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EW turned toEggoldto get the scoop on how he found out about Tom’s ultimate fate.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you first learn that you’d be getting killed off the show?
RYAN EGGOLD:Wait, I’m getting killed off the show?
[Chuckles] Who told you this?
I spoke with the [executive producers] briefly before we started this season.
At the top of this season when they were brainstorming and talking, we had a conversation about it.
What was your initial reaction?
I think it’s a fitting ending.
How does she fill that?
How does she continue?
How does this change her?
It’s almost like that relationship is at peace for a moment, and then ripped away.
Things like that were really well crafted by the guys.
Was that car scene where Liz and Tom are near death your final scene?
It was a lot of change for Tom in this episode.
That was the last thing that I shot.
Did they actually tell you the results of the DNA testing?
It’s just a piece of paper that says, “Darth Vader.”
[Laughs] No, I’m kidding.
What I love about this show is it’s very collaborative and it’s constantly evolving.
I’m sure their ideas will evolve from what they told me.
We’ve all seen that movie before, but I’ve always been interested in that.
That would’ve been cool.
I got to play a lot.
Red is, in a weird way, his father-in-law.
It is such a quirky, strange relationship and they’re sort of similar to each other.
Is that really the last we’ve seen of Tom?
Or do you hope you get to come back, even for a flashback?
To reiterate what the Johns have said, he’s unequivocally dead.
There’s certainly no funny business there.
We’ve talked about the possibility of a flashback.
I don’t think it would be a lot, but something would be interesting.
What’s next for you?
