Carlton Cuse: When Adewale came on the show, he didn’t want to make a long-term commitment to a series. We love him and so we agreed that he would come on the show and then we would find a time in which his arc would come to an end. And we sort of felt after a lot of conversations with him — most of which took place at the end of the spring last year — that we would finish his character somewhere in [these first] six episodes. And as we started talking about what was going to really help the drama of these six episodes, we thought, “Well, this is the perfect place to do it.” As we said, we all kind of went into this [with the idea] that it was only going to be for a limited period of time.
Originally posted by forumcrew
people should try to use spoiler warnings.. but i mean why come to a discussion board for a tv show if you arnt up to date on it.. you clearly wont have much to discuss.
I thought he just didn't want to renew his contract with ABC. When trying to find out more details on him, I came across this.
The first thing one notices upon chatting with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is that he sounds nothing at all like his most memorable characters: not Simon Adebisi from Oz, Mr. Eko from Lost, or Majestic from Get Rich or Die Tryin'. In fact, he speaks with a cheerful British lilt and boasts a sharp sense of humor that he hasn't yet flashed on camera. So with a few of the aforementioned ass kickers having made their way into American living rooms (courtesy of recent DVD releases of Get Rich and Lost's second season), we sat Akinnuoye-Agbaje down to answer a bunch o' persnickety questions.
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