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Feb 21, 2023 · The new interview focuses on the 68-year-old star's experience as a woman in Hollywood and the sexism she's faced on sets and in the press. She contrasted what she's dealt with in the past with her latest role on the the Peacock series Poker Face , which she praised as a "very safe environment."
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- 6 Family Matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody's Death
- 5 The Show's Reasoning For Ellen Barkin's Departure
- 4 Ellen Barkin's Side of The Story
- 3 Did Ellen Barkin's Departure Have to Do with Ageism?
- 2 'Animal Kingdom' Without Smurf
- 1 Why Is 'Animal Kingdom' Ending?
Ellen Barkin departed Animal Kingdom after her character was shot and killed by her grandson, Joshua. Smurf was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was one foot out the door for season four. The timeline of her character being released from prison and then suddenly getting cancer didn't add up. There had to be a bigger reason for Barkin's role being...
According to executive producer John Wells, the decision was made in order to shake things up and keep the series fresh. "A big part of the challenge on any show is to try and keep it feeling real for the audience in the sense that it's still fun to watch because you don't know exactly what's going to happen," he said. "Going forward, the Cody fami...
John Wells's statement sounded all peachy and amicable, however Ellen Barkin's tweet carried a lot of shade in it. Barkin wrote, "Next episode Smurf's will is opened. She left her boys a hit TV show. Carry on Codys...well, maybe not all Codys." Ellen went on to like tweets that had to do with her exit from the show being involuntary. Some tweets ev...
The young version of Smurf was introduced in season four to show the audience where Smurf came from. Ellen Barkin definitely seemed to feel duped when Leila George joined the cast and began to get even more screen time than the original Smurf. In March 2019, Barkin tweeted to a fan that "Smurf is definitely in Season 4 of Animal Kingdom...just don'...
Even though Ellen Barkin is no longer onAnimal Kingdom, Smurf still haunts the characters like a ghost. It was announced that season six will be the final season of the series. Is this a testament to how significant Barkin's character was or has the show just run its course? With the help of flashbacks and younger versions of characters, it seems t...
Why is the show coming to an end after season six? The network didn't give a concrete reason for the show ending and no one "attached to TNT has come out to explain why Animal Kingdom is ending after Season 6. But it could have something to do with the network's gradual shift to more unscripted programs. Even though Animal Kingdom has done well in ...
Ellen Barkin as Janine "Smurf" Cody, the tough matriarch of the Cody family and J's estranged grandmother who runs a respected criminal enterprise in Oceanside, California. She is very protective of her family and presents a borderline-incestuous love towards them.
Jun 14, 2016 · Barkin says she laid this out for her co-stars on Day One. “I just said, ‘I’m 62 and I want your notes. I don’t care how old you guys are.‘ One of them was 19.
Dec 21, 2022 · Updated Dec 21, 2022. TNT's Animal Kingdom said goodbye to Ellen Barkin's Smurf in Season 4, but the reason for the character's departure is conflicting. Debuting in 2016, TNT's Animal Kingdom followed 17-year-old J (Finn Cole) as he adjusts to his new home life with his estranged criminal family headed by his grandmother, Smurf (Ellen Barkin).
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Aug 31, 2022 · Given how displeased Ellen Barkin had seemed to be to have been killed off Animal Kingdom in the TNT drama’s penultimate Season 4 episode, it wasn’t exactly a surprise that she didn’t return...
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Jul 3, 2022 · The Season 6 opener juxtaposes flashbacks to 1992 — when the iron-fisted matriarch, Janine 'Smurf' Cody ( Ellen Barkin ), was very much alive and kicking — and scenes set in the warehouse explosion-filled present. What went down in the past few episodes? Why is the O.G. Smurf not in them? Article continues below advertisement.
