The pirate/smuggler terrorized the Fraser family almost since the moment he first met them.
But they finally got their vengeance, and Bonnet his comeuppance, after an eventful episode.
When did you know this would be it for him?
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ED SPELEERS: It’s a shame he doesn’t have nine lives.
I thoughtOo, a bullet wound that sounds exciting.
He’s probably going to get shot in the leg or arm or something.
I didn’t realize that what they meant was I was getting shot in between the eyes.
I found out in a roundabout way.
I didn’t want it to stop, but it had too.
He almost goes through a big bit of therapy I suppose, as well as getting his comeuppance.
Do you know why they decided to do that and not keep you around another season?
I haven’t got a clue.
Maybe I wasn’t good (laughs).
I’ve readDrums of Autumn.
Maybe it’s the one thing that hasn’t been ticked off.
He was abandoned as a child.
Maybe he felt that he wanted to have an influence.
Also, that in itself means people can never escape him in a way.
It would be about leaving his legacy, an heir.
I think that’s how he would be pursuing it.
Bonnet is an extremely evil man.
How do you make such a bad person so appealing?
I don’t know If he comes across as charming or not.
But I do think there’s a charm to him.
In the books, there’s a charm to him.
In the script, there was as well.
That’s the beauty of good writing.
As an actor, that’s what you’re looking for.
You never want someone to be a 2-d good guy or 2-D bad guy.
you need them to have shades of grey and everything else.
I’ve read up about him a lot, and it’s mentioned in early books.
It’s funny because he adores the sea in a way, although it’s his biggest fear.
He works with the sea, being a pirate and being at sea for most of his adult life.
It’s a big part of his existence.
But it was definitely a huge factor in playing things.
I was very fortunate to have this known fear, that was his biggest fear of all.
Especially in this episode, it’s there the whole way through.
That’s why it’s so interesting that Brianna takes the shot to put him out of his misery.
Ultimately, she gains a lot of power doing that.
Was your drowning your final day on set?
A proper final goodbye?
We actually did quite a bit after that.
I’m trying to think.
I thought we did a lot in order, but we didn’t.
The scenes changed around a lot quite a bit because of weather.
I had some major things to do after that.
I had to do that after the event, which was quite interesting.
It was a cold lake, don’t get me wrong.
The crew had lots of wet gear on.
I looked like the Michelin man to make it get in the actual water.
I was expecting it to be freezing cold.
I was using other things in my mind that were having a different effect on me.
It was quite a quick process.
It was a long day building up to it.
Everything felt very surreal.
It was quite a peaceful setting.
It was beautiful woods and a lake.
It was all very picturesque.
It felt very still.
It was an almost odd moment because everything was very quiet.
It was a very surreal process.
