āRevengeā: Victoria Graysonās Death ā Madeleine Stoweās Apology For Misleading Fans
āI was telling you the truth that she was dead; I just didnāt tell you when!ā Madeline tells The Hollywood Reporter. āI apologize for having to [mislead everyone]. It was one of thoseā¦the things I told you that was true, so it was hard. But I do think the essential things I told you stick, certainly with respect to the fact that she had a standing death wish since season one.ā
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In case you forgot, Victoria faked her death by blowing up Grayson Manor and leaving evidence (including her own motherās corpse!) to lead investigators to believe sheād been inside. After that shocking episode, Madeleine seemingly confirmed that her characterās fate had been met.
āI am not coming back to Revenge,ā she told The Hollywood Reporter, definitively. āThis season is the end of her storyline.ā
True, thatās not a lie ā Victoria wonāt be coming backā¦nor will any character!
Madeleine Stowe Confirms Victoria Graysonās Death: She Wonāt Return To āRevengeā
āIām very story-centric, and I felt strongly at different junctures that there were perfect opportunities to end Victoriaās story ā once at the end of Season 1, but nobody wanted to do that. The other was at the end of Season 3, and I really felt her story was done there,ā the actress told HollywoodLife.comās sister site TVLine after the April 19 episode. āI had a long discussion with the writers, with [showrunner] Sunil [Nayar], with some executives from ABCā¦and I said, āWhat is a compelling reason to bring her back? This is a perfect ending right here. It satisfies something for the audience; Emily got her revenge, put her adversary in the rubber room and Conradās gone.ā But they felt there was more to tell, and they had the right to exercise that option. Going into this season, I really felt that it was time, so this was the end result.ā
Wellā¦not exactly the end result, because Victoria didnāt die in the explosion, and instead, was killed after being shot by her nemesisā Amanda Clarke/Emily Thorneās (Emily VanCamp) father, David, in the finale.
āI cracked up watching [the finale]; I didnāt have any tearsā she added, after the series ended and the real truth came out. āThis woman, as I explained, is really ready to die. I felt her story ended perfectly after season three, and the fourth season was ABCās choice in terms of the story they wanted to tell, which was very much in keeping with Amandaās point of view and having her rewarded at the end of the day for all the trauma that had been inflicted on her.ā
āRevengeā Series Finale Recap: Emily & Victoriaās Final Showdown Ends In A Bloodbath
The Revenge series finale was certainly an emotional roller coaster, with both Victoria and David winding up dead, while Emily and Jack (Nick Weschler) finally had their happy ending.
Before Victoria died, though, she had her moment of revenge by getting to shoot Amanda, who survived thanks to a heart transplant! But in the nightās biggest twist, she kept having a recurring dream (or could it have been real?) that it was Victoriaās donated heart that saved her.
āSheās got Victoriaās heart, which is funny! We did a table read, and its as just a wicked funny turn,ā Madeleine explained. āThen [the writers] did an embellishment in wanting to make it more from Emilyās psyche: DID this happen? Did it not happen? Was it a recurring dream? She is such an authentic witness, and I think the general takeaway was that they wanted the audience to believe it actually happened, but of course, you can never know [for certain].ā
āRevengeā Series Finale: Fans Freak Out Over Victoriaās Death
Well, we donāt know what to believe for certain when it comes to Madeleine anymore!
HollywoodLifers, what did you think of the Revenge finale? Do you understand why Madeleine had to mislead us?
ā Alyssa Norwin