Spoilers for the Killing Eve finale are below.
So now you know: The anti-hero dies in the end. In the final series of New Year’s Eve KillingVillanelle, played with chaotic fervor by Jodie Comer, met his end at the bottom of the Thames after executing members of the Twelve aboard the Dixie Queen. But this bittersweet conclusion isn’t always where favorite series come from. In fact, writers, producers, and actors discussed many possibilities New Year’s Eve KillingFinal moments, including the ending when Sandra Oh’s Eve and Villanelle jump off a cliff in style Thelma & Louise.
“It’s really hard to find the best ending,” admitted season 4 frontman Laura Neal, told ELLE.com before the finale aired. “The truth is we talked about payloads. We always discuss ‘What is the truth about the end point of these characters’ journey?’ If we look at where Eve and Villanelle started and we look at what happened to them over the course of four seasons, what is the truth of the ending? I think it would be very easy to feel very maudlin, or go completely the other way and make it feel too funny. So it feels really important to strike the right balance between the two of them. ”
“I think it holds true for this show,” Oh added of the ending, where Eve is left alone in the river, gasping and screaming before the screen goes black. “As a spectator, you want to be pleased. You want to know. Like, ‘I want to be satisfied. I want it tied in a bow. I want to understand it. ‘ But that’s not it.”
In the end, the writers decided to set the finale on the Thames, right under Tower Bridge, where Eve and Villanelle met in the final episode of season 3. The Dixie Queen is a real boat moored nearby and It took about a week of filming to complete the final sequence, where Villanelle and Eve infiltrate a wedding on a boat to find the Twelve’s secret meeting. The production was even able to lift the Tower Bridge specifically for the scene, which Neal still finds hard to believe. The underwater scenes were filmed in a tank, but the film’s farewell scene, when Villanelle urges Eve to get off the boat while shots are fired at them at the behest of Carolyn (Fiona Shaw), is the last one. New Year’s Eve Killing The team used to film.
“What was really surreal was that the last shot we did was also the last shot of Villanelle,” recalls Comer. “So it was weird because once I did it, it was done. There’s something about the completion of her final shot that is truly perfect in a way. But it’s strange. It’s really weird! The great thing is that Sandra and I were together during the last week, so we experienced it together with the crew. ”
For Comer, Villanelle’s death feels fitting for the character. After witnessing her struggles throughout season 4, trying to do what’s right and then falling back into old (murderous) habits, it’s time for Villanelle’s story to come to an end. correct end.
“It was inevitable,” Comer confirmed. “She is like a cat with nine lives. What I love about this moment is the truly selfless act she did it. It felt like in that moment she protected Eve. I think there’s something about that shield that shows how much she’s changed. She tried so hard to change from the start and I don’t think she ever realized how much she had, which is sad. That moment really shows how Eve changed her life.”
As for Oh, it may not be the “right” ending, but it’s the best possible version of one, thematic and emotional.
“I love the scene on the boat, where we intersect between Eve on the top deck dancing and brimming with life and Villanelle below killing the Twelve,” explains Oh. “We see the essence of the characters. And we kept Villanelle watching Eve dance and it was emotional for her. I believe this is a moment to understand for [Villanelle]. Because in the moment after we see the way [Villanelle] changed. She saves Eve. Villanelle had to die to bring the show to an end. Honestly in early 2020 when discussing the finale it was the opposite, but through the pandemic we changed course. Villanelle enters more ethereal realms. And Eve is left to survive”.
Olly Courtney / BBCA
Olly Courtney / BBCA
Nor did Neal consider Villanelle’s death tragic. For her, the character simply ascends to a new dimension of existence — an explanation that might help fans feel less uncomfortable about the finale. Villanelle’s body drifting away in the Thames was also an opportunity that allowed Eve to finally step out of their haunted, problematic relationship.
“I think the reason we ended up killing Villanelle was because we wanted to give Eve new life,” Neal explained. “For Eve, that moment where she pops out of the water has always been something we had from the very beginning of the ending. We actually enter the dying Villanelle to save Eve. And I think there is a rest of that still in the final version. It really resonated with us and it speaks to how far Villanelle has come on her journey, that she can take this final act and it’s act for someone and that’s it. an act of altruism. So it’s not an ending too much for her, but a kind of transcendence. In my mind, it wasn’t Villanelle’s death. It was Villanelle’s elevation to another realm. We talked a lot about how she was too big for this world, like the world couldn’t contain Villanelle. We also wanted to infuse that spirit into that moment. ”
The ending image, of Eve emerging from the surface of the Thames, giving birth to a cry of a combination of pain, anger, grief and freedom, is essential to having the finale right. Neal and director Stella Corradi spent a long time in the editing room making sure this moment had maximum impact. Oh is still wondering how the scene will continue, but she feels it’s right for Eve and for the show.
“The last shot of Eve underwater howling at the world was actually the last one I shot,” Oh recalls. “We were under time pressure, we had camera problems and they called within the day. It feels hazy. I don’t know if I get it. It was a very emotional day. I think one of the special things about the show is — hopefully — how satisfying it is to not get what you want, neatly tied in a bow. It’s never neat between characters, so Eve’s ending leaves us with the question: How will she continue? ”
According to the writers and producers, the finale is the definitive ending of New Year’s Eve Killing. There are no plans to reboot or roll back (as of now). Speaking in the background of the show in October, executive producer Gina Mingacci confirmed, “This is the end. This is the end of the line. I think everyone is very pleased with how it will end, at least in this respect. But that doesn’t mean Eve and Villanelle will cease to exist in fans’ minds.
“I hope that when ‘The End’ comes out [viewers] Think Eve is going to move on and have this wonderful life,” Neal said. “She escaped. Carolyn thought she was dead. She can have the life she chooses to live now. In my head, she would bring everything Villanelle gave her into a new version of her life. And Villanelle will live on on New Year’s Eve.”
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