But the character couldnt just vanish from the story entirely.
Speaking tothe Hollywood Reporter, Gough credited director Tim Burton with dreaming up Charles comically drawn-out death scene.
Thats a great story.
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If Delias death seemed surprising, it wasnt to the much-loved comedic actor who plays her.
That was actually Catherines idea, Millar revealed to THR.
The ultimate thing she can do is to join him in the afterlife.
Whats a more creative, bizarre way that she could die?
That was an accidental death.
So we got to his idea of the asps, which we really loved.
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