Thanks to Alex S for the heads up.
It seems like these last few episodes have been starting to tie up story lines. At what point during the season did you know there would be not be another one?
Honestly, it was right before they officially announced the show was ending. It was something we'd all been talking about for a while. [There is a] cliffhanger that could have spurred the show into a season five. We didn't believe we needed to end the story; it would have been a satisfying season finale. Officially the decision came down last week, but we [also] knew in our hearts that we wanted to end the story regardless of a fifth season. If there had been a fifth season, it would have set up a new Revenge.
Let's talk about that promo for the finale of Revenge. We saw Amanda pointing a gun at Victoria, and then later lying in a pool of blood; Jack and Amanda nearly making out, and then him lying in what looks like a hospital bed; and Louise stabbing Nolan? Safe to assume someone doesn't make it out alive?
I can say that "Two Graves" is the right title of the episode. We intentionally picked that to harken back to the Confucius quote that kicked off the whole show ("Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves"), and there will be two people in a grave before the end of the episode. The promo teases a sense of who that might be — or not.
How did the cast react to the news of the show's cancellation?
It's one of those things that a lot of us had started to make peace with. On Twitter, there is such an outpouring of love for the show, it would have been great to keep it going. They all loved working with each other. But from a creative standpoint, and an artist's standpoint, they're all happy with the way it ended up.
Were you able to sort of have a farewell get-together with the cast, given that production had ended once news of the cancellation hit?
We had a couple of wrap parties to finish [the season] out. But people scattered to the winds as they finished up. The finale airs on Mothers' Day, and I'm taking my wife out; home life trumps work life.
Honestly, it was right before they officially announced the show was ending. It was something we'd all been talking about for a while. [There is a] cliffhanger that could have spurred the show into a season five. We didn't believe we needed to end the story; it would have been a satisfying season finale. Officially the decision came down last week, but we [also] knew in our hearts that we wanted to end the story regardless of a fifth season. If there had been a fifth season, it would have set up a new Revenge.
Let's talk about that promo for the finale of Revenge. We saw Amanda pointing a gun at Victoria, and then later lying in a pool of blood; Jack and Amanda nearly making out, and then him lying in what looks like a hospital bed; and Louise stabbing Nolan? Safe to assume someone doesn't make it out alive?
I can say that "Two Graves" is the right title of the episode. We intentionally picked that to harken back to the Confucius quote that kicked off the whole show ("Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves"), and there will be two people in a grave before the end of the episode. The promo teases a sense of who that might be — or not.
How did the cast react to the news of the show's cancellation?
It's one of those things that a lot of us had started to make peace with. On Twitter, there is such an outpouring of love for the show, it would have been great to keep it going. They all loved working with each other. But from a creative standpoint, and an artist's standpoint, they're all happy with the way it ended up.
Were you able to sort of have a farewell get-together with the cast, given that production had ended once news of the cancellation hit?
We had a couple of wrap parties to finish [the season] out. But people scattered to the winds as they finished up. The finale airs on Mothers' Day, and I'm taking my wife out; home life trumps work life.
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