{"id":31004,"date":"2023-03-10T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1795248"},"modified":"2023-03-11T00:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T23:46:36","slug":"luther-the-fallen-sun-writer-hints-at-potential-alice-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/luther-the-fallen-sun-writer-hints-at-potential-alice-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Luther: The Fallen Sun writer hints at potential Alice return"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We never saw a body…” <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 10 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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While fans of Luther will no doubt be delighted to see Idris Elba\u2019s iconic character back on our screens, returning in new Netflix<\/a> film Luther: The Fallen Sun<\/a>, they may be disappointed that a fan-favourite character does not make a return.<\/p>\n

Ruth Wilson\u2019s Alice Morgan, a serial killer with whom John had a deeply mixed-up relationship, plummeted to the floor from a platform in a construction site at the end of season 5<\/a>, with some believing the character may have perished.<\/p>\n

Alice does not show up in Luther: The Fallen Sun, not helping to assuage fans of this fear. In fact, the only characters from the series who made the transition to the film adaptation were Dermot Crowley\u2019s DSU Martin Schenk<\/a> and Elba\u2019s Luther himself.<\/p>\n

RadioTimes.com<\/a> caught up exclusively with the film\u2019s writer Neil Cross and director Jamie Payne to ask whether there was ever an intention to include other characters from the Luther series, such as Paul McGann\u2019s Mark North.<\/p>\n

Cross said: \u201cI think fan-service is a sugar high. And I think it\u2019s very tempting for any filmmaker, any writer to do. Just say, \u2018Let\u2019s see Mark crossing the street.\u2019 But I think it\u2019s essentially meretricious and it doesn\u2019t respect the engagement of the returning audience with the universe. It\u2019s too cheap.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd also, I think it would be discourteous to the new audience, who see something which they know means something but they don\u2019t know what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n