What Happened to Dr. Sara Tancredi on Prison Break??
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Find out the answer inside…
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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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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!
Like it or not, the Sara/Michael romance was an integral part of the show from the get-go. Aside from freeing his brother (and yes those conversations through the fence ARE getting old), Sara was Michael’s primary motivation for doing anything. Now I just don’t care. That’s it for me with this show unless I hear they sewed her head back on.
The person who said that “anyone who stops watching the show because of Sarah’s death was never a true fan” must be the most cold hearted, miserable person on the planet. Prison Break is a drama, and dramas have more than just action sequences. A good drama has interesting characters that suck you in to their world week after week. Prison Break had that and more. Then they had to go and ruin it. Now Michael has no real motivation (and don’t say revenge, because that’s just a cheap gimmick that grows old fast). No matter what happens from here on out, he can never have a happy ending. We can never have a happy ending. He’ll get out and be reunited with Linc, but then what? Will he go on some murderous rampage against the people who killed Sarah? That is not even remotely the character I’ve grown to care about so much over the last two seasons. Without the romance between Sarah and Michael, the show has no heart. Unfortunately for me and many others, there is no real reason to keep watching. As for the actress not wanting to return: well that’s debatable. Maybe she did and maybe she didn’t. All I know is that there were many other options instead of killing the character that would have been more acceptable.I would have been much happier if they would have recast the part. It wouldn’t have been quite the same without SWC playing the role, but it would have been preferable to what we have now.
I was as upset as any Prison Break fan to see Sara’s head in the box but, really, I think this is going to take the show to a whole new level. How is Micahel going to react when he finds out about Sara’s death? How will this news affect his relationship with Lincoln? After all, Lincoln is letting Michael believe that all is well on the outside so that he will continue on with the plan to free Whistler and save Sara and LJ. How is Sara’s death going to effect Michael emotionally? He brought Sara into this whole twisted plot and he is the one ultimately responsible for her killing. And, for the most exciting part, how will he get revenge?
HOW ******* LAAAAAAAAAAAAME!
I’m done with this ******* show. I hope it gets cancelled. Misa/Sara is what kept the woman watching.. now their gone, the ratings is gonna sucks! *IHOPE*
Sorry to see that MiSa no longer exists.
I’m glad she’s gone, they were like 2 dead fish in Season 2, IMO.
I didn’t see. JJ, you should post a picture of the head ina box
I agree I”m done with Prison Break the whole Michel Sara thing was one of the best aspects of the show. Hopefully this will be the last season of pb they have totally fucked it up now. They should just kill Michael now too
This sucks.
I can’t say as that I blame SWC for not coming back if they were going to plan to kill her anyway. I just think that is terrible and tacky that they were going to kill her there are any number of people they could have killed they should have pitched those ideas to the producers not just killing SWC. More power to you SWC for not coming back just to be killed!
Like said before, PB is getting really annoying, especially since middle of season 2. This show was a one shot, they should’ve ended it after season 1.
#62, I said it and No i am not a cold hearted miserable person, yes they were cute together, but they did not have some great grand love story. I like romance just as much as the next person, but I do not watch prison break for love, and yes i enjoyed moments of sara and michael, but it was not ever what held my interest, and all I am saying is that if it is what held your interest this is not the show for you. Went is the only untouchable of this show, and the sooner yall realize that the less time yall can spend thinking the world is gonna end b/c an ACTOR left the show. Also, since you called me a cold hearted miserable person, I could say that you may be a pathetic person who lives their romance through a fake couple on tv, but i wont that would be mean and just an assumption on my part. Good riddance Prison Break will be fine w.o all you “fans” of the show that will stop watching the minute a person who the show was never supposed to revolve around leaves, and anyways you know you’re still gonna watch so the good bye is pretty pointless. :)
Why can’t we all just respect each others opinions on this site instead of bashing one anohter. For some the whole relastionship of MIchael and Sara is what they enjoyed about the show respect the fact they are sad it’s over and those who are glad she is gone should be respected too. No need to get so mean over a fictional show and people.
#73 I dont mind being sad about it, but when people start saying they arent going to watch the show anymore that just annoys me b/c you havent even given it a chance and you are already writing it off. I also got a little mad when I was labeled a cold hearted miserable person b/c I am not that sad about it. You are right though, and I would like to say to all that I respect you are sad, but at least give it a chance, the foundation of the show was never sara and michael.
59 La La : 10/09/2007 at 8:46 am
So so so sad. They’re gonna have to pull a ‘days of our lives’ and reincarnate Sara as a panther or some ****.
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Haha, LoL…you rock!
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