jackson said that he was not concerned or focused on the events in lucky's life while he was gone, stating: “you can't act information and you can't act history (...) that's what happened and that's what he's gone through, and that's that.” jackson felt the heart and soul of the character were still the same; the foundation of lucky was still the product of luke and laura. he described his portrayal as working through the contradictory traits lucky inherited from his parents, the purity of laura versus the con artist side of luke. he explained that he was taking the essence of being their son and translating him into adulthood.