About a week ago, I found an article on EW.com in which Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly announced their post-“Lost” plans. That got me thinking: how about dreaming up some future career marks for some of my favorite “Lost” cast members?

Before hitting that proverbial wish list, I’ll cover Fox and Lilly.

According to Fox, he aims to ape David Caruso and turn his back on TV for good. After a successful run on “Party of Five,” followed by his arc on “Lost” (his character was originally written with Michael Keaton in mind), he wants to explore the Hollywood hills and make his mark in the movie biz. While I think that’s a decent plan – to trade on his goodwill from this show – I’m not sure Fox has exactly what it takes to be the strong leading man on the big screen. While I like the dude, there’s a dryness to him (think David Duchovny) that works better when establishing a long-running character. TV seems to fit him just right. Besides, we’re still basking in the Golden Age of television drama. I’d take “Friday Night Lights,” “The X-Files,” “Lost,” “Millennium,” “Battlestar Galactica” and countless other shows rather than most multiplex fare any day.

But I get it. Television drama is a long haul, and multiple seasons have got to wear on the soul. Factor in a show that drenches its actors in several layers of grime and tosses them out into the great wide open of steamy Hawaii and I’m sure a nice cushy “desk job” looks good to these folks right about now. But I think Fox should choose carefully and pass up the second-rate leading man roles that will be tossed his way (think big-budget B-movies such as “2012”) for sharper-hewn character work. He’d make a decent CIA analyst in a Bourne flick, for example.

As for Evangeline Lilly, she’s apparently getting completely out of acting. I don’t buy it. It sounds like the same brand of exhausted hyperbole that celebrities spout whenever they just need a little R & R. It’s like that time Stephen King kicked writing four novels ago. So she’ll be back, and if I were her agent, I’d steer clear of heavy dramas in favor of something light. Let’s see if Evie has got some comedic chops. Guest her on “Community” or “How I Met Your Mother.” I think she’d surprise us. That should speak volumes about how I feel about Evangeline Lilly. There’s a fine line between the character and the actor, and I think she’s got talent. I just don’t like her character. But I’d like to see more of her work.

As for the others, first and foremost we need to see more Josh Holloway – and not just shirtless, ladies. If there is one guy who has really grown on me over the years, it’s Sawyer. At the beginning, he was the redneck jerk. But somewhere along the line, he became the charming rogue and ultimately the heart of the show. He is all grimy nobility. And I think he would make an awesome action hero. There was a lot of talk a few years ago concerning an “Escape from New York” reboot. At the time, Gerard Butler was tapped to take on the iconic Snake Plissken role. Not bad, but for my money, Holloway would make a great Snake. I’d like to see that edgy blend of mirth and menace tapped. This is a guy who should demand leading-man stature.

Terry O’Quinn (Locke), on the other hand, will continue an indelible career of great character choices. I’ve followed this guy since the mid-1980s slasher flick “The Stepfather.” Early on he was tapped as the psycho. Then he took on the military roles. When he essayed “Millennium”’s mysterious mentor, Peter Watts, I thought the role was a perfect fit. The same goes for his CIA spook in “Alias.” But John Locke is the role of a career that only grows more interesting with everything he does. I’m not going to predict O’Quinn’s future, because I think he has a long career ahead of him in these unique character roles. He’s like the small screen’s Gene Hackman, and he should be treasured for that.