‘Bad Sisters’ Star Anne-Marie Duff Thought Killing Off Her Character, Grace, Was a ‘Brilliant Idea’
The Garvey sisters lost one of their own early in Bad Sisters Season 2, their beloved sister Grace. She’d found love again after killing her husband, John Paul (Claes Bang), in the previous season. Instead of mourning her character’s death and her own exit from the Apple TV+ original series, actor Anne-Marie Duff saw killing off Grace as a “brilliant idea.”
Duff likes that Grace’s death ‘shakes things up’ on ‘Bad Sisters’
Speaking to Variety about the “soap opera surprise” of Grace’s death in the second episode of Bad Sisters Season 2, Duff shared how she reacted to the twist.
“I think it’s a brilliant idea,” she told the outlet. “Because it shakes things up, and it changes the landscape, and suddenly there’s a huge amount of freedom in that.”
“And also, it was such a repeated question, ‘What happens to Grace in Season 2?’ And it removes that from the conversation,” she added.
Eva Birthistle, who plays Garvey sister, Ursula, saw it as a way to make the show even better for viewers. “I think what happens with the audience, then, is they think, ‘Well, if that’s possible, if that’s going to happen, then it could be anything that [can] happen.’ And it really keeps everybody on the back foot, and that makes for very enjoyable watching.”
‘Bad Sisters’ showrunner, star Sharon Horgan had doubts about killing off Grace
Speaking to The Daily Beast Obsessed, Bad Sisters Season 2 showrunner and star Sharon Horgan (Eva) shared that she didn’t write Grace’s death into the story without changing her mind. “I was nervous about it, and I went back and forth; she was dead, and then I was like, ‘No, we’re not going to do that,” she said.
Ultimately, Horgan felt it was right for the narrative. “Then it was honestly the only way I could see us moving forward with the story,” she explained. “Where the sisters felt like they had a purpose, where the show felt different, where it felt like Bad Sisters in its DNA, but it was doing something entirely different.”
“I felt as awful as it was [Grace’s death], Season 1 ends on a really high note, and she’s [Grace] triumphantly jumping into the water. Well, for me, that’s a beautiful ending, but it’s not life.” The fairy tale-esque ending to Bad Sisters Season 1 is why Horgan wanted to do a second season.
2 more episodes until the ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 finale
A bittersweet moment for fans of Bad Sisters is almost here. The season finale is only two episodes away. Yes, only two. The sixth episode of the season, titled “Who by Water,” drops on Dec. 11, 2024, before “How to Pick a Prick” the following week.
Then comes the finale on Dec. 23, 2024, titled “Cliff Hanger.” But don’t think there won’t be answers to all those lingering questions—Why did Grace have all that money? Who’s in the trunk?—in the season 2 finale. Horgan told Elle U.K. the final installment “feels like an end.”
Watch Bad Sisters Season 2 on Apple TV+. A new episode drops weekly.
