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 ...