Bad Sisters season 2 spoilers follow.
Bad Sisters star Sharon Horgan has responded to the show's shocking season 2 death.
The first two episodes of the Apple TV+ show's second season debuted this week, airing a huge twist by killing off Grace Williams (Anne-Marie Duff) in a car crash.
Opening up about the fatal decision, Horgan admitted they did initially mull over whether they really wanted to do it.
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"There was a while where we were like, 'Can we [continue] the tone of the show having lost Grace?'" she told Variety. "Because the tone of the show is a fine balance between comedy, tragedy, drama, thriller, farce-y at times.
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"Once we figured out tonally that we could handle it, we didn't question it. We knew it would be kind of shocking and f**king awful, but I did think it was important to show the extent of the damage that can happen [in an abusive relationship]."
The star went on to explain that it was "emotional" no longer having Duff on set, adding: "The whole filming, the whole series, felt like we were on an emotional rollercoaster."
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Duff revealed that she knew her character would die "a good while before the scripts arrived" and so "didn't have the soap opera surprise".
"I think it's a brilliant idea, because it shakes things up, and it changes the landscape, and suddenly there's a huge amount of freedom in that," the star added.
"And also, it was such a repeated question, 'What happens to Grace in Season 2?' And it removes that from the conversation."
Bad Sisters season 1 is available to stream now on Apple TV+, with new season 2 episodes released weekly.
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