Why is marissa killed on the oc

The actress, 35, said in an interview with E! News published Tuesday that "bullying" behind the scenes ultimately led to her leaving the show in Sometime during season 2, things got more difficult for Barton, she said. The hours got longer, and the producers started "evening out everybody's pay" after promoting her costar Rachel Bilson. Reps for Warner Bros. Barton bowed out in one of the most memorable scenes in television history, as Marissa's on-and-off boyfriend Ryan Atwood Ben McKenzie carried her lifeless body away from a car crash, to "Hallelujah" By Jeff Buckley.

But I also do really love that she had this epic death and that it ended like that because it's memorable and it's not just another flash in the pan. On her first impression of the death, Barton said, "I felt like it was actually a great ending when I read it. As for filming that final scene, Barton recalled, "I was really sad I was going because that was like my family, but there had also been some things that weren't so cool and I would be lying to say I wasn't a little bit relieved that I was going to extricate myself from that situation.

Despite having less-than-fond memories on set, Barton was full of ideas for how to reboot the series when she spoke to ET last August. I mean, in this industry, there's a way to do everything. If you really wanna get The O. Schwartz also admitted that Marissa was a fan-favorite character among the audience, even if critics didn't like her.

When the Daily Beast asked if Marissa was killed because Barton "wanted off the show," Schwartz said no. He said: "Mischa didn't want off the show anymore than any of the other kids wanted off the show. She continued: "It just felt like it was the best thing for me and my health and just in terms of not really feeling protected by my cast and crew at that point. A bit later in the interview, Barton also told E! News that there were "people on that set" who were "very mean" to her.

Barton told E! And so Marissa Cooper died in the season three finale. After a tumultuous season of drama, one of Marissa's ex-boyfriends drove her and Ryan's car off the side of a road.

Ryan pulled Marissa from the wreckage, and she died in his arms, making history as one of the most shocking TV deaths of all time.