Warning: The following contains spoilers Sunday’sDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, titled “There Will Be Brood.”
John Constantine’s time is up.
Unfortunately, Bishop double-crossed him and added deadly poison it, which killed him.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you react when you found this would be your last season as Constantine?
And there was, inevitably, only so much time he could spend onLegends.
It was just like, “This feels right to put John to bed.”
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What has been it like exploring that as John?
It’s almost been like the greatest send-off as well.
With Jes' character Ava and then the whole Zari-Constantine storyline.
I was really satisfied with the episode.
We’re like, “Woah, woah, this isn’t John Constantine.”
They’re like, “Oh, Constantine really isn’t Constantine this season.
He’s good.”
Shooting that Constantine-on-Constantine fight must hav been difficult.
It was a long day.
The director, Nico [Sachse], was very ambitious.
He wanted to shoot it like a movie in a way.
We used a single camera.
Also with the constraint that you have shooting TV shows with schedules and things, it’s very fast.
It was a really long but immensely satisfying day.
It was probably one of my favorite days playing this character.
What was it like shooting your death scene and emotional goodbyes with Astra and Zari?
There was something almost cathartic about it in a way.
Well, that’s the way it unfolded.
I think so, yeah.
All the writers were so conscious about trying to give him a good send-off as well.
They really wanted to say, “We love John and let’s give him this to go.”
So the way it materialized, it just felt right and organic.
When theoriginal show was canceled, I was gutted.
I was like, “I haven’t even gotten started.”
What do you think you’ll miss the most about playing Constantine?
His cockiness and his arrogance in the face of danger.
Because John can f—ing get through anything.
Basically all of the things I love about the character I’m going to miss playing.
Playing him has just become so natural to me, it’s a funny thing.
That’s the thing, it’s like, “What are they going to do with him?
Where is he going to go?”
That’s a cool thing to feel when you leave a character.
You’re already working on season 7.
It’s a completely different challenge, isn’t it?
John Constantine has been wonderful.
The season 6 finale ofDC’s Legends of Tomorrowairs next Sunday at 8 p.m. on The CW.
