And what’s to come for season 5?
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 4 finale ofFor All Mankind, “Perestroika.”
How did things change?
Krys Marshall on ‘For All Mankind’ season 4.Apple TV+
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Wait.
So you asked to be killed off.
KRYS MARSHALL:Before season 4 began, I sat down withBen Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, our showrunners.
Krys Marshall on ‘For All Mankind’ season 4.Apple TV+
Danielle has to die."
They were like, “What?
What are you talking about?”
Let me just preface by saying this: I love our show so much.
I love that the people we work with are cool and collaborative.
I love that we tell a story that is important and inventive.
By the end of season 3, I felt it from the audience.
So I told them, “I think we should kill her.”
Where did it go from there?
We had come to the conclusion that she was going to die.
I’m like, “Hey.”
He’s like, “Danielle’s not going to die.”
I’m like, “Nooooo.”
We wrote a rendition where she dies.
It feels too overt and it feels too painful, and I don’t want us to do that.
And how did you respond?
I got behind it, of course.
Now, having played it and felt it, it feels right.
I’m really glad that we didn’t.
I think it would’ve been too tragic.
I love that our our alternate timeline is not that.
It actually is pretty optimistic.
It’s not euphoric, but it’s not dystopic.
I mean, luckily I can’t give anything away, because I don’t know.
I have absolutely no idea.
Where Danielle fits into all that, I don’t know.
I mean, you’ve seen us kill pivotal characters episode 1, minute 1, so who knows?
Maybe she plays through the season.
Maybe we off her in the first 11 minutes.
I really have no idea.
If that’s not the case, are you excited to play a fabulous mid-60s-year-old?
You know, I really love the age makeup.
I’m not worried about “Does Danielle look young?”
“Does she look pretty?”
“Does she look skinny?”
These things are not important.
She’s an engineer and a commander of missions and a hero.
She’s got bigger fish to fry than whether or not she’s got the right lipstick on.
I have always been the youngest in the cast.
Of course, 50s is older, but it’s different than being in your 60s.
It’ll be a challenge, but I’m looking forward to it.
