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?

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’t believe that sara has been kicked out. Without sara, little M will soon become a god dammmmmmm deadwalking.

prison break without Sara just S U C K S. i can’t believe they actually did this. whatever the problem with SWC was, they could have kept her character alive and just have her appear on the final episodes. wtf is wrong with the writers of the show. as if the whole story with sona being the ultimate freaky place to be, wasn’t bad enough. they had to kill her, too? sorry, but that’s just the way i see it. i REALLY LOVED the first season of the show, i was watching the second season too, and i was willing to watch season 3 too, but that’s it for me.

ps. i know they may be forced to bring her back, because of all the disappointment it has caused to the series fans, but that’ll just be even worse.

prison break without Sara just S U C K S. i can’t believe they actually did this. whatever the problem with SWC was, they could have kept her character alive and just have her appear on the final episodes. wtf is wrong with the writers of the show? as if the whole story with sona being the ultimate freaky place to be, wasn’t bad enough. they had to kill her, too? sorry, but that’s just the way i see it. i REALLY LOVED the first season of the show, i was watching the second season too, and i was willing to watch season 3 too, but that’s it for me.

ps. i know they may be forced to bring her back, because of all the disappointment it has caused to the series fans, but that’ll just be even worse.

Violet- back off, okay?

First off, they already stated that they found a way around the pregnancy and that they had promised SWC a job when she got back. The studio didn’t like their first pitch and so the writers decided to bring SWC in around episode 10, then do this long dramatic storyline that wuld have Sarah die in Michael’s arms some time around the end of the season, as a cliffhanger. They wanted to film a very long, brutal torture scene and they wanted to do it at SWC’s house, right after she had her baby. The writers didn’t fill her in until contract renewal time came, which was after they sent her (heavily pregnant) around Europe to promote the show (which she did, happily, and is why she’s such a fan favorite), then they just told her. She felt betrayed, and she was right to. She realized they were only going to kill Doc Sara because they wanted to bring in the new female so they could get the spin-off and continue their franchise and she chose (as I would have) to bail.

Secondly, I don’t watch for the brothers because I don’t think either are very good actors and Michael is a smug ass. I always watched for the supporting cast/characters, and I loved Kellerman too. He and Sara during season two were the best parts of the whole show.

But this show has gone downhill, fast. Bellick’s point? Mahone’s? What does T-bag even do now? The characters are just running around doing nothing. Susan is boring and badly played, same thing with Whistler, Lechero, Sofia. The whole show has begun to suck. SWC’s departure, for me, was the final straw. Maybe I’m not a “true fan” (*snicksers*), but at least I have taste.

This really sucks!!Why every single great show must be ruined like this??This show is over for me,i have no more tensions to watch it again!!!Damn,unbeliveable!

I think that by killing her off they have purposely avoided a Friends type ending. A lot of current shows are doing this in order to avoid looking plageristic but come on, thats what everybody wants to see just because it gives closure.

Thank you Prison Break, for making MY DAYYY!!!!
UGGHHHHH!!! I pissed off!!
Sara’s dead, after that, Lincoln and eventually Michael’s dead too…

I watched the show last night and still can’t believe it ..Sara is dead!! I even couldn’t continue watching the episode when I saw her head in the box, its not fair that it ends this way..this season is completely missed.

NEWS NEWS NEWS!! THAT WSNTREALLY SARA!! THEY BRINGING HER BACK 17th EPISoDE! IVE JUST BEEN TAKIN TO DIRECTOR OF PB - (GOOD CONTACTS) HE TOLD ME THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THE RATINGS OF THE SHOW IS EFFECTED NOW SARAHS GONE!! THEY DOING SOME SORT F PSYCHANALYSIS!!

SO GUYS! DONT WORRY! SHE WILL BE BACK! AND YOU’LL FIND OUT HOW ITALL HAPPENED AND WHOSE HEAD WAS REALY IN THAT BOX in EPISODE 14 - AFTER SARAS GIVEN BIRTH

TANK GoD FOR THAT!

I WOUL LUV TO DIG SARAHS ASS THO..

theres a new hot chick whose also going to be introduced sometime soon.. whose going ot take Michaels Heart.. they gona get it on.. and then the mysterious reappaearance of Sara is really gona kick of a lot of stir on PB!!

Thats all i got from him, so keep watching.. SARA’s coming back (with bigger tits i presume now shes a mom - MILF!!!)

I absolutely LOVE this show!!It is sad about Sara,I hope she returns.BUT if she doesn’t I will definately keep watching,I am a huge fan.

I will not watch anymore. I can’t stand the way they consider women in this show.

Sarah Scofield @ 11/28/2007 at 6:06 am

Ofcourse Sara Tancredi is not dead, and if ya’all had paid attention, you would have already figured it out.

In the first episode of Season 3, Lincoln gets send to the morgue were Sarah was supposed to be, found dead. But it turns out the dead woman is actually someone else, looking alot like Sarah.

It is this woman’s head that Lincoln found in the box. Whenever the producers feel the need to bring Sarah Tancredi back on the show (and can meet an agreement with Callies), they can and will use this twist angle.

Come on guys, did you really think this show would ultimately have no happy end for Michael and Sarah?

