The creators of The Oc are speaking out about their controversial decision to kill off Mischa Barton's Marissa Cooper.
Barton was written out of the Fox teen soap at the close of its third season, forever changing the series and possibly paving the way for its cancellation one season later.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage opened up to Vanity Fair about the decision in an interview promoting their new book, Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History.
Marissa was killed off when Volchok drove Ryan's car off the road, leading to one of the defining moments of the series.
“It’s something that we regret, and looking back on it, we wish we could have come up with a different solution,” Schwartz says to the outlet.
“We didn’t see an alternative path at the time, which is why we went down that road," he elaborated.
"But obviously in hindsight,...
Barton was written out of the Fox teen soap at the close of its third season, forever changing the series and possibly paving the way for its cancellation one season later.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage opened up to Vanity Fair about the decision in an interview promoting their new book, Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History.
Marissa was killed off when Volchok drove Ryan's car off the road, leading to one of the defining moments of the series.
“It’s something that we regret, and looking back on it, we wish we could have come up with a different solution,” Schwartz says to the outlet.
“We didn’t see an alternative path at the time, which is why we went down that road," he elaborated.
"But obviously in hindsight,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The creators of The O.C. knew right away that they’d made a mistake in terminating Mischa Barton’s character, Marissa, they say in a new interview.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, executive producers of the early 2000s Fox drama, recently spoke with Vanity Fair to promote their new book, Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History, written with Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall. (Note: Rolling Stone is owned by TVLine’s parent company, Pmc.) In the interview, Savage and Schwartz address Marissa Cooper’s death in the Season 3 finale, which came as a shock to the show’s audience.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, executive producers of the early 2000s Fox drama, recently spoke with Vanity Fair to promote their new book, Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History, written with Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall. (Note: Rolling Stone is owned by TVLine’s parent company, Pmc.) In the interview, Savage and Schwartz address Marissa Cooper’s death in the Season 3 finale, which came as a shock to the show’s audience.
- 8/15/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
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