Rivals star David Tennant says cast didn’t know about mid-season ending
*Warning – contains major spoilers for Rivals season 2 episode 6.* The mid-season finale of Rivals season 2 delivered a tragic cliffhanger, with Claire Rushbrook’s Monica dying when a tree hit her car as she was driving in a storm. This came after she had found out about her husband Tony’s (David Tennant) affair with Maud (Victoria Smurfit), and was taking Maud’s daughter Caitlin (Catriona Chandler) home. She had told Tony she was leaving him, and planned to tell Maud’s husband Declan (Aidan Turner) the truth. However, she never made it to the house. Caitlin was able to get out of the car and inform her family of the tragic events, with Rupert (Alex Hassell) being the one to tell Tony the heartbreaking news. Now, while speaking at a Q&A at the SXSW festival, following a screening of the episode, Tennant has revealed that he and Rushbrook knew about Monica’s fate ahead of the rest of the cast, and they got to watch their reactions to the plot twist at a read-through for the episode. …


