ABC’s ‘Revenge’ season 4 spoilers: Was losing Josh Bowman ever an option?

“Revenge” certainly has had its fair share of controversial moments in the past, but there were some that even played out behind the scenes.

Do you remember Josh Bowman suggesting that he may be interested in saying goodbye to the show? This came from an interview months ago, where he specifically said that the only way he could see Daniel Grayson around is if he ended up becoming one of the most awful people imaginable. Since that time things have obviously cooled off, given that he is still on the show and there hasn’t really been anything on the subject ever since.

Not only that, but the showrunner is saying that there were never even any serious discussions about whether or not the actor should leave the show. For more on that, just take a look at what Sunil Nayar commented with in an E! News piece:

“We never talked about it. I think when Josh was saying those things, it was in the middle of those episodes where he shot Emily and he didn’t really know which was his character was going to go, even though we talked about it.”

As for what we can expect to see from the Daniel Grayson character moving forward, Nayar was ultimately pretty candid:

“What we can expect for Daniel in season four? “I just think he’s so layered and interesting and certainly we want to keep making him a little bit on the evil side, but I think there’s a lot to be examined in Daniel’s journey … He’s going to lose a father, just like Emily did years ago, and that’s going to hit him in ways that will be surprising and unexpected. So we are never considered losing Josh and I am thrilled that he is staying on the show.”

Does this quote give away that Conrad Grayson is leaving the show? We don’t so much see it as that as we do Daniel believing that Conrad is dead. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

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