‘City On Fire’s Alexandra Doke Breaks Down SG Hitting ‘Rock Bottom’ & Her Role In Sam’s Shooting (Exclusive)

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The question of who changeable Sam was yet revealed successful the City On Fire play finale. Sewer Girl, a.k.a. SG, took the archetypal changeable astatine Sam and missed, but past Sol finished what they started and astir killed Sam. Over the people of the season, SG grew person to Charlie, who was connected a ngo to find retired what truly happened to his friend. In the end, SG confessed everything to Charlie successful a devastating and riveting finale scene.

HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Alexandra Doke astir SG’s relation successful what happened connected the Fourth of July. She opened up astir SG befriending Charlie portion hiding her betrayal and past her heartbreaking confession. The actress besides revealed her hopes for SG aft hitting “rock bottom.” Read our afloat Q&A below.

Alexandra DokeAlexandra Doke astatine the ‘City connected Fire’ premiere. ( Marion Curtis/StarPix for Apple/Shutterstock)

How did you respond erstwhile you learned that SG was the 1 to instrumentality that archetypal changeable astatine Sam successful the park? 
Alexandra Doke: Oh my god, I was truthful shocked. I had work it erstwhile I was speechmaking the book. And truthful I was like, nary way. They’re gonna alteration it, right? Because I hadn’t heard anything. I cognize sometimes with novels being adapted into TV, they’ll power up immoderate things. But past erstwhile we got there, Stephanie [Savage] told america that it’s Sewer Girl and Sol. I was truthful shocked. I was like, however is this gonna spell down? I person to cognize wherefore she’s doing it, and I thought that the mode that they wrote it was cleanable due to the fact that it’s inactive that whodunnit factor, but she inactive gets immoderate redemption astatine the end.

When she takes the shot, bash you deliberation it was due to the fact that she was much aggravated astir Nicky oregon that Sam mightiness rat them out? 
Alexandra Doke: I deliberation it was a combination. I deliberation that the main happening was decidedly Sam ratting them retired due to the fact that these radical are SG’s family, and she doesn’t privation to suffer them and wants to support them. But I deliberation that her being successful emotion with Nicky truly pushed everything implicit the borderline for sure.

The aftermath of Sam getting changeable is shown implicit the people of the season, but we don’t find retired who changeable her until the finale. How did you internalize SG’s guilt, particularly erstwhile Charlie comes into her world? 
Alexandra Doke: I would deliberation of small things that were conscionable breaking her heart. Seeing Charlie truthful torn up astir Sam and adjacent Nicky and the remainder of the crew. I conscionable deliberation that specifically Charlie, it truly made her recognize that this wasn’t conscionable 1 idiosyncratic she affected. It was truthful galore radical that loved Sam truthful much, particularly Charlie connected apical of that treating it arsenic if helium was closest to her, helium was her champion friend, and helium loved her much than anybody. That stung adjacent much due to the fact that helium didn’t cognize SG cared for her too. SG loved her too. I deliberation that process of having him determination was precise painful.

Sol is the 1 to really sprout Sam, and they’re benignant of bonded by it. Do you deliberation SG was ever acrophobic of him aft that?
Alexandra Doke: Definitely. Because I deliberation that SG has seen him unsmooth immoderate radical astir earlier and the happening astatine Frank’s was an accident, truthful that was 1 thing. But this was the archetypal clip SG’s seen him bash thing truthful intentional and detrimental. I deliberation that for definite gave SG immoderate benignant of trauma enslaved to him wherever she was inactive a small spot terrified.

When you look backmost connected her arc, however bash you deliberation her position oregon loyalty to Nicky changed? 
Alexandra Doke: I deliberation that astatine archetypal SG truly believes that helium believed successful what helium was warring for. Even though she was benignant of indifferent astir each of it. SG conscionable liked being determination and having radical astir her that she loved. But I deliberation that implicit clip arsenic SG realized helium didn’t attraction astir the gentrification, helium conscionable cared astir himself, and everything was self-driven, I deliberation that not lone did it marque her instrumentality a measurement backmost from him, and possibly not beryllium arsenic caput implicit heels, but it besides made her acrophobic of him and what he’s susceptible of arsenic well.

SG does find retired that Sam woke up, and she tells the detective that she wants to apologize. Do you deliberation SG volition privation Sam’s forgiveness?
Alexandra Doke: I deliberation that’s each she wants astatine this point. I deliberation that she’s wanted her forgiveness but astir apt didn’t deliberation she was going to live. And truthful the information that she did, I deliberation was truthful overwhelmingly bully for SG. Because adjacent though it’s a slim accidental that Sam would forgive her for thing similar that, I deliberation she would combat for that arsenic agelong arsenic she can.

Alexandra DokeAlexandra Doke and Wyatt Oleff arsenic SG and Charlie. (Apple TV+)

There’s that truly pivotal and poignant country erstwhile SG confesses everything to Charlie. SG and Charlie had gotten truly close, and her confession blindsides him. Do you deliberation Charlie and SG could person immoderate benignant of narration aft this?
Alexandra Doke: That’s a bully question because, obviously, SG would privation that. I deliberation she’s right. Charlie’s the lone idiosyncratic that truly saw her for who she was and brought the bully retired of her. But I deliberation fixed the circumstances and everything helium went done and seeing wherever Sam would beryllium successful the forgiveness trail, I consciousness immoderate Sam would bash possibly Charlie would do. But adjacent if Sam were to forgive me, I don’t cognize if Charlie could rather get there. But I bash anticipation that astatine immoderate constituent they’ll person a rekindling for sure.

Have you thought astir what happens to SG oregon what her outlook connected beingness whitethorn beryllium aft the blackout? 
Alexandra Doke: I consciousness similar she’s deed stone bottom. I consciousness similar it’s lone up from here. But I deliberation there’s decidedly going to beryllium a large healing process afterward. I deliberation she’s going to instrumentality beingness dilatory for a portion and beryllium much cautious with the radical she surrounds herself with. But hopefully, she’s got a agleam aboriginal up of her.

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