The
producer
also
explained
his
reasons
for
killing
off
the
actor’s
character. “I
still
think
people
grip
their
seats
and
are
excited
when
Athena
lands
a
plane
on
the
freeway
or
a
ship
capsizes,”
he
said,
referencing
Angela
Bassett‘s
character, “but
after
eight
years,
it
just
felt
like,
if
we
have
any
hope
of
creating
stories
going
forward
that
have
actual
stakes,
then
someone’s
got
to
die.”
So
why
Bobby? “The
first
reason
is
that
it
made
sense,”
Tim
explained. “It
didn’t
feel
arbitrary,
because
if
you
track
the
tragic
arc
of
his
character,
of
where
he
started,
and
how
he
came
to
LA
looking
for
atonement,
it
just
makes
a
kind
of
tragic
sense
for
his
character
in
a
way
it
wouldn’t
for
another
character.”
Tim
also
said
he “just
didn’t
want
to
go
small”
with
his
decision
to
kill
off
a
character,
adding, “Bobby’s
death
affects
every
single
character’s
story
in
a
way
that
really
no
other
character
death
would.”
Celebrity Fails
