Exclusive: Richard Armitage reveals his reaction to Obsession's shocking ending
The actor stars alongside Happy Valley's Charlie Murphy in the Netflix series

14 APR 2023, 17:30 BS

Francesca Shillcock

Obsession star Richard Armitage has opened up to HELLO! about his reaction to the shocking events which occurred at the end of the new Netflix series.

Richard, adored for his previous roles in The Hobbit and North and South, sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss his character, Dr William Farrow, and the series as whole when he shared his thoughts about the final episodes.

Warning! Major spoilers for Obsession on Netflix ahead…

After engaging in a dangerously thrilling and obsessive affair, William (Richard Armitage) and his future-daughter-in-law Anna (Charlie Murphy) get together once again at her apartment. But, William's son Jay makes a beeline for their place and bursts in on his dad and fiancée wrapped up in a moment of passion.

After being shocked about what he sees, Jay ends up walking backward only to fall over the staircase railings on the top floor flat. William charges downstairs to see his son bleeding out on the floor. At this point, Anna walks past the two of them, William sobbing and Jay, taking his final breaths. After attending the funeral and his wife, Ingrid, unsurprisingly demanding a divorce, it's clear William still isn't over Anna.

Opening up about the final moments and why William wants to continue his relationship with her, Richard told HELLO!: "William says to her, 'I would do it again,' knowing what the outcome was. That is such a random, unpredictable fatal event, that if you were given the chance to go back and most humans, certainly, I would say, 'I would walk away from you.'"

Richard continues: "But he doesn't, he says, 'I would do it all again.' Even knowing that would happen again. The mind boggles because I don't know if I've experienced that level of passion, obsession that would make me sacrifice my entire life for one person."