Unless we have flashbacks, was anyone else totally shocked Philip Glenister was killed off so soon?
shareWhy does Glenister have top billing when he's hardly in it.
sharePerhaps because his is the most recognised name in it, but, makes no sense as he surprisingly had such little screen time
shareThat almost reminds me of John Candy's last film Canadian Bacon. Of course the circumstances were different there as he had a heart attack during shooting, When the film came out, I rented it on video. Candy got top billing and it was his pic that was most prominent on the box. He was in it for less than two minutes.
On reflection, I was hardly surprised that they used Candy to promote the film because it was very poor.
I have just watched episode 5 and thru-out the season he was only shown in very few and brief flashbacks. The only reason I can think of using him at all is because Frank is such a pivotal character in the emotional life of the people in his life. Having someone unknown that just disappeared after the first few minutes would have lessened the impact of his treatment of them. This way, we always see him in our mind and can understand both why they loved him and why they felt betrayed by him.
shareYes he was the reason I watched it, had no idea they were going to kill him off.
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