While imdb.com lists him as Robert Rousseau, it was never confirmed on the show that his last name was Rousseau, or that he and Danielle were even married.
In the official ABC press release for „The Little Prince„, Robert was credited as Frenchman #1.
The deliberately misleading casting call described his character as Leon. Mid to late 20s, Caucasian. Reserved, handsome and talented. A romantic at heart, he finds himself overwhelmed in a stressful job and at odds with a realist. Must speak french. Guest Star.
In the official ABC press release for „The Little Prince„, Montand was credited simply as Frenchman #2.
Rousseau told Jack, Kate, and Hurley the story of Montand, but none of them seem to make the connection between the tale and his body when they finally found it three years later. Only Jin witnessed Montand’s injury and the body.
The deliberately misleading casting call described him as Vincent. Early to mid 30s, Caucasian. Owner of a Tunisian bar. Smug and smart, knows he’s better than most of his colleagues but has a short temper. Thinks he’s a tough guy and gets himself into trouble because of it. Must speak french. Guest star.
Phonetically, Montand is similar to the French „mon temps“ meaning „My Time“.
The actor Marc Menard, despite trying to sound French, has a strong French Canadian accent in „This Place Is Death„.
Danielle Rousseau was a woman of French origin who was shipwrecked on the Island with an expedition in 1988, seven months pregnant with her daughter, Alex. It was during this time that her team rescued Jin, who, as a result of the Island’s move, was traveling through time. Shortly after Danielle gave birth, her daughter was taken away by Benjamin Linus, an Other. Rousseau lived alone for sixteen years, and over time became slightly disturbed due to her isolation. Following the crashing of their plane, Rousseau met and eventually joined the Flight 815 survivors, and finally reunited with her daughter. On 27 December 2004, while she, Alex, and Karl were traveling to the Temple, they were ambushed by Keamy and hismercenary team. Both Rousseau and Karl were shot dead. Her body was discovered by Miles as he, Sawyer, and Claire were going back to thebeach.
In the afterlife, Danielle shared a happy, normal life with Alexandra, away from the Island. She eventually met Ben, who was now Alex’s history teacher, and moved him by saying he was the closest thing to a father Alex ever had.
Danielle’s total episode count is 26.
Rousseau is the character with most appearances who never got a star billing.
Henri Rousseau was a French painter whose paintings depicted jungle scenes.
Daniel LaRusso is the name of Ralph Macchio’s character in The Karate Kid.
In Frenchdub, Rousseau is said to be German, which creates some continuity errors, notably with the song „La Mer“ and her name.
Both of the actresses who portray Rousseau have the initials M.F. In fact, both actresses’ first names start with the letter „M“, and end with the letter „A“, while both of their last names have „F“ as the first letter, „R“ as the third letter, „A“ as the fifth letter, and „N“ as the sixth letter.
Among the names written in the lighthouse Rousseau is number 20. It remains unclear if this refers to this Rousseau or another.
She, Carmen Reyes and Nadia have appeared in every season without ever being a main character.
Her story causes some potential inconsistencies with the estimated date of the Purge. Assuming the Purge was in 1992, Danielle would have coexisted on the island with the DHARMA Initiative for about four years. It would also have been unexplained how she survived the toxic gas attack that struck the island when The Others destroyed DHARMA, or how she could have tampered with the DHARMA radio tower while they where still using it for the transmission of the numbers. But, assuming the Purge was in 1987 (or some other point before 1988), the timeline provided by Danielle is more believable.
Witnesses of death: Alex, Several Soldiers
Last words: „He’s gone! Listen to me… I need you to take my hand, on the count of 3, we’re going to run. Can you do that with me? I love you… I love you very much, Alexandra. Are you ready? One… Two… THREE!“
In the official ABC press release for „The Little Prince„, Brennan was credited as Frenchman #3.
„Brennan“ is also the last name of Kate‘s childhood sweetheart, Tom.
It is interesting to note that the actor who portrays Brennan, Bruno Bruni, shares the first two letters of both his forename and surname with the character he portrays.
Lacombe was one of the members of the science expedition that arrived to the Island on a life raft in a storm in 1988. He was depicted unloading equipment from the life raft, including Montand‘s dripping violin case. („The Little Prince„)
Nadine was one of the members of the science expedition that arrived on the Island on a life raft in a storm in 1988.
Although Nadine in both episodes’ press releases, there was a promotional still released by ABC showing all six science team expedition members and Jin here, which credited the four known team members and Daniel Dae Kim, as well as one „Alexandra Tobas“ (sic). Since the two remaining team members are a man and a woman, Tabas is presumed to be the actress depicting the woman.
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