{"id":19790,"date":"2022-08-04T23:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1673146"},"modified":"2022-08-04T23:31:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T21:31:31","slug":"the-undeclared-war-star-unpacks-cliffhanger-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-undeclared-war-star-unpacks-cliffhanger-series-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Undeclared War star unpacks \u201ccliffhanger\u201d series finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Flora Carr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 04 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Undeclared War star Hannah Khalique-Brown has discussed the show\u2019s \u201ccliffhanger\u201d ending, revealing that it was originally quite different in the scripts.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>,<\/strong> Khalique-Brown stressed that the series finale leaves \u201cunanswered questions\u201d in almost every aspect of the story.<\/p>\n

At the end of the final episode, young Russian hacker Vadim (German Segal in The Undeclared War cast<\/a>) sends Saara (Khalique-Brown) a file containing Russian state secrets, which puts GCHQ \u201cback in the game\u201d and gives them a bargaining chip to potentially curry favour with the Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really hope we can we can continue the story, because in almost every aspect of it there\u2019s unanswered questions,\u201d Khalique-Brown said. \u201cIn Saara\u2019s personal life, in the national situation and the global situation, and in the personal situation with Vadim \u2013\u00a0I want to know what happens to him.<\/p>\n

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German Segal\u00a0plays Vadim Trusov in The Undeclared War<\/span><\/figcaption> Channel 4<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cI really hope he survived somehow, miraculously; I have no idea how but I really hope he does,\u201d she added, referring to the danger that Vadim had put himself in.<\/p>\n

Khalique-Brown also revealed that the series ending originally looked quite different, as the final shot of her character Saara crying wasn\u2019t in the scripts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not actually written in the script for her to get upset. It was never intended,\u201d she said, explaining that she became \u201coverwhelmed with emotion\u201d during filming, imagining Vadim and the danger he was in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just was so overwhelmed with emotion. And I just started crying\u2026 I just turned back to look, and that was the take and he [series creator Peter Kosminsky] was like, \u2018Wow, we did not plan that. But I think that\u2019s gonna have to be it.’\u201d<\/p>

Khalique-Brown added that she wanted to know what would happen with Saara\u2019s complicated personal life, after cheating on her boyfriend with NSA agent Kathy Freeman (Maisie Richardson-Sellers).<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to know what happens with Kathy and Saara, and James and Saara \u2013\u00a0their relationship is left on a cliffhanger. She hasn\u2019t been able to see Kathy because she flew back to Maryland. And she\u2019s not had that conversation, and I want to know what happens,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Kathy and Saara in The Undeclared War<\/span><\/figcaption> Channel 4<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Khalique-Brown also added that it remained unclear even to cast members about whether or not the Russian invasion teased in the finale is in fact real, or a hoax.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, on a global situation, is it an actual invasion? Or is it a false one? And do they have what they need to get back with the NSA to work together again? All of this to me is a complete cliffhanger.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, Peter doesn\u2019t tell me \u2013\u00a0until it\u2019s certain [about a second season] he won\u2019t tell me anything. And I said to him, you know, \u2018When people watch this, they\u2019re gonna be throwing their shoes at the TV. You can\u2019t end it like that!’\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cI think it\u2019s a complete cliffhanger. I think that for all intents and purposes, the story is left in suspense. And I don\u2019t know if we will get a season 2. I hope we do. I hope there\u2019s enough interest in the show for it to warrant another season. Because I do think it\u2019s just completely unanswered, and I don\u2019t think there is any kind of resolution by the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n