“It felt like a real death.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Greatseason 3.
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Peter (Nicholas Hoult) and Catherine (Elle Fanning), shown in ‘The Great’ season 3.Parisa Taghizadeh/Hulu
It sounds like a delightful scene, but there was just one problem: Everyone was crying.
“When we finally finished the script, we were all like sniffling and crying.
We were just sobbing knowing that he won’t play that character anymore.
It was so devastating.”
“I was devastated.
It felt like a real death.
I will say, I would go home and cry.
The sets felt so much emptier without having Nick fill them.
We’re going to work together again, but it’s not as these characters,” Fanning says.
Of course, Hoult didn’t disappear entirely from set after episode 6.
However, this maybe wasn’t as much of a consolation for Fanning as one might think.
“It’s just… Pugachev is such a different vibe.
“He always makes fun of me because he’s like, ‘You don’t like Pugachev.’
I’m like, ‘No!
I like Peter better!’
But he’s so brilliant at both.”
“I’m so happy thatTony [McNamara, series creator] did that.
And we got to have him around till the end.”
And Catherine is in complete denial, which is also interesting to play.”
It also presents a unique challenge for the star and the show moving forward.
What does that look like for her?
“At the end, Catherine is just… it’s such a total rebirth for her.
She cuts her hair, and she has the dance.
And she’s really leaving the past behind,” Fanning explains.
