Fans of the hit television show “Jane The Virgin” were shocked when a much-beloved character died. Buzzfeed reported that months after he was shot, Michael Cordero (Brett Dier) died due to complications stemming from his gunshot injury.
It was too much for the fans, and also for the characters, including new wife Jane (Gina Rodriguez), who at one point appeared to be at the time of her life following her accidental pregnancy and all.
Dier has since voiced out about his character’s death and said that although it sucks, he gets it. He said, “It makes so much sense. Michael does feel like a huge part of me and having to kill him off was very difficult for me to do. I felt like he was a friend of mine, or something. It was very weird.”
The feedback online appeared to have caused series creator Jennie Snyder Urman to write a letter, now published on Tumblr, to explain the decision to kill off Michael. Urman said that as much as they would have wanted for Michael to stay, she said the death had been planned from the very beginning. However, she and the producers tried to soften the blow by extending Michael’s stay in the series, and even dropping hints leading to his untimely death.
She wrote, “But this is a telenovela, as we so frequently remind you. And we are only at our midpoint.”
On the other hand, she teased that upcoming episodes beginning Monday will jump three years after Michael’s death. Although she thinks it sucks to kill off Michael, they believe it’s the right time to reenter Jane’s journey.
“She’ll always feel Michael’s absence (and trust me, we will too), but it opens up our storytelling in new and exciting ways, while allowing for the light and bright Jane world that we love to write,” she added.
