Sarah Wayne Callies: FOX Made Me Quit

It’s so funny that everyone hated “The Forehead” ..including me…and now I’m gonna miss Dr. Forehead..*eyes tearing up*

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SWC has wanted Went sexually since she first saw him despite being married - she is a ****! FOX was disgusted with her, so was Went, so they fired her ****** ass!

I am shocked about Sara not returning, i really like the relationship between Sara and Michael. Would Michael come down with mental illness after finding out that Sara is killed? And those guys will be all stuck in Sona with Michael not being able to break them out? And there will be no escape at the end and we will end up with a tragic story? Geez, i much prefer a happy ending with Michael and Sara together. Those romantic moments between Michael and Sara are my favorites scenes. I really wonder what are the real reasons in not bringing Sara back. And i don’t feel there is that much danger in Sona either, my favorite character Michael does not seem to be in much danger at all. Shouldn’t there be more dangerous situations other than what are presented?

Regarding some pics i saw earlier of my favorite actor Went, i saw some pics of him and the other Luke guy, i do have one question. Who is really taller? Went is 6′1. In the photo, that guy looks taller than Went and looks to be 6′3 or 6′4 in the photo but how come on his tv show he does not look that tall? He looks like he is not even 6 feet tall. Is that really a true photo or something was done to it?

Just to make a correction. She said: I loved being Sarah and I would have to loved to see her make for decisions by herself.
Regards.

Do we know if or when someone will make an official statement? I guess if Sara is still alive next week, are we suppose to keep guessing as to why she’s still not back on the show.

Why can’t they tell us the truth? Are they scared of a boycott?

i’d like to add my own thoughts to all those above. firstly swc has said that unless sara tancedi plays a significant role she would prefer to be killed off, however in the statement made by fox they said the character plays a sigificant role this season so you can hardly make judgements based on those comments
however i would like to say after watching wentworth’s comments on his interview with kirstin on e! he mentioned michael and sara being star crossed lovers which made me think of romeo and juliet, more specifcally the ending where romeo belives juliet is dead and kills her cousin and kills himself, now i’m not suggesting that michael will kill himself if sara “dies “(so calm down people!) however imagine if michael believes that sara has “died ” i think it’ll make him want to break out so that he can find her killers and if swc has decided not to come back this season then that would explain her absence.
maybe i have read too much into it and it seems too far fetched!

i would also like to say i disagree with some of the comments made about the writers on the show, i think they have handled sarah’s absence quite well and it couldnt have been easy for them to try and handle swc’s pregenacy and incorporate her absence into the shows storyline. Also if swc has indeed left the show then i agree they should at least call her back so we can see her character be killed on screen, after all the prison break writers have shown that they’re not afraid to kill off characters which makes the show interesting to watch in my mind because it’d be boring if you knew certain characters were going to be safe all the time and i think it’ll give michael more emotional depth if he loses the woman he loves.

HELLOOO “save the good dr campaign effort”,. LIVEJOURNAL SUCKS!! you can’t post anomymously they disabled anonymous posts! so we’re forced to have to perchase a membership to sign your stupid petition on stupid your livejournal!!

i’m sorry about my english, i’m not very good at this, i’m brazilian HAHAHA

I cant believe that they fired sarah, i mean its just not right i i just know that many fans will not be happy with this and i also think that sarah had a big part and should not have been fired and if she is there should be very very good reason for this!!!

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SWC has wanted Went sexually since she first saw him despite being married - she is a ****! FOX was disgusted with her, so was Went, so they fired her ****** ass!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
OMG girl, you really suck i mean it’s really obvious that the new is coming by yourself!!!
If it’s true come on give us the source (who will never put some bad words in their news!!) XD

Sad to see she’s dead last night. Should I continue to watch Season 3 ?

