Orange Is the New Black’s Kate Mulgrew Explains Why She Dislikes Red’s Ending By ’s has expressed her dissatisfaction with her character’s ending, saying that she even told creator how much she dislikes it. Mulgrew had portrayed Galina “Red” Reznikov for seven seasons. A fan-favorite (and sometimes insufferable) character, Red was established as a ruthless and fierce inmate of Litchfield, who made Piper Chapman’s (played by ) earlier moments in the series as difficult as they already were.
Red, since Season 1, was a force to be reckoned with. It’s safe to assume that Red’s tough experiences both outside and inside the correctional facility made her the woman that she was. However, the show’s final episodes seemed to feature less of Red, who at the time was already exhibiting early-onset dementia.
Orange Is the New Black’s Kate Mulgrew ‘felt a little disappointed’ over Red’s ending Most fans were also not pleased with how the show wrapped things up for Red. And if there’s someone who dislikes it the most, it’s probably the actress who played the character from 2013 to 2019. When a fan asked Mulgrew how she felt about Red’s fate during a Fan Expo Boston event (via ), the actress admitted that she never liked how things ended for her character.
“I dislike it. And I told Jenji I didn’t like it. No, I didn’t like it.
Jenji knew that my mother died that way. I didn’t see it in Red. I have to be honest with you, I didn’t see it in her stre.