Ok, there’re a lotta shitheads in here who are basically ******* this whole thing up…. Let’s be honest, for the time being we know Sara ain’t coming back…. Yes, that’s true, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING…. It’s become a huge issue, and the writers of PB know, they ain’t deaf or dumb !!! Polls show more than 40 % of the fans (male or female) have cut down or totally stopped watching the show because of inhumane way Sara was removed from the show…. Go to http://spoilertv-prisonbreak.blogspot.com/ and snoop around a bit, u will know sumthing’s cooking…. Knowing how the things have turned up so far, there’s every chance SWC will come back…. Haven’t any of u Einsteins realized that the head in the box DOESN’T look like that of Sara ???? Infact I think u guys should compare that head to Angelina Jolie, hell Angelina Jolie alive has more similarities with that head than SWC dead !!! I really doubt it if the writers won’t come around and bring SWC back…. And there’s something I have for a sum1 called Christy the ***** : You think Sara was an awkward character and the romance was crappy and not fulfilling, well it seems to me like a girl who hasn’t had a bf in a long time speaking her balls out here…. This show isn’t abt LOVE ??? Hell yea u can kiss my ass ***********…. This is abt Michael’s love for his brother Linc, then his love for the girl he cared for all throughout…. Without this **LOVE** this show wouldn’t have started u ******* douchebag !!! It isn’t like Michael is already incarcerated and wants to break out, he gets IN to get himself and his brother OUT… God, how dumb do u have to be to miss that ???!!! People in here who say Sara was a crappy character, well I guess u like to watch whores and ******* play the lead role because u can imagine woman in negative roles…. The fact that Sara has a dark past (with the addiction and drug abuse) makes her character more than just black and whites ; she has multiple shades of different roles and in my honest opinion [inspite of the fact that I am blinded by my love for Sara and SWC ;-)] I think she has outdone most other characters…. I mean Mahone, T-Bag (yea ok the villain thing but stupid insensitive killing around a few scenes wow great acting *snore*), and Kellerman ?? (Kellerman is NOT I repeat NOT dead) THis is bull crap…. Christy, just think abt what I said in here and if u really have brains rather than balls apologize for all the **** u came up wid here…. Let’s hope SWC comes back and no bullshit abt rebound loves and new character in place of Sara, can any of u honestly forget ur first love ?? If u answered yes, then that was never love…
I repeat Not watching Season 3 any episodes because of the news that Sara is dead….
Bring back Sara, I love u…. Miss you….

zigonhell @ 12/01/2007 at 3:02 am

i want her back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i want her back all on the way as possible as u can do!!!!!!!!
i’ll never see again prison break without her in story!!!!! and i will recomand it to all of my friends!!!!!!!!!1
get her back on this series

They killed Sarah cause Linc try to rescue her as if he was terminator. is he stupid or what? didn´t he learn anything? Noone can believe he would have acted that way: he knows where they are and he just goes there? and because of being stupid they cut sarah´s head off?

:( I’m sad, mad, frustrated, and I don’t want to go on watching this show at all!!! I understand she had a baby, and it is very respectable that she wants to devote all her time to her baby. BUT, they could have found another way of “killing her off”, or something…. I mean, COME ON!!! HER HEAD IN A BOX????? THAT’S SHOCKING AND ABSOLUTELY UNNCESSARY!!!!!! Prison Break for me was ALSO one of the most beautiful love stories EVER! SO THAT ENDING IS TOTALLY INNAPROPRIATED!!! Don’t you think???

:(

I’m chinese 看着sara被编剧整死,好可惜~气愤

Well, that head looks more like Angelina Jolie’s than Sara Tancredi’s! These guys did a lousy job killing Sara. Not only because she was a great character, but also because the death was just too sudden, and it reminded of Seven too much. Not original at all, it really sucked.

Thanks! That’s exactly what I think.

Knowing how the things have turned up so far, there’s every chance SWC will come back…. Haven’t any of u Einsteins realized that the head in the box DOESN’T look like that of Sara ???? Infact I think u guys should compare that head to Angelina Jolie, hell Angelina Jolie alive has more similarities with that head than SWC dead !!!

Oh man, these series writers are absolutly out of thier minds. Were they high on crack or somthin when they killed the only femenine beauty in the show?

I used to love prison break all the way but now i hate it more than anything in this world.

Go to hell you stinking writers.

pretty stupid and frustrating for all the PB fans..

they should not have given her that strong role if she was to be cut off.

Brink Sara back to life,,please!!! she the cutest female character in this show!!Everybody is in love with her!!!Do not do that to us you writers!!!
You have money you have power so let her birth her child and brink her back!!!If i knew the way i would make a site “www.brinksarabacktolife.com collecting signatures for Sara’s Character resurrection!!!! Every show needs a love story and Scofild-Sara’s love story is the best ever!!!!!!!
So do something find a way and brink her back!!!
DO YOU HEAR ME PRISON BREAK TEAM?????????????

I am no longer interested with out Sarah. Its like the last two seasons didn’t happen. The show sucks now.

well Id rather watch Lost than this now…

David Hendy @ 01/28/2008 at 1:26 pm

too too too too. it’s to*

bring her back….a.k.a the cut-off is not Sara……that’s incredible…you are looosing viewers….and giving Michael a rebound romance? that’s discusting….no romance for michael unless it’s Sara!

Close the series!!!
is going bad real fast! you are stretching it so far out that its anoying!
keep it a good series and make the ending satisfying.

Michael Tancredi @ 03/22/2008 at 4:48 am

I think Sarah will come back to the show. The thing that bothered me the most is that when Michael was in jail in 100 degree heat he wore a long sleeve thermal because they didn’t feel like painting his tattoos on again. Was it just pure lazyness after the first season?

plz tell me is sara dead at season 3-4?
plz e-mail me:joanna_93@windowslive.com
i am fan!!

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