy.

Hector Elizondo? Description seems to fit him.

[Jack Roman]

Wireman wasn't black, he was very tanned from living on Duma Key.

That's kinda funny, I also pictured him as an older, strong Black man. I often thought of Scatman in The Shining, I don't know why.

[Dull Dull Boy]

Actually the creators of lost have said they are huge fans of Sk. They based the character of Charlie on Larry Underwood from the Stand, Juliet said her favorite book is Carrie and when Ben was recovering from spinal surgery he is reading The Gunslinger. I dnt know about him helping with Locke but now that you mention it seems to fit.

[roblov89]

Lost is over and i cried at the end of the finale it was truly sad and beautiful at the same time i see how you could get Wireman pictured as Locke because of the wisdom, i have to admit though i had read Duma Key long before i had hopped on the Lost plane to dharma ville, and i have to agree with the person who said he looked hispanic to them, i pictured this mand laying in that chair, feet proped, a little bit of a belly just about to come over his shorts, sandals, with a dark tan poured onto him, a white smile that greeted you, with a mix of native hawaiin and hispanic features.

[JRM]

I pictured Wireman slightly bulky, not ugly yet not attractive, and hispanic, possibly balding. LOL.

[MollyLam]

From the first page, I pictured Edgar as Terry O'Quinn (Locke).
I couldn't tell you why, I just did.
I also had a mental image of Wireman as a black man, until I read the "deeply tanned" description.
Wireman wasn't Latino, he was married to a Latino women, thus used Latino phrases for her.
I would cast Oliver Platt as Wireman.

[mrblonde]

I pictured present day Bruce Campbell as Wireman.