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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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I can say it may be a bit too soon to say jump the shark but I was throughly pissed off they axed Sarah. It is like you spent 2 season making viewers have a vested interest in this character then with no closure between her and Michael you axe her. Geez!! I kinda felt like this season is season one all over again just in a different prison environment. They better get cooking on some different twists and turn and story ideas or they are going to lose viewers. And to the person who did the Sarah head in a box like JT’s **** in a box…classic because I actually said that outloud when I watched the show. haha
Does anybody know the email of PB’s producers? I just want to tell them of my displeasure of such a callous way of ending Sara’s character. Arrggghh….
I hope the writer’s will be able to pull something out, like a Mission Impossible thing…another woman killed but with Sara’s face )sort of) on it. a Sara look alike.
Paging Sarah Wayne Callies….come back to the show. I don’t think you want to be known as the actress who gets her head cut off on PB. That will be a stigma. You can just visit Michael and talk at him at the fence…tell him you are going to Timbukto and he can’t see you again. That is more bearable to us PB fans rather than having your head cut off. Closure..closure..we MISA fans needed that.
PB producers…you better have a good plot week after week…or else, fans will stop watching the show and ratings will go down.
Abruzzi was my favorite character, and he was killed a year ago this episode. And I’m STILL waiting on him to come back. Sara fans who say they are going to boycott the show will wait too.
Killing off Sara takes the show into a dark place, I’m not willing to follow. And seriously: Michael’s rebounding? Why don’t the writers turn that knife a little more. If it’s Lechero’s chick, they might as well have just killed Michael’s character too.
I don’t really blame SWC for not wanting to come back for a few “damsel in distress” scenes before they kill her character. Especially because they were all “there’s no way we’re killing Dr. Sara off” last year. BS.
I’m with you guys I have a lot of respect for SWC for not coming back just to be killed off. She was told she would have a job and then to find out they want her back just to kill her. I wouldn’t do it either. We will miss you Sarah but totally support and respect your decision. Sara on the show was a strong independtent character and to have her come back as the damasal in distress is a slap in the face to her character so SWC made the right decision despite how sad it makes a lot of us.
Killing off Sara has taken the show down such a dark path, I’m not willing to follow it anymore. And seriously, Michael getting another girl?? Why not just keep turning the knife writers - you might actually kill off your entire fanbase.
I don’t really blame SWC for not wanting to come back for a few damsel-in-distress scenes before they kill her character.
LOVE the way the show is progressing…….keep up the good work !!
#51 and #52 She wasn’t Forced too quit…
http://lonman06.com/2007/10/09/prison-break-wentworth-dominic-and-amaury-their-opinions-on-saras-death/
Watch This video clip Interviewing with the casts of PB about Sarah’s Death.. Apparently she wanted to stay with her child..but again you never know as i said. she might return. PB writers will write a whole new script for her.. maybe like (The head in the box wasn’t her?)
I haven’t watched the episode yet but this is what I was afraid of :( I think the show will be kind of..empty now..No Michael and Sara meeting to look forward to anymore and I just..I think it was a BIG mistake.
People are saying they’re upset over her death because they wanted Michael and Sara to have a happy ending… I knew from the get go that there was no happy ending to be had between them. And to be totally honest, I don’t forsee a happy ending for anyone on the show (I hope I’m wrong). But only time will tell I guess..
i’ve officially stopped watching this show. F you, FOX!
OMG NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it’s quite sad that some of you are reacting quite negatively to sara being killed off the show. i had heard the rumors, so i was prepared for it when it happened - although it was still shocking when you did see her head in that box. but will i stop watching the show? no. because i wasn’t watching the show for her - i was watching the show because i enjoy it.
so i agree - with other posters - if you aren’t going to watch the show anymore because sara was killed off - then you weren’t a prison break fan to begin with.
I don’t agree that you weren’t a pb fan if you stop watching the show because Sara was killed off. You can be a fan of the show and then your favorite aspect gets taken away it’s only natural that you would feel hurt and betrayed and not want to watch anymore. Either way we all have our opinions and lets try to respect that. jared you really need mods on your site people are so mean on it.
maybe she ll come back and they ll say it wasn’t actually sara’s head but some other women who was operated in cosmetic surgery …
if she doesnt come back the show is actually dead…
Jared that pic is horrible!!
I’m not a PB fan but I’m sad for M/S shippers
I Saw the interview with the cast of prison break regarding Sara Wayne Callis decision to leave the show, and I thought Dominic Purcell gave the BEST ANSWER BY FAR!!!!! He’s real, upfront and got streight to the point. Wentworth, handsom as usuall but he has to stop beating around the bush. Sweety, Please just answer the question and keep it simple. You’re a smart man but it gets boring after a while. loosen up. I zone out after a while. Your answers are too long and too analyzed. Keep it simple sweety. I loved that “if you’re going to steel, steel from the best” answer. see, that’s a simple, fun, more upbeat Wentworth that I love. Oh Amaury, cute as usual. loved his answer. very interesting.
CONGRATS! To Mrs. Sara Wayne Callis!!! I wish Sara good luck in whatever she decides to do.
Vaya metedura de pata!!! cómo se les ocurre cargarse justamente a este personaje!!!! pero si es una de las razones de la serieeeeee.. desde luego no va a ser lo mismo ni por asomo, era preferible que la serie hubiera terminado en la segunda temporada, a una situación así. Qué decepción.
PATRICIA, #93
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I am really really sorry. I loved sarah. I am sad
PATRICIA, #93
Que es Metedura? Osea, como decir que metieron la pata?
Patricia, #93
Que is metedura? es como decir que metieron la pata?
Christy, Spooky, and Laura all point out that this is Prison Break and not a Love Story. But, if you think about it this whole show is truly about Love. Michael went to the Prison because of his love of his brother. He was able to break him out because of the love between him & Sarah. And he is now back in Prison & trying to break out again…all because of his Love of Sarah.
The Michael/Sarah love story has been a very integral part at the core of this entire story line. While I love Wentworth and his character, as well as the other characters, this is why I will continue to watch the show. I feel that this they have killed a very important part of this show. This is definitely something that they built up & got us all invested in & they were very callous in their decision to kill her off. Although the scenes with the body double weren’t fooling anyone, it was obvious that she was a body double, they could have made it last until SWC was ready to come back the show. I read an interview with her where she expressed shock & disappointment at being fired. They should have worked harder to keep her on the show. But, alas, we cannot change what has been done. At this point I can’t wait to see Wentworth portray the extreme emotions that will be needed when Michael finds out that Sarah is dead. And I hope that they can keep the story interesting…without that love story at the core.
Wentworth is definitely a HOTTIE!!!! :D
i can’t say that i watched prison break because of sara, but i did enjoy her very much, and i’m sad to see her go, espcially in such a brutal way. we knew she wouldn’t be returning to the show, but to have her head end up in a box was a disturbing (and lame) way to write her off.
i feel disappointed, because i know the writers of prison break are capable of so much more. they could have given us something that hasn’t been done before, at the very least.
whatever, Wenty is still in the show, so i still have to watch
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