I will say this: Fox is suck, suck, and suck, the writer is all suck. They make a big mistake to kill Dr.Sarah off. I watch the show last night, and i just can’t believe that Sarah head is in the box. It’s just broke my heart completely. It just kill my excitement of watch Prison Break anymore. I am also very angry that Sarah head is in the box. I mean, i could accept that Sarah die, but not like this. It just so horible that they cut her head and placed in the box. I am so sad, and couldn’t believe that she has die like this. Could they make a bit better for her death with all the trouble she has going through to fight for the right, and to fight for her lover (Micheal) and this is what she deserve???
FOX IS SUCK, FOX WRITER IS SUCK

I’ve watched last night and couldn’t believe that they went through with putting Sara’s head in the box. I can’t believe that we were right about the content of the box. I was hoping that SWC would change her mind and come back for a few episodes down the road.

What makes it harder to swallow after last night’s episode is when I came accross this article this morning. Yes, this is a tough pill to swallow.

Prison Break Exclusive: The Real Story Behind Sara’s Death

Sarah Wayne Callies by Jeremy Cowart/FoxIf you’re still in denial about the horrific turn of events on tonight’s Prison Break, well, stop reading, ’cause a stone-cold reality check is coming your way: That was definitely Sara Tancredi’s decapitated head staring up at Lincoln from that box. No ifs, ands or red herrings about it. Michael’s long-suffering soul mate is dead and she ain’t comin’ back.

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. And now prepare yourself for another sobering piece of news. Yes, my friends, it gets worse. The sad truth is, it didn’t have to end this way. It wasn’t supposed to end this way.

As Prison Break executive producer Matt Olmstead explains in this exclusive interview, the violent nature of Sara’s death was the culmination of long and fruitless negotiations between the show and new-mom Sarah Wayne Callies. It’s enough to make your head spin. (Sorry. Poor taste.) Stick around after the Q&A for Callies’ response. And then feel free to assign blame wherever you feel it’s warranted.

Last January, after it was announced that Sarah was pregnant, your colleague, Paul Scheuring, assured fans that he had no intention of killing off her character. What changed?
Matt Olmstead: What changed is that our initial pitch to the network was [rejected], so we had to go back to the drawing board. I remember we were sitting in the room thinking, “How do we unlock Season 3, motivation-wise?” Since we’re not a procedural, we have to keep everyone moving forward. We have to evolve. And given what Michael’s been through, how do you keep him going? And then it was tossed out, “What happens if Sara gets killed as an extension of what we already had planned for Season 3?” We knew that would work. But clearly it was a big conversation. And when we pitched the network, they wanted to know if there was any way we could avoid that, because everyone loved Sarah’s work. But in order to make the season work, we really didn’t have any other motivation for Michael. We determined that this was the right thing to do in order to really jolt the series.

Did you ever stop to consider that this might be a slap in the face to fans who had invested two years in the Michael-Sara relationship?
Olmstead: We took everything into consideration. Our initial idea was to have [Sarah/Sara appear in] the first 13 episodes, so she and Michael could have a proper goodbye. There were going to be some really emotional scenes where he tried to save her from dying, but she ultimately passed. So then we whittled it down to 11 episodes, then 10 episodes, then nine episodes, then four episodes…. Then we suggested flying to her — she was pregnant [at the time] and living in a remote part of Canada — and bringing a camera crew to her house, but that wasn’t accepted. We then whittled it down to just a phone conversation, and that was turned down, too. We were really looking forward to paying off that relationship. But [when] it became evident that that wasn’t going to happen, we made lemonade out of a lemon.

So, as a result, you were forced to kill her off sooner than you had planned?
Olmstead: Much sooner. We used the story to our advantage in that she was being held hostage. [Sarah] was gracious enough to let us use her image, which really helped. I totally get it, personally. She was, at the time, pregnant and living in a remote part of Canada and nesting; [she] kind of looked at the options and didn’t want to go forward. No hard feelings whatsoever. The show is an ensemble. The show moves forward. There are very few untouchable actors on the show.

Wasn’t Sarah under contract? Didn’t she have to return?
Olmstead: That’s a business-affairs question.

[At this point, 20th Century spokesperson Chris Alexander interjects: "We had to either pick her up for the entire season of 22, according to her contract, or we had to make a new contract with her. We determined in May that we didn't plan to use her for the full 22, so we chose not to renew our existing contract with her. And so, to get her back for the 13 or 14 that we wanted, we had to make a new deal, and she declined."]

