What the hell are you doing? Which is basically like becoming the new Spider-Man, but for portraying sad marriages. Knowles was a … In her youth, she had been Jax's high school sweetheart, and she'd left Charming in her teens to escape the influence of the club, not to mention her troubled family life — but she'd been drawn back after fleeing a toxic relationship, returning to the house in Charming she'd inherited after her father passed. Because even Team Tara can’t quite understand Tara’s actions. The part that I don’t understand, and that I find a little strange, is the real hostility, the “She needs to die” stuff, which I find a little disturbing. I knew that would never actually be the way it happened, but I always imagined it would be something slightly more accidental and something slightly more ambiguous in terms of Gemma pulling the trigger, so to speak. And Charlie was so … it was just so full. 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But I think ultimately where she ended up, it began to feel like a possibility. It’s just not. When her scheme was exposed, she was left with few options and even fewer allies. (This Is Not a Metaphor.). And I think on some level she feels like she’s not sure what he’s capable of. Did you ever think that was a real possibility?It definitely showed up there in the scripts, and I had to clarify that with Kurt and the writers, because I too found that a little bit — I was like, Really? But I feel like people have been loyal to her because of her connection to Jax and her loyalty to Jax. That's the thing that's most startling and disturbing, when you really sit down and think about it.". Seeing no other way to protect her sons from SAMCRO, she played the last card left in her hand: turning to the authorities to rat out the criminal activities of the club. Maggie Siff was recently interviewed by DigitalSpy. Knowles was a doctor brought by fate back to her fictional California hometown of Charming, where the outlaw motorcycle club SAMCRO operates. See How Justin Bieber’s 2020 Is Going In YouTube Doc. 20 Tara's Return to Charming. You know, it took a little while. And Kurt is doing this to the characters — he’s having them do things that really test people’s loyalty to them. Though it might be centered on the financial sector, Billions isn't interested in being dry or procedural, as it incorporates plenty of interpersonal high-stakes backstabbing and frames the Rhoades' unique marriage dynamic in juxtaposition with Chuck's powerful position. "I think it's the hostility that's the most disturbing thing... that people can feel when they say, 'She should be shot. It's not the most barbaric death endured by a character on the show, but the savage murder of a woman at the hands of her own mother-in-law was definitely an extreme highlight in a show that regularly plunged its viewers into the darker side of humanity. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. Because she’s gone so far, she’s crossed over that last line. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. ", She went on to expand by pointing out the double standard of Jax and the rest of SAMCRO at times committing despicable acts, yet still being the perceived heroes of the show, while Tara was villainized for her own step into the moral grey area. The comedian chatted with us on Instagram in front of her glorious wall of hats. She felt that she was doing what was best for her sons, and clearly thought that their safety was worth whatever deception she needed to partake in. When did you find out that Tara was going to die, and how did Kurt tell you?I found out at the beginning of the season. And I wanted to know, I just wanted to know more specifically where things were going and he wanted to talk to me as well. With Tara thinking she is safe in the arms of the police and finally free of the club, Gemma ambushed her, brutally assaulting and eventually stabbing Tara to death with a barbecue skewer. In a cast full of murderers and thieves, what did Tara do that was so heinous that she's remembered as one of the show's most controversial characters? I mean, when I imagined in my mind how it could be that Gemma would kill Tara, I always imagined they’d be on bridge and Gemma would like, put her finger on Tara and Tara would accidentally slip [laughs]. She pointed out the issue of perspective in a show like Sons of Anarchy, saying, "I think these shows are always set up so we follow a protagonist and the story is very intricately built around caring for them in some way...anybody who runs counter to that is going to run into the problem of people turning on them. The process of letting go has been kind of a weird gradual one in my own mind. Tara's miscarriage plot and eventual snitching to the law put her firmly in Gemma's crosshairs, and the matriarch took matters into her own hands in the sixth season's shocking finale. Do you think if she lived and Jax went to prison she would have waited for Jax?I think the way we saw it end was definitely her waiting for Jax. Some of these are due to either Jax or Tara's actions, and they leave us to wonder why they were put together. You’re playing dead, so maybe you didn’t get to see exactly how Charlie Hunnam played it, but wait until you see. It can be strange to think about rooting for the criminals and against those who seek to bring them to justice, but that's exactly where Sons of Anarchy took its viewers. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Cookies help us deliver our Services. In the playground scene, when they’re sitting at the picnic table, there’s a moment when it seems like Jax is hurt that she’d think he’d kill her. Siff seems to have a taste for cunning and take-no-guff types of roles, and as she has begun to draw attention and acclaim for her work, here's hoping the future only has higher peaks yet to come. Not just for Charlie but for everybody. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. So when she betrays him, people have felt very comfortable turning on her. Her character had a brief affair with main character Don Draper, and after it ended in season two, she did not appear again until after departing Sons of Anarchy, in the seventh and final season of Mad Men. I sat down with him maybe after the first or second read-through. When it comes to Sons of Anarchy, few characters found themselves on the pointy end of fan reaction more than Dr. Tara Knowles (Maggie Siff).