Exclusive | ‘Lost’ star Matthew Fox on ‘The Madison’ shocker and working with Kurt Russell

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you’ve watched the first episode of “The Madison” on Paramount+. 

“Lost” star Matthew Fox just can’t stay away from a plane crash. 

“Yeah, I don’t know. I seem to be subconsciously drawn to them,” Fox, 59, exclusively told The Post. 

In “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan’s new series “The Madison,” (now streaming on Paramount+) — spoiler alert! — brothers Preston (Kurt Russell) and Paul (Fox) die in a plane crash in the first episode. They appear throughout the rest of the series via flashbacks. 

For Fox, it’s a return to form, as his iconic role in “Lost” also began with an aviation accident. He starred as Jack Shephard on the ABC hit, which aired from 2004 to 2010.

“Maybe it’s because I’m a pilot in my life, and I’m kind of getting that out of the way fictionally,” the actor quipped. He was referring to how he is a licensed private pilot.

“The Madison” follows the wealthy Clyburn family, including Stacy (Pfeiffer), her husband Preston (Russell) and their two adult daughters: Abigail (Beau Garrett), a divorced mom of two daughters (played by Amiah Miller and Alaina Pollack), and Paige (Elle Chapman), who is married to Russell (Patrick J. Adams). 

After Preston and Paul’s tragic deaths, the surviving family members go to stay on property the brothers owned in Montana. 

The “Lost” star has kept a low profile since that show ended in 2010 – he even walked away from Hollywood for several years, to live in Oregon with his family. Currently, he lives a quiet life in Italy.

Fox told The Post that he could relate to Paul, since the character is an avid outdoorsman who appreciates the simple life and enjoys flying and fishing. 

“I grew up in northwestern Wyoming, so I know that world really well.”

Between 2014 and 2021, the “Party of Five” actor took fewer roles. But, one of his projects during that period was the 2015 film “Bone Tomahawk,” which Russell also starred in. 

When Fox was talking to the “Yellowstone” creator about “The Madison,” Sheridan, “also told me that he was talking to Kurt about playing Preston. That was super exciting, because I worked with Kurt over a decade ago on a little film,” he said, referring to “Bone Tomahawk.”

He added that he and Russell, “just hit it off.” 

As Stacy and her adult daughters grieve Preston, Stacy and Abigail have several arguments and moments of tension. 

“There was a lot of hugging,” Garrett told The Post, referring to her scenes with Pfeiffer. 

During one particular argument between onscreen mother and daughter, “we were just like, ‘oh God, how far can we go?’” she recalled.

“And we went for it…we went further than we thought we were going to go. And all you could do after a moment like that was just hug each other, and then it’s just water works.” 

Garrett said that many of their emotional scenes were, “quite raw,” and afterwards, to decompress, “we naturally just kind of came together in a cuddle puddle.”