Here's an interview that Tony Goldwyn did with TVLine's Matt Webb Mitovich. In the interview, Tony talks about the scene where Fitz kills Verna and Olivia and Fitz's breakup. He also gives some scoop on tonight's episode (Episode 2x14 "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot") and how he will be directing an episode of Scandal later this season. Here's an excerpt from the article where talks about Fitz killing Verna:
TVLINE | We’re coming off quite an episode. What do you think raced through Fitz’s head when Verna revealed to him the truth about the election rigging?
It was, I think, a three-part reaction. Maybe four parts. First, it was complete shock at what she was saying to him, because at first he thought she was in her delirium. When he does realize what she’s saying, the realization that Olivia was involved is absolutely crushing for him because, you know… he “gets” Mellie. And he’s not terribly shocked that Cyrus is an opportunist, even though he’s deeply hurt and disappointed. But Olivia is someone who Fitz had put on a pedestal — the highest pedestal, really. She is someone he came to rely on as a reflection of the best part of himself or the man that he aspired to be, which was the antithesis of his father. So her having betrayed him in that way invalidates everything for him and confirms his worst fears, in a sense, about himself. If she is corrupt, then everything loses all meaning. And that’s absolutely devastating.
TVLINE | And the way Verna drove the dagger in a bit further, with the comment about his father….
When Verna says, “I owed it to your father” to tell you the truth… That’s a moment where he, for me, was first saying, “[My father] wins. He was right about me,” and I think the bottom falls out of his life. And when I walk to the [hospital room] door, in that moment I think he has the opposite reaction. He sort of feels, “I’m not going to let [my father] win. He’s not going to beat me. I made a commitment to be something, to do this job right. And this was not my decision to steal [the election].” I think he believes he could have won it, maybe, and he’s not going to let Verna, this sort of surrogate for his father, take him down — so he makes this insane decision to kill her.
TVLINE | Actors, of course, can be very protective of their characters. What was your reaction when you heard for the first time that Fitz would end Verna’s life?
We got this script very late; I don’t think any of us got it before the table read. So when we sat down to read it out loud together and I got to the scene that precedes that — at Verna’s funeral, when Olivia comes up to me and says, “I will wait for you Fitz. I’ll wait as long as you need,” and I turn to her and say, “Oh yeah, about that; I changed my mind” — I was completely shocked. I literally couldn’t speak the words. I couldn’t figure out where that came from because [it preceded the flashback to Verna's reveal]. As far as I knew, the last time I spoke to Liv, I said, “Wait for me,” and suddenly coming out of my mouth are these words that are the antithesis of what I’ve felt. I somehow forced the words out and [series creator] Shonda [Rhimes] looked at me and mouthed, “It’s going to be OK, don’t worry.” And then the scene came up, the scene with Verna that followed, and I realized, “Oh my God, I’m going to kill her.” I was shocked by that, but I was less shocked than I was by my reversal with Liv. I couldn’t process that. I had, like, a literal and physical reaction.
Link to the full article:‘Scandal’ Season 2 Spoilers – Tony Goldwyn on Fitz/Olivia Breakup - TVLine
My thoughts: Personally, I still can't believe that Fitz killed Verna. It will be very interesting to see how the writers handle that aspect of Fitz's storyline moving forward. To me, there's pretty much no coming back from doing something like that on a TV show. If anybody finds out that Fitz killed Verna, I'm not sure how or if the writers would be able to have Tony Goldwyn remain a part of the show. It was a pretty bold move on the writers' part to have Fitz kill Verna, if you ask me.
I'm definitely upset that Fitz has decided to stay married to Mellie rather than get back together with Olivia. It's pretty clear that Fitz doesn't truly love Mellie. If he does, then he definitely doesn't love her as much as he loves Olivia, so I don't understand why he would ever want to stay married to Mellie and be happy about it. I'll admit that I couldn't stand Mellie at first, but she has definitely grown on me. Although, since this is a TV show, the writers have to drag things out for a while before they can have Fitz and Olivia become a couple, so I can kind of understand why they are having Fitz stay married to Mellie for the time being.
As for Tony Goldwyn directing an episode of Scandal, I'm absolutely thrilled about that. I for one think that he's an amazing director. Tony directed one of my all-time favorite episodes of The L Word (The season 1 finale). He also directed several other episodes of The L Word, but my favorite of the episodes that he directed is definitely the season 1 finale. Tony has directed a lot of other shows that I really like, such as Grey's Anatomy, Justified and Damages, but his work as a director for The L Word stands out to me the most.
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