OlderWhat Happened to Dr. Sara Tancredi on Prison Break??
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TANCREDI GOT THE AXE.
Yes, Dr. Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Callies) was decapitated and her head stuffed in a box. So what really happened to SWC? TVGuide interviewed Prison Break executive producer Matt Olmstead to get to the bottom of things:
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? 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.
Read the full interview here.
Sarah Wayne Callies response 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.”
There’s also a video interview with Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, and Dominic Purcell with E! here.
– WHY DO YOU THINK Sarah Wayne Callies didn’t return to Prison Break? Was it really all about the money?
– WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE for Michael’s rebound romance?
P.S. Isn’t all the interaction between Michael and Lincoln talking through the gates getting really tired?
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Get over it. Abruzzi was my favourite character and he was killed off way before Sara did. If you only watch PB for the Michael/Sara storylines, well you’re missing the main point of the show:family. Meaning, Michael and Linc. Prison Break is that kinda show were you have to expect the unexpected, and this is a good example.
Oh that is so creepy looking!!
I hate to say it, but I probably won’t watch Prison Break anymore.
It’s just ‘ok’ for me now. I was an avid watcher of the romance.
maybe it was not about a love story, but becouse of that love story had many viewers that the show isn´t going to have now, so maybe that won´t be good for the ratings, not good for having the show many seasons, you know what I mean.
I’m glad she’s gone……
this isss bull **** i cant believe they did this *** im sooo pissed off i dotn really care that she dead but im pissed for michael and her relationshoip s shake hes go to die when he finds out and thats what gonigto slip him and linc up awww gay as plllz
THE HEAD DOSNT EVEN LOOK LIKE HER
DO YOU REALLY THNIK ITS HER
Well from what i gather, she seems like an uptight *****. I mean how fustrating would that be for the writers? They offered to come to her damn house and she still said no! They had to rewrite majority of the 3rd series at first because of her pregnancy and now she decides to bail out on them. The original plan was for Sara to die of that OD at the end of season 1, but they decided to kill Veronica instead (which IMO, her death was alot more dramatic hence her whole body was chopped up.) If you don’t believe me, they say so on the audio commentary on the Season 1 boxset. So be glad they kept her around for season 2 aswell.
I don’t know what’s worse the fact, that Sarah is gone and that they killed one half of MiSa or that the writers have no imagination. Come on - a head in a box? How unoriginal is that???
PB is so OVER for me
prison break is a load of rubbish now it is the worst show on tv
prison break sucks
I hate writers.
THIS SUCKS BAD!!!!!!! This sudden turn is so disappointing i cant even measure it.
the whole story line between micheal and sara has been built up for over 2 seasons and then just for her to have died is rubbish and so all along there has been no point in the story line and season 3 has been rubbish.
i was reading all the comments that you did.
i saw the interview the actors did and please not be so judgemental.
in a show that continues for many seasons things may change.
people who are acting are human beings.they have their privite lives.
did you wanted them to make a statement at the start at season 3 to to tell us in episode 4 sara will be decapitated?or to tell us she must die cause she didn’t want to return to the show or whatever?
in my own experience i must tell that i participated once on a shooting and it was exhausting. they shoot a scene of 8 minutes for almost 6 hours, as far as i could support.
it’s very difficult to make things real for viewers and requires concentration, talent, patience and a lot more.
i don’t say i will not miss sara but it’s beyond our control and sometimes even to persons involved.
for the show i just hope they will not transform it in something too tough to watch, but for this we have wentworth, who is like a fresh take breath, so clean and simple in all this mess.
This is just a bunch of crap..If the network really wanted her to stay they would have found a way.. and if SHE really cared about the show and it’s fans, she would have given her character a PROPER ending..this was just stupid….I get it, she had a baby, but it’s not impossible to make it work IF you really want it to..this was just disrespectful to all of the fans/viewers ….the show has completely lost it’s former allure..Good bye Prison break!
I personally will enjoy it much more with sarah gone. Call me crazy but I think Michael is much hotter when he is in angst over her. I am not watching PB for the love story, I am watching it for the hot, sweaty wentworth factor.I think the best thing the writers ever did was moving the show to a really hot and humid enviroment.
The only way I would stop watching PB is if it moves to antarctica and everyone starts wearing huge parkas.
What were they doing killing Sara off, the whole point of this show is for Michael to break out of Sona to keep both LJ and Sara alive.
Dose anyone think its stupid that her head is in the box? how are they going to work around this one now.
it really has pissed me off, i’m sorry but that was so thick to kill her off.
