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And just how dedicated is Sgt.
David Budd (Richard Madden) to protecting her from danger?
People were saying that they couldnt breathe, creator Jed Mercurio tells Vulture.
People were saying that they were rooted to the show, which was incredibly flattering.
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(The scene didnt fit our filming policy,Waterloos Twitter accountsaid.
Its just real life.
And I think audiences really respond to the limitations of real life when they intrude on drama.
It was important to set that up as if they were both collateral damage.
Its shocking because its going completely against the run of the episode.
It was purely about what would happen in real life, Mercurio says of the blood-splatter.
With backup still minutes away, David determines the snipers location and drives the car backwards to safety.
But why risk it if the car really was impenetrable?
Thats an important part of the show.
I think the idea of someone so high-profile being able to fake their death is really quite implausible.
What was up for debate in his mind, however, was how to play the attack itself.
And that was something we could exploit going forward.
She made it clear that her feelings for him were genuine.
I think that he did develop feelings for her.
I think that hes just kind of shocked by what she says in that scene, Mercurio says.
But actually, I think its just so that he can concentrate on doing his job.
That real sense of jeopardy is something that we worked really hard to create.
But did Mercurio ever consider killing David in the finale?
Oh yeah, of course, he says.
It was something that we very definitely played with as being a possibility.
But I felt that for this TV show, it was probably too nihilistic to go that route.
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