Roush on Prison Break and Sarah Wayne Callies
Question: What do you make of
Sarah Wayne Callies' departure from
Prison Break? Would a new TV series be reluctant to cast an actor who had made it difficult to wrap up a storyline on their previous show?
— Danny J.
Matt Roush: My glib response when this subject comes up is to say: Sara (the character) and Sarah (the actor) are the lucky ones, to be well rid of this increasingly ridiculous (and nowadays disgustingly sweaty) series. But seriously, I doubt the actress will suffer much for opting for motherhood over work at this point in her and the show's life. I'm betting she's as surprised as anyone that
Prison Break is still around. Michael Ausiello has
tracked this situation exhaustively, so I'll beg off weighing in on the details of the negotiations. I did, however, think the way the show disposed of the character was characteristically tasteless, clumsy and obvious.
