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What Happened to Dr. Sara Tancredi on Prison Break??

What 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?

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Scillajean @ 10/09/2007 at 2:43 pm

Patricia estoy igual de decepcionada que tu, si, ella era una de las razones de la serie, pero la serie no era sobre ella sino sobre los hermanos y no me tomes mal soy una MiSa empedernida pero la segunda temporada no me parecio tan buena como esta siendo la tercera… a pesar de esta gran perdida me emociona el saber como va a continuar la serie y como Michael reaccionara al saber que ha perdido a su chica, es decir tengo mas interes de ver la serie… bravo escritores. DESPERTARON MI INTERES EN SU PROGRAMA… PB writers, you broke my heart but this show has to be better or i must stop watching my sweet Wentworth :-(

ENGLISH DAMMIT.

*~*Jinny*~* @ 10/09/2007 at 3:00 pm

So sad for all the MiSa fans!

With PB I have come to expect the unexpected, that’s what makes the show so exciting for me, who knows, maybe there’s a chance she will be back, there’s so many ways they could bring her back, like the head being a fake and Linc looking in so quickly never realizing it’s a fake or it was someone they killed who looked like her and fooled Linc (because that head does not look like Sara that much, but at a quick glance it could pass as her.) Or maybe she’s gone for good, but with PB and all the unexpected twists and turns they pull, I wouldn’t be surprised if she shows up sometime in the future.

Anyhoot, I will most definately continue watching PB, I was more interested in the 2 brothers plot from the get-go anyhow, that’s what got me hooked at first, aside from the Sexiness of WM himself.

ENGLISH, JODERRRR. JAJAAJAJ

Scillajean @ 10/09/2007 at 3:09 pm

If i read your language you must learn to read mine :-P. All i’m saying that i’m sad and hoping that this event is going to turn this show, that i love, in a better show because regardless the happened i want to know more, i got it: It’s not MiSa Show, it’s about family… but still love PB

gOssipBitch @ 10/09/2007 at 3:32 pm

**** that ***** anyway she didnt wanted to be apart of the show !! so what girls are watching the show to see michael not SARA!!!! plus there are tons of beautiful woman who can fill her place anytime

this suxxx

i don’t like PB anymore :|

pinkninjafish @ 10/09/2007 at 3:46 pm

this is grade A ridiculous! i’ve never missed a show and they lost me foreva!!

do you really watch pb just for MiSa.
Ok i will miss her too,but PB is a Drama and not a lovestory.

im so mad they kicked her off the show. what will michael do when he finds out she is dead? i can’t wait for that episode. and yes, i can’t leave a comment without mentioning how freaking fine Lincoln is….so yummy!!!!!!!!!!!

do yall think Lincoln and that crazy chick will hook up? i feel sexual tention between them, lol….

la8er

Ugh, I saw that episode yesterday and I almost wanted to close my TV right away. Probably the only reason why I watched PB is because of the Michael and Sara interaction, and now, well there is none! This seriously stinks, and I do think it is SWC’s fault…if what the Fox representative said was true, then Sara’s death is entirely her fault…and the show is now ruined, I really can’t see Michael with another woman.

I’m done with this show. Bye Bye Prison Break!

RIP Prison Break. You writers and producers have no heart. You jumped the shark on Season 2. I have sprung myself from the prison of this stupid show. Wade Williams, I’ll miss ya. Sarah Wayne Callies, you did good work on that show up to a point. I’ll miss ya. Fichnter, I know you don’t care, you just want to work.

Wenty, see you at Starbucks. ;-D Please burn the mint green hat you look like an idiot in that lampshade. I say this with love. Baseball caps are your friend and much more incognegro.

That’s bull, I don’t give a hoot whether or not you learn to read English, and I have no interest or intention in learning to read Spanish. The website is in English, so it’s natural that the readers would speak it.

for those who insist that sara chose to leave the show, please refer to the following link:

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Prison-Break-Exclusive/800024014

AHHHH!!!!!! THAT IS SO GAY! POOR MICHAEL :’(

I’m so sad:( I really can’t belive this. What a horrible way to end all the hopes for happy ending. I think it’s really “tasteless” to kill Sara like that. All week we’ve been waiting and guessing what’s in the box and trying to cope with the fact that it MIGHT be Saras head, but I myself _never_ really believed that that could be the case! I tought “they’re just torturing us by ending an episode like that, just that we might develop some pictures in our heads that it might be Saras head but it really isn’t. They can’t take away Michael hope in the fourth episode of season 3.” I feel so empty, so disappointed. Speaking about will I ever want to watch this show again, the answer is yes I will. But will it ever be the same? NO.
I don’t really get it, it happened really quickly, like ooops Saras head, nice hmm… The whole episode dealed really little with that subject. But I sure they will deal with it, though.
C’mon! Linc tried to free Sara and LJ and the price he AND MICHAEL have to pay is Saras life?! This may sound a bit harsh but I would’ve preferred if something would’ve happened to LJ, as far as he is the one closer to Linc and Linc was the one who “made the mistake” and tried to free them. NOT cool at all! Michael must be pissed… :( :( :( I DON’T WANT TO BELIEVE THIS! I refuse to. First they killed Charlie from Lost and now Sara. Not a good television year for me.

I have no words i mean it’s terrible!
Misa was one of my biggest inspirations and now it’s dead!

PB was one of my biggest interst, but now i don’t know if i still want to watch it!

RIP my little Sara!!! :’( :’(

MiSa, the most beautiful love story that i ever witnesed!

forgetprisonbreak @ 10/09/2007 at 8:34 pm

Goodbye Prison Break and Michael, hello Chuck. I’ve been bored for a bit now with this show, and now I’m just annoyed and fed up. Chuck, is at the same time, and much more entertaining.

As a protest I didn’t watch the show on Monday and I am not going to watch it again.

113#…lolly …that’s funny!!…burn that hat Wentworth…do it for lolly :)

I’m still laughing my A$$-off with Lolly’s comment……

;-D Please burn the mint green hat you look like an idiot in that lampshade.

This is the most messed-up thing…. SWC was the best actor on that show and Sara “I Will Garrotte You In A Heartbeat” Tancredi was one of the best characters (not to mention the only awesome female character) that show had. That the writers were so effing lame to come up with her death as motivation because they decided to go back on their word to SWC? Has lost them this viewer. Forever.

i don’t get it people…Sara is Great…but the show is not about Sara so get over it!! i like her in the first season but after a while her character is become a burden to Michel, she’s like in constant fear and worried and confuse all the time,..honestly i kind of glad they kill her …bring new plot to the story..and don’t you think is kind a boring if Michel had to stick with one person for the rest of Prison Break series!!Booring!!!

Ok. The rebound romance question is totally ridiculous! Let’s just consider that a whole season of PB is like 1 week of real life time passed. Considering this point, I’d say it was pretty crude to expect Michael to hook up with someone else only a few days after Sara was D-capped. Also, let’s consider his romantic options while shacked up at Sona….I mean, the man does protest that he is NOT gay…homo-errogenous….out of the question.

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