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David Castañeda is reacting to backlash.
The 34-year-old star of The Umbrella Academy reacted to backlash from some fans following the series finale of the hit Netflix show.
In the final season, the actor’s Diego Hargreeves and Ritu Arya’s Lila’s marriage fizzles, leading to romance between Lila and Diego’s brother, Number Five, played by Aidan Gallagher.
The development drew criticism from some feens who deemed it unnecessary and rushed as a plot point.
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“I really love that they are always taking chances,” he said, addressing the pushback on I’ve Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario podcast.
“I love that they’re like, ‘Oh, you think it’s going to be a buddy-buddy thing, and then you flip it on Five and Diego, and it gets people angry. I saw it and I was like, ‘Oh my God, people are getting really angry at this.’ And I think that’s good. It’s good to have some sort of reaction to something that things can be flipped upside down.”
The actor added: “Why does that make you angry? What about these characters made you feel comfort, and also, what are they showing about ourselves?”
As far as the rest of the finale, in which the main cast of adopted siblings sacrificed themselves to save the universe, he admitted: “When [I got] the pages, I was kind of hoping they were dummy sides.”
“I’m very proud of how this whole thing played out. I’m really happy with the work that we all did during season four.”
“I am happy [with] how it ended, and I’m happy because the experience of shooting the whole season and the whole series,” he says. “It was the funnest season to shoot. … There was a lot of effort and a lot of love and a lot of creative output that came through,” he added.
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