[This story contains major spoilers for The Umbrella Academy‘s fourth and final season.]
Although The Umbrella Academy‘s finale left many fans in turmoil earlier this month, show star David Castañeda isn’t nervous. In truth, he thinks the backlash is an effective factor.
Within the ultimate season of Netflix’s quirky superhero drama, followers noticed the connection between Castañeda’s Diego Hargreeves and Ritu Arya’s Lila fade right into a morose, passionless marriage which finally result in romance between Lila and Diego’s brother, Quantity 5, performed by Aidan Gallagher. Many on-line commenters referred to as the plot level pointless and complained that its improvement felt rushed compared to the years-long buildup of Diego and Lila.
The actor provides that it’s good observe to remain curious. “Why does that make you angry?” he says. “What about these characters made you feel comfort, and also, what are they showing about ourselves?”
Followers have been additionally shocked by the present’s explosive ending, when within the final moments of the finale, the dearly beloved principal forged of adopted siblings sacrificed themselves in a scheme to save lots of the universe as soon as and for all. The deadly ending was additionally a everlasting one, leaving only a few potentialities for spinoffs or shock comebacks and upsetting many viewers.
“Castañeda says he was surprised when he first learned about the goodbye. “When [got] the pages, I was kind of hoping they were dummy sides,” he says. However when he realized they weren’t, Castañeda stated the scene ended up feeling excellent.
“I’m very proud of how this whole thing played out,” he says. “I’m really happy with the work that we all did during season four.”
The actor says he cried after the group was completed filming. “I am happy [with] how it ended, and I’m happy because the experience of shooting the whole season and the whole series,” he says. “It was the funnest season to shoot. … There was a lot of effort and a lot of love and a lot of creative output that came through.”
Castañeda’s full interview on I’ve By no means Mentioned This Earlier than With Tommy DiDario will launch Tuesday.
