The producers of “Modern Family” have declared that a “significant” character will die this season, but which one? Cast member Nolan Gould says he knows who will get a visit from the Grim Reaper, but isn’t telling.
Speaking to TMZ on Friday, the 19-year-old actor revealed that he is already aware of who is getting killed off on the Emmy-winning sitcom, but wouldn’t “confirm whether or not” it was him.
“I pretty much, I know it’s not me,” he said, before adding, “but I still think it’s kind of me.”
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Huh? We’re confused.
“I’m pretty sure like they’re going to write in a second death and not tell anyone,” Gould explained to TMZ. “That’s where my mind goes as a neurotic actor. I immediately called my agents after I heard the news. I was like, ‘Oh. They’re going to kill me off. They have to.’”
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, series co-creator, Christopher Lloyd, said the show is “handling some bigger life events in this season. We do deal with a death, which is certainly a topic that families have to deal with, and on television, it’s not easy to do because that’s a heavy subject. But at the same time, it would seem unusual for a family not to go through it.”
In the interview, he went on to say that it would be a “significant character” and it “will be a moving event — and an event that has repercussions across several episodes.” (Bustle.com has taken a stab at a prediction — writing that Claire and Mitchell’s mother DeDe (Shelley Long) is a likely candidate).
As for how Gould would want to see his character, Luke Dunphy, go?
“Full Michael Bay action movie style,” he said.
