Tom Ellis Gives His Thoughts On Lucifer Cancellation

In an interview with TVLine, Tom Ellis gave his thoughts on the recent cancellation of Lucifer. Here are highlights:

On hearing the news: “I couldn’t have been in a higher place when I got the news. I had finished a fan convention in Rome, and I was my way back to the hotel in a mini-bus with my mates from the Supernatural cast, when I got a call from [co-showrunner] Joe [Henderson]. I had just left a room full of love, of adulating fans, when he said the show was over. I was like, ‘What?’ Honestly, I was a bit shocked. I went into some weird shock,” Ellis continued. “I just wasn’t expecting it, it really pulled the rug. And then it really went through me, how much I cared about the show, and I was really, really sad. I couldn’t quite believe it.”

On the #SaveLucifer campaign: “The weird thing was when the news broke [about the cancellation], that’s when I started feeling better, because the response has been nothing short of ridiculously overwhelming. Since doing Lucifer, I’ve done press in various parts of the world, and I’m fully aware that this show is much more popular than what it had seemed to be on Fox. Our figures suggested that lots of people watch the show, just not necessarily on Fox. So in a weird way, I’m not surprised about people being angry. I just wasn’t ready this tsunami of love that came with it.”

On why fans should watch the season finale: “We are so proud of it; it’s a really cracking episode of Lucifer. If we are to leave it there, which I really, really don’t want to, [the finale] will at least honor the time you’ve put into the show thus far — and then really frustate you! We were just getting going!”