Michael loves her she loves Michael and the deal of Michael breaking your man out of Sona is that the both of them is going to be alive. it is just stupid what they did.
i am still going to watch the show but it is runined for everyone now.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this is so sad
sara was a great character
this had spolied the whole MiSa storylines
ok, yes the whole head in a box thing (se7en anyone?) was a horrible way to send of the character, although i have to admit it was shocking which, for me, makes goods tv i mean this is prison break after all and the body count is always high on this show!
after reading both sets of statements i think both the the network and swc are both guilty parties, understandably sarah wants to spend time with her new baby and i dont think anyone can judge her for that, however the fact that she feels she was promised a full time role in season 3 makes you wonder why she dug her heels in not coming back to send of her character properly when she wanted to come back full time anyway, which the network rejected.
its a shame that some people will no longer be watching the show because of one actor leaving, the show has a great ensemble cast and i, for one, will be looking forward to seeing michael’s reaction to the death and i dont think it’ll make michael stop the escape, i think it’ll make him want to get out even more because now its even more personal.
i also think they should leave off having a new love interest for michael, at least for now anyway, as it makes the last 2 years worth of the michael/sara romance as if she meant nothing to him.
omg! i dont believe this……like seriously…they took her off the show by decapitating her head….couldnt they have made her dissapear…get ubducted by aliens… or something..anythings better than decapitating her head…suddenly i dont like prison break that much =[
well they just definetely ruined the show for me.
but i read in an interview somewhere they are they - being the shows executives- are the ones that made her leave. I think it was in an interview with Kristin Veich - definetely didnt spell her name right.
if i find it i’ll put up a link
haha, i found it on this website.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/10/02/sarah-wayne-callies-fox/
wow, i’m dumb.
well here it is if u havent read it.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/10/02/sarah-wayne-callies-fox/
there’s the link. haha, i found it on this website. definite stupid moment for me.
well there it is if u havent read it.
oops didnt mean to post twice
While of course there are two sides to every story and I’m sure SWC had some issues in terms of maternity leave etc, from the various statements being released including the one above it sounds like Fox execs are meddling in a storyline and that can only spell one thing…disaster! The minute, the very minute, you bring the suits in to a run a show and start ‘testing’ audiences on character development etc etc, then it makes for flawed storytelling. I am firmly a believer of keeping it real and keeping appropriate characters on board but there are at least two other main characters who could leave under the ‘nobody’s safe rule’.
While, in theory the death is a great character moment and of course, Michael’s reaction will offer Wentworth some fine acting moments. It also takes away a lot of what humanised him for us. Sara was the one person who seemed to understand the lengths he would go to, and comprehend them herself. She was an admirably flawed and believable character and for Michael’s sacrifice at the end of last season to go to jail for her to now mean nothing, cheapens the entire plot of him being in Sona. Of course, we now see revenge Michael and yes, sure, the action sequences will still hold the show up, the humanising and relatable factor of having some one you would go to any lengths for, means a massive number of fans, including myself, will find it incredibly difficult to latch onto anyone.
Sadly for SWC she has to now defend herself against accusations of the ‘difficult to work with’ tag and defend her choice to be a mother - first-time mother at that. Who are we to suggest what parenting option works best for someone - hello Fox!
Anyway, off the soapbox and sadly, it looks like, at least I will be breaking out of Sona this season. Good luck Schofield brothers, hopefully the future ladies of your lives don’t end up with fatal headwounds.
I’M SO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Seriously people, what would you do in their shoes? She won’t work. They have no actress to play Sarah because they’re smart knowing it wouldn’t be the same thing casting a different actress to play her. I bet people would crack it if they bought in a different actress to play her. ‘Err its not the same’ or something along the lines of that. They had no choice. They can’t continue to do anything with her, she’s not a ghost. So they HAD to kill her off.
Abruzzi and Kellerman were my fave characters, and guess what. They were both killed off, yet i still watch PB. None of you can call yourselfs true fans. Go away and watch One Tree Hill or some other crap…
I only watched PB for Sara.. I really don’t think I’m gonna watch anymore either! And it wasn’t about the “romance” *rolls eyes* I just liked the character.
She would have been better off in prison! lol Why couldn’t they just let her go missing not bloody chop her head off and put it in a box! The show is so pointless now, had Lincoln died none of these other innocent people would have! so one life for the body count which keeps rising! (Veronica, LJ’s mother, Lincoln and Michael’s father, Sara’s dad and now Sara) it’s so stupid…
I just hope Teabag get’s a more gruesome death! he deserves it, Sara didn’t
As much as I was expecting Sara’s head in the box, it still did not make it any easier to watch. Michael may get over his lady love but will fans forgive Fox? I sure there could have been a better way to end Sara’s part of the story without this killing of both character and love story. I see a bit of pay back here to someonewho they say worked very hard for their show. As has been said-it makes Michael’s jail time in SONA a waste of time and a joke. As the very person he went to jail for is now dead and once again he fights to get out.
All I can say is-the shark is alive and well.
So so so sad. They’re gonna have to pull a ‘days of our lives’ and reincarnate Sara as a panther or some ****. That said, I’m still gonna watch prison break - it still has me on the edge of my seat wondering what’s going to happen next and I love Wentworth so I’m definitely gonna keep watching. Also, we know no one is safe on PB - they kill awesome characters all the time!
She’s a brand new mom for the very first time. She probably didn’t want to be away from her baby considering the baby needs fed every two hours - it’s too much. Normal people get six weeks of maternity leave - they were filmng right after she delivered. I bet she just chose her family over her job - women do it all the time. No need to villify anyone, guys!
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