What was your understanding as to why she didn’t want to come back? It seems strange that she refused to return in any capacity. Doesn’t it seem strange to you?
Olmstead: It looked like a pretty good deal on the face of it. We definitely came up in money. Thirteen episodes would have allowed the character to have a proper exit. We were willing to push the start date back [to accommodate her maternity leave], which would have meant her coming in [around] Episode 10, but that wasn’t accepted. So then we offered to come up [to Canada] before she gave birth and film at her house. Pretty good money and she wouldn’t even have to leave her house. That wasn’t accepted. So it was a little curious to me and to others why she was taking such a hard stance. [Maybe] she felt that she was made certain assurances about being part of the show this season. And in fairness to her, those assurances were given, because she was such a valuable member of the show…. Also, she’s up [in Canada]. She’s comfortable. She’s starting a family. Maybe she didn’t want to have to fly down and have to do this stuff. Or maybe she felt like she wanted to be part of the show [full time], not just half the season. Perhaps she felt a little jilted. Our [original] plan was to definitely keep her for [all of] Season 3, but after a couple of times of getting it kicked back from the network, we had to come up with a new idea and that necessitated her character being killed.

Did you ever get an inkling that she wasn’t happy working on the show?
Olmstead: No. I’ve worked in TV for 10 years. I’ve been around difficult actors. I’ve definitely been around malcontents. She was none of those. Great actress. Very smart. Good suggestions. And an asset to the show.

Sarah was recently quoted in a French magazine saying that she was “sad,” “shocked” and felt “deceived” by the decision to kill off the character. Presuming this is what she actually said, does this surprise you?
Olmstead: Not really. She was invested in the character and wanted to be a part of the show. We felt the same way.

Let’s discuss the way you killed her off. Some might view it as you guys exacting revenge on Sarah for not returning.
Olmstead: We really had no way of using her image other than the existing images that we had. Those Polaroids we used are old wardrobe shots from Season 1 and 2. She didn’t give us any new photos. So [we had to devise a way to] kill her [and still] show a body…. Obviously she wasn’t going to fly down and be a DOA for us. We just wanted to go with the most dramatic way to do it, a way that you could do it and not need the actress. Also, what it does is it helps put teeth into the antagonist of the show, the Susan character. Because a lot of times with [villains], they’re constantly wagging their finger, “You better do this, you better do that or this is going to happen” and it becomes hollow after a while. So, this absolutely dramatizes that when Susan issues a cautionary to Lincoln and that goes unheeded, this is the result.

So Sarah’s refusal to return essentially limited how you could kill her?
Olmstead: Yeah, basically. Could you have seen a [body] double’s feet being shoved into a meat grinder? Sure. Could you see a wide shot of a female body being dumped in an ocean? Probably. But dramatically, this allowed us to get the most out of what little we had to work with…. We used her not coming back to our advantage. When the bomb finally drops for Michael — and he finds out that she has been killed — it’s an unbelievable sequence between him and Lincoln. And it really lays a huge motivation on him.

Response from Sarah Wayne Callies
Although Callies declined multiple interview requests, last Friday the actress sent me the following statement via her spokesperson.

“As hard as we all tried, the Prison Break powers that be and I were unable to find a way to meet both the needs of the story and the needs of my family. We parted wishing each other well. I had a wonderful time working with the creative team and have a world of respect for all of them; they took great care of Dr. Sara. I’m also enormously grateful to the fans. They’ve been so gracious and supportive, and I hope they continue to enjoy the show.”

So, there you have it. Michael and Sara’s love story was cut short over a frakkin’ contract dispute. Assuming you’re already in the anger phase of your grieving process, let the blame game begin in the comments section below. Also, don’t forget to check out this week’s Ask Ausiello for scoop on the next chapter in this unbelievable tale: Michael’s rebound relationship!

POLL: Will you stop watching Prison Break because of what they did to Sara? Vote here.

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OMG, why they fired Sara ???! This is suck !
Why FOX fired the Lead Female Actress?
Are they out of their mind?
Since Sara is dead, how is Micheal love life???