Overview:
On August 5th, 2018, at 1:15 am, The 100 star Marie Avgeropoulos was detained on account of Domestic Violence against her boyfriend. At the time, the pair were driving in Glendale, California when in the middle of a heated argument, Avgeropolous struck her boyfriend in the head, neck, and arms, leaving him bruised. She was taken into custody because her partner told the authorities what had occurred. She was bailed out on account of an S50,000 dollar bail but will face an investigation into her case. It is a truly unfortunate situation that ‘The 100’ star is in because she will face a backlash from her co-stars and series producers.
Opinion:
While on Earth, Octavia Blake faces the challenges of fighting for the survival of others like her, saving her friends from Mount Weather, stopping an artificial intelligent named “A.L.I.E”, losing Lincoln, and keeping 1200 people safe in a bunker from Primfaya. That being said, Angelopoulos’s character has been through a lot on the show and maybe her sadistic personality may have transferred into the real person she is. In Season 5, Octavia, known as Blodreina, killed a few people for not test eating raw human meat for the rest of the bunker and those who committed criminal acts were forced to kill each other until one was victorious. The dark and sadistic nature of Blodreina may have poured into her personal life as seen by the acts of violence she committed against her boyfriend. As described by Marie Avgeropoulous on an IGN TV interview, “I trained forever for that fight and it was actually more brutal” (IGN TV). That being said, Avgeropoulos had extensive training for her character so that she could develop into the new and improved Octavia in the later seasons. During Season 5, Octavia pours out her emotional pain from Lincoln’s loss on those she governed. It must have taken much emotion and energy to play her character that would probably leave Marie drained by the end of shooting scenes. Maybe during one of the scenes, she could not get direct the required emotion for the scenes and it was store within her and moving forward to the day in which she was in the car with her boyfriend, that emotion came out and she lashed out on him by accident. Not to mention, that with her training on ‘The 100’, she struck her boyfriend in the head, neck, and arms. Nevertheless, she got herself into an unfortunate situation and it could be because of not channeling her emotions correctly while acting and while away from work. Hopefully, she can move past this and get the help she needs to come out a better person. I wish her the best!
Sebastian Caula
Citations:
Stone, Natalie. “The 100 Star Marie Avgeropoulos Charged with Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Against Boyfriend”. People Magazine. 17 Sept. 2018. https://people.com/tv/marie-avgeropoulos-charged-misdemeanor-domestic-violence/
Goldman, Eric. “The 100 : Marie Avgeropoulos on Octavia’s Dramatic Transformation”. IGN TV. https://ign.com/articles/2015/06/11/the-100-marie-avgeropoulos-on-octavias-dramtic-transformation
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