‘The Umbrella Academy’: Robert Sheehan was “buried alive” for 14 hours on final day of shooting
Robert Sheehan was “buried alive” for 14 hours on the final day of shooting the concluding season of The Umbrella Academy.
Sheehan has played Klaus Hargreeves on the show since 2019 and in a new interview, has opened up about his intensive last day on set.
The Netflix show officially comes to an end with season four. Based on the comic book series written by Gerard Way, the series follows a dysfunctional group of superheroes who come together to solve the mystery of their father’s death and to prevent the impending apocalypse.
Speaking to The Holywood Reporter at the premiere of the show’s final season, he explained: “Last day on set was a gruelling day where I was buried alive over and over and over again.
“It was the most Promethean day I’ve had on the set of Umbrella Academy because I was in and out of quite a snug coffin for about 14 hours.
“And having to pretend to my fullest extent that I’ve been buried alive,” he added.
Alongside Sheehan, the show’s cast includes Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castaneda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and Aidan Gallagher. Steve Blackman serves as showrunner on the series.
After the first season debuted in February 2019, the fourth and final season arrived on Netflix on August 8, 2024.
Showrunner Steve Blackman described the conclusion of the series as a “very natural ending” in an interview with SFX magazine.
“I knew how I wanted to end the show from [the] very beginning,” he said. “We wanted to explain the Jennifer Incident, and to talk about [Sir Reginald] Hargreeves’s origins. There will still be mysteries left, but I think the bigger ones are solved.”
Blackman also said the show’s ending might not match how Way will end the comic series, which is still yet to conclude.
“I talked to Gerard Way the other day, and he was very satisfied with the way we did it. It may not match what he does, but I think he loves some of the things we did.”
He added: “I think we got to what I feel is a very natural ending, the right ending for the show. It’s a surprise ending, but I think it’s a good ending.”
In a four-star review of the new season, NME said: “The writers make the most of this opportunity by bringing everything to a satisfying conclusion which answers long-standing questions that span the show’s entire lifetime. The Umbrella Academy, we’re pleased to say, goes out with a weird, wonderful bang.”
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