[spoilers] Richard Armitage

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(17-11-2010 01:31 PM)Belle Wrote:  Oh, okay!
So maybe RA doesn't know either if he's dead or not, and wants to come back for season 10! ( the straws keep coming )
I know most of the actors don't want to see themselves on the screen and that they don't want to 'go mad' on a 'not so good' storyline, but, indeed, it would be intresting to know what their thoughts are, if they're happy or not with the course the story takes, or if they even have anything to say in terms of scriptwriting or storylines or so?
In RA's case, I think it's part of his charme that he's humble and down to earth!

Peter Firth did say that each script goes through a lot of revisions, sometimes they get revised scenes on the day they film. So I don't think the actors have that much say in storylines or script-writing, but ultimately, they are the ones portraying the character so they do at least dictate how the feelings and actings are portrayed.

But these scripts usually a put out very fast with their tight schedule. Two episodes of Spooks is basically like working for a feature film. It's like what they say about 24 as well, especially worse with 24 because they have to keep the continuity very tight from hour to hour and it's basically like they are making 12 feature films where it is very easy for the writers to write themselves into a corner.

That's probably what happened with Spooks, just like with 24, the writers ran with an idea, painted themselves into a corner, and instead of trying a clever way of getting out with more effort, due to time constraints and probably laziness, they took the easy way out.