Separated at Birth? Eric Clapton – Lost’s Desmond
By James A. on April 11th, 2007
There are many secrets on the island of “Lost.” But I’ve uncovered at least one all by myself. Desmond, played by Henry Ian Cusick, is somehow related to guitar legend Eric Clapton. It’s gotta be. Every time I see Desmond on screen, I think, “Holy crap, Slowhand is on ‘Lost.’ Maybe he’ll jam with Charlie.”
Now, if you watch “Lost,” you know everything and everyone is connected in some way. Claire is really Jack’s half-sister. Hurley owned the box company where Locke worked. Libby was in that psych hospital with Hurley. Rose once gave Sawyer a Hershey bar when he was 12 years old…and so on. But if the uncanny physical resemblance between Desmond and Clapton hasn’t convinced you, maybe these other connections will…
- One of Clapton’s nicknames is God. Cusick played Jesus Christ in the movie “The Visual Bible: Gospel of John.”
- Clapton played in the band Derek and the Dominos. Cusick is notorious for his love of Domino’s pizza.
- Both men are six foot.
- Both men have accents.
- Cusick’s wife’s maiden name is Wood. Clapton is most famous for playing the guitar, which is made out of — you guessed it — wood.
- I just noticed another connection. Both of their last name’s begin with the letter “C.” This is getting serious!
- Clapton has a home on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Cusick was raised on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (also both men have lived most of their lives on the British isles, and, of course, Cusick plays a man trapped on an island).
- Cusick was born in Peru, which is the leading producer of coca leaves. Clapton was addicted to cocaine and is well known for his cover of the song “Cocaine.”
Convinced? Okay, let me hit you with another of my theories: the strange occurrences on the island of “Lost” are really part of a drug-induced nightmare that Eric Clapton had after a concert at the Budokan in the late ’70s. Time will prove me right.
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April 11th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
[...] Separated at Birth? Desmond – Eric Clapton Has anyone else noticed the physical resemblance between Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) and Eric Clapton? Check out this photo and tell me you don’t think they’re virtual twins. [...]
August 31st, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Hi there.
Could you please include a spoiler warning to the beginning of this post, because I guess many people who haven’t watched LOST to the end yet, are interested into this article and how LOST’s Desmond is probably connected to Eric Clapton.
So please, if you’ve enjoyed LOST as much as I did and want others to enjoy it likewise, put a spoiler warning on top of the text.
October 12th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
….He also both men had drug abuse problems – Cucik was tossed out of his drama school after a few months for smoking weed too often and missing classes, Clapton was well known for snorting the Colombian Marching Powder…. spooky
February 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Good post, it will be interesting to see if you are correct…
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 am
There’s also a Clapton’s song called “I get Lost.” “Lost” bein the title of the show tht Cucik is in.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:49 am
And also Desmond had a particular connection with Charlie, the only musician on the island!
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
My husband keeps saying how much they look alike, so much so that he searched out this blog and sent it to me to prove he is right. In my opinion (and now that I see them next to each other – more so) they look nothing alike. You cut their hair and remove all facial hair and what do you get? Nothing. Look at their noses, they are nothing alike. Their eyes? nothing. Maybe their eyebrows have some similarity. I should start a blog saying how much they do not look alike.
July 14th, 2010 at 4:05 am
BTW clapton was addicted to plenty of substances but he only flirted with cocaine. just fyi. and yeah desmond guy totaly is clapton’s long LOST twin.