Q: Some of your cast mates in Lost have gotten in trouble for speeding a little bit. Were you ever a speeder?

Matthew Fox: Yeah, I enjoy driving fast. I’ve been lucky to not have…you know that’s the running joke over there, is if you get pulled over by the cops, you’re pretty much killed off the show. [Laughs]

Q: What do you drive?

Matthew Fox: I just have a driver, like a little Acura that I zip around the island on.

Q: What kind of car would you pick if you could have anything? What’s your dream car?

Matthew Fox: I build hot rods so I’m taking a 1950 Mercury coupe and turning it into a hot rod. I enjoy the 50’s styling which I thought was really cool and then putting all the new, sort of modern technology into it is really fun.

Q: Have you seen your action figure and have your kids seen it and what do you think of it?

Matthew Fox: Yes, I think my little boy might…aside from maybe Joel… might have been the first little boy to have a Racer X action figure. I did the Mattel Toy thing in New York and did a little piece while I was there promoting Vantage Point and they gave me one and I took it home. It was the first thing that he got. Then like a week later or 10 days later a whole box of stuff came. He’s just been completely…he is so excited about this movie opening up, he cannot wait. He can’t wait. He’s so into it. I’m pretty cool in his eyes right now which is pretty great.

Q: Where do you think your character draws the line between breaking a few laws for the sake of the greater good versus complete corruption?

Matthew Fox: I think Racer X breaks a few laws. I think he is definitely the end justifies the means. That’s part of the reason why he has that reputation. A lot of people think he might actually not be technically a really good guy but obviously we find out that we think that he is. Yeah, he’s walking the shadows.

Q: Any road rage stories of your own?

Matthew Fox: No. I’ve always really enjoyed driving. I grew up in Wyoming where the roads are really open. There’s not a lot of traffic and there are speed limits but there’s not a lot of enforcement of those speed limits. It’s always been the sense of freedom in it. I enjoy that. I actually recently got the chance to drive some Porsches on the Willow Springs track because I was doing this story for Speed Racer. I got some instruction from the Penske Porsche LMP2 driver, Patrick Long, who is just awesome. It was two days and it was really one of the most fund things I’ve ever done. I really enjoyed it.

Q: Did you get to keep the mask by any chance?

Matthew Fox: I dress up in it all the time. [Laughs]

Q: You can bring it home for your son?

Matthew Fox: No, no. They’ve got that.

Q: What harbinger of boom trick would you like to have on your hot rod if you had one?

Matthew Fox: I like the Gatling guns that come out of the side of the car and have the thumb pedals on the wheel. That’s pretty cool.

Q: Are you up for a sequel if there is one?

Matthew Fox: Absolutely. I would love to do more of this. I just love the world and love being in it and all the people that are involved in creating that world. I just have had the most amazing experience. I would love to.

Q: What about your next hiatus? Is there going to be a movie or would you rather just kick back?

Matthew Fox: This hiatus coming right now I’m going to take off. I haven’t taken any break for two years. I’ve done four films and Lost in that period of time. I’m really pleased with how these movies [have done]. Vantage Point did really, really well. I’m looking at material to do next hiatus but I’m going to take this one off and just spend some time with people that I care about.

Q: With TV shows usually the way that it works as an actor, it’s an open ended storyline where you’re going forward and just discovering what’s happening as you go. With Lost, obviously that’s all changed not only because of the flash forwards, but because it has an end date now. Does that change the way that you’re approaching your work on the show?

Matthew Fox: Not really. Not that much. No. You know we’re going to catch up with the flash forwards here in this year and then we’ll be back and it’s going to be really interesting to see how time is structured in season five. But we will have closed those two points – the finale of last year where you had that juxtaposition of him on the island feeling like he’d finally accomplished rescue and this future where he’s desperate and at the pit of despair and feels like he has to go back and we don’t know why and what’s transpired in between. We will have closed that thing and so we will have gotten back into a situation where we’ll be in the present.

Q: How much gets resolved in the finale?

Matthew Fox: Huge, huge stuff. We’re shooting pretty much three episodes that are…it’s really like a three-episode finale that we’re shooting simultaneously. It’s huge.

Q: Are there going to be more questions answered?

Matthew Fox: There will be huge things answered. Yes.