Chicago P.D.’s Marina Squerciati, Patrick Flueger Joke About Getting Killed Off: ‘You Just Never Know!’
usmagazine.comAnything can happen in the One Chicago universe — work debacles, love triangles and, of course, the occasional killing off of a favorite couple.
A character’s fate keeps the actors on their toes, including Chicago P.D. vets Marina Squerciati and Patrick Flueger.One Chicago Stars Who Left the FranchiseThe costars, who have played Kim Burgess and Adam Ruzek, respectively, since the NBC show’s debut in 2014, joked that they always are thinking about the possibility.“Every episode!” Squerciati exclusively told Us Weekly. “You just never know.”“We always think so.
Always,” Flueger chimed in. “Especially when we get toward episode 22, 23. It’s kind of like, ‘Oh, am I dying?’”With the drama currently in production on its final season 9 episodes, Squerciati is crossing her fingers that they stay out of harm’s way — literally. “We’re on, like, 20 now!” she exclaimed.Squerciati and Flueger have banked over 180 episodes on the series, starring alongside Jason Beghe, Jesse Lee Soffer, LaRoyce Hawkins, Amy Morton and Tracy Spiridakos.
While some familiar faces have since exited the show — Jon Seda, Sophia Bush and Brian Geraghty — Elias Koteas‘ Olinsky was actually killed off at the end of season 5 when he was stabbed in prison and later died in the hospital.Most Shocking TV Deaths“It just evolved from a storytelling perspective,” showrunner Rick Eid told Us at the time of the decision. “When we talked about everything, [Koteas] was really protective of his character and wanted me to be protective of his character and death and how he went out.
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