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Warning: This article contains spoilers from the series finale ofKilling Eve.
Sandra Ohwanted Eve Polastri to go out with a bang.
TheKilling Evestar said she suggested the show’s title character should be killed in the series finale instead of costar Jodie Comer’s Villanelle. In a conversation withDeadline, Oh explained why she “felt emotionally it was the right place” for the series to end.
Oh, 50, said she told series writer Laura Neal that the demise of her character “would be the strongest and the most interesting” conclusion.
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Instead, the show’s beloved antagonist, Comer’s Villanelle, was the one to die. The series finale became highly controversial with some viewers who felt that Villanelle’s death negated the show’s advancements in not only a thrilling plot, but a well-represented romantic relationship between the women.
Even Comer, 29, was up for Villanelle’s death at the end of the show, Oh confirmed — but viewers didn’t necessarily agree with the writer’s room when it came to the lovable villain’s end.
Oh saw other reasons why Eve should be the character sacrificed. “Eve was starting to get into, like, a nihilistic place,” she added, “and we’re like, ‘Let’s just continue that line and go straight into it.'”
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Unfortunately for Oh, COVID restrictions and general structuring of the fourth and final season didn’t allow for her death. “They came to me, and they said, ‘We can’t do it. We need to change it… Eve needs to live.'”
Episodes of the series are available to stream on Hulu.
source: people.com
