He came on that last day of my work and did that for me. He was kind enough to do that for me also. He’s on the telephone, so he can’t see me but I’m standing on the set with him. He didn’t want the script girl to be doing it. Gless: came in and he did off-camera for me like I did for me on the scene when I say goodbye to him I came in to do off-camera for him. What do you remember most about the final day on set? For me to take myself out was not as hard as saying goodbye to him, because I thought he was going to be hurt and I would never see him again. Gless: In the early part of the episode, when Michael says goodbye to me, knowing he’s going to die, for me that was the hardest scene to play. Was that the most difficult part of filming this episode? I hope the audience doesn’t know early on what happens. It doesn’t take long to blow yourself up, but she does have stuff she goes through before she does it. I tried to do the best I could for Matty but it’s so fast. I just thought this was the last chance I had to do this particular take. Gless: I didn’t hold on to the fact that it was my last scene ever shot as that character. Was there added weight to the moment because Burn Notice was finished after that scene was completed? What was filming like for Madeline’s death scene? We wanted to do the last scene on stage because everybody didn't want the last scene on Burn Notice on 23rd Street. So we had to schedule it that way and it was a sentimental thing. In a series finale, you really don't want someone saying goodbye to someone forever right before they have a scene where they're hanging out. ![]() That was an interesting scheduling thing because for efficiency's sake, you want to shoot things really out of order and your actors are paid to deal with that. I just needed him to be very clear to me there were things I had questions about. ĭid you have any hopes or desires in regards to how Madeline’s story wrapped up? I don’t think the others knew because they were all looking at the ground when I walked into the makeup trailer. He said he didn’t but he is Jeffrey Donovan. Jeffrey may have known a couple of episodes earlier. When did your castmates find out about Madeline’s death? I didn’t know how she was going to do it, I just knew that she was. If she didn’t take one for the team … I didn’t know how it was going to play out frankly until I saw the last episode written out. It’s not that she had a death wish, there was no other choice. My feelings weren’t hurt I just thought, “Wow, what a cool way to go and for a cool reason.” The truth is, the way he wrote it, there was no other choice. Gless: I knew it wasn’t going to work if it wasn’t a secret. How hard was it for you to keep that secret? I was the only one who knew and I kept it in. I want you to pull out a cigarette as your last scene also, but for a different reason.” And then he told me. This sucks.” In the very last scene in the last show, “I want her to pull out a cigarette and light it up.” He said, “Here’s what’s interesting. ![]() I wanted bongs everywhere, everything but cigarettes that could hurt her, and I said, “I want her to fail.” In the very last episode, I want her to pull out a cigarette and say, “Oh f-k it. I had given up smoking and Madeline is the biggest smoker on television. I had called Matt because my hair had gotten longer - before it was platinum and shorter - to see what he wanted. Matt had told me, and the other actors said they didn’t know. ![]() Sharon Gless: I think I was the only one who knew. When did you find out about Madeline’s fate? The actress, along with creator Matt Nix, discuss the events of the series finale with THR.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |