Eloise/Widmore: Eloise Hawking and Charles Widmore are the estranged parents of Daniel Faraday. They both originated from the Island. Charles, the Richard appointed leader was exiled from the Island following a Ben led coup. His despotic rule over the Island was marked with such discretions as fathering a child (Penny) with an off-island woman, and commanding others with made up orders from Jacob. His exile fueled his rage and set him and Ben up as mortal enemies, with his desire to find the Island once again consuming him. Eloise, who briefly led the Island, before leaving to raise her son Daniel, serves as an off Island adviser to the survivors and Desmond. Her relationship with her son is marked by years of pressure and sacrifice, despite young Daniel's talents and penchant for music, Eloise forces her son so give up his passions and devote his efforts to physics. Eloise, fully aware that this path will lead to Daniel's early demise at her own hands, does this not for her son's sake but to protect the Island. For Charles Widmore, I think Basil Rathbone would be very good as the domineering despot who only cares about revenge. As for Eloise Hawking, I chose silent film legend, Mary Pickford. Pickford retired from acting in 1933 when she could no longer play the young feisty women that were her trademark characters during the silent era. Just prior to her retirement she was slated to star as Alice in Disney's live action Alive in Wonderland, the project was discarded when paramount released their own flawed version in the same year. Despite her retirement from acting she remained active in film producing through her production company United Artists (also founded by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith). Her close friendships with such luminaries as Albert Einstein, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Amelia Earhart and the Meher Baba make her an intriguing choice for the role of Eloise Hawking, and just the show of Lost in general. Her missed opportunity to portray Alice, just makes the thought of her portraying a woman who gave up her leadership of a mysterious and mystic island to raise her son all the more meaningful. This could've been her big comeback role, and she would have been phenomenal. For the roles of young Widmore and Hawking as seen in season five I chose Peter Lawford and Janet Leigh.
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Eloise/Widmore: Eloise Hawking and Charles Widmore are the estranged parents of Daniel Faraday. They both originated from the Island. Charles, the Richard appointed leader was exiled from the Island following a Ben led coup. His despotic rule over the Island was marked with such discretions as fathering a child (Penny) with an off-island woman, and commanding others with made up orders from Jacob. His exile fueled his rage and set him and Ben up as mortal enemies, with his desire to find the Island once again consuming him. Eloise, who briefly led the Island, before leaving to raise her son Daniel, serves as an off Island adviser to the survivors and Desmond. Her relationship with her son is marked by years of pressure and sacrifice, despite young Daniel's talents and penchant for music, Eloise forces her son so give up his passions and devote his efforts to physics. Eloise, fully aware that this path will lead to Daniel's early demise at her own hands, does this not for her son's sake but to protect the Island. For Charles Widmore, I think Basil Rathbone would be very good as the domineering despot who only cares about revenge. As for Eloise Hawking, I chose silent film legend, Mary Pickford. Pickford retired from acting in 1933 when she could no longer play the young feisty women that were her trademark characters during the silent era. Just prior to her retirement she was slated to star as Alice in Disney's live action Alive in Wonderland, the project was discarded when paramount released their own flawed version in the same year. Despite her retirement from acting she remained active in film producing through her production company United Artists (also founded by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith). Her close friendships with such luminaries as Albert Einstein, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Amelia Earhart and the Meher Baba make her an intriguing choice for the role of Eloise Hawking, and just the show of Lost in general. Her missed opportunity to portray Alice, just makes the thought of her portraying a woman who gave up her leadership of a mysterious and mystic island to raise her son all the more meaningful. This could've been her big comeback role, and she would have been phenomenal. For the roles of young Widmore and Hawking as seen in season five I chose Peter Lawford and Janet Leigh.
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