In an interview with THR, American Crime boss John Ridley has opened up on his decision to end the second season on a cliffhanger and the prospects of American Crime Season 3 renewal:
In the finale, Taylor’s and Eric’s fates are left hanging when it cuts to black. Can you discuss the decision to end this way?
We started the entire storytelling with two particular perspectives and maintaining every step of the way that their story was the truth. I believe if we deviate from that, even in the last moment, that it would be disingenuous storytelling, maddening as it may be. That is the difficult thing about moments like this, that we the observer may never truly know what happened. My wife said to me, “I want it to be a hopeful ending. I want there to be hope.” I said to her, “Well, then it can be. If we told you what the ending was, then it terminates. That ending then becomes sacrosanct.”
With Channing Dungey as the new entertainment president at ABC, what does that mean for American Crime?
I don’t know. I was made aware by ABC that they would do some early pickups and I’m not surprised by the shows that got picked up. They’re doing phenomenal. Channing, since she’s been at ABC, has been an instrumental part of American Crime from the beginning. Nobody is a bigger fan or supporter. So I’m confident that everything is going to work out the way that it should in the end. I don’t think people can lament the passing of American Crime should it come to pass. I’ve been shooting a pilot for ABC and for another project I’ve been getting ready to go to London for ABC Studios. I haven’t really had a great deal of time to sit and ponder it. I really and sincerely believe that things will happen as they should.
Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the status of American Crime Season 3…
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