'You know, having the security.”Dead is the New Black is a novel by author Marlene Perez, and is first in the series of the 'Dead' novels. “There’s moments of ‘OK, now my career’s in the next step,’ and then there’s moments of like, ‘Oh, my God!’” Polanco said. She also added that she was feeling mixed emotions about the future. It almost makes me want to cry right now and it just happened!” I knew the date I was wrapping for, like, six months, but it was a very moving thing, to be amongst these people that I’ve known for so long and to know it was the last time I’d be on that set. “I thought that I had kind of moved through it. It was very weird filming the final scene,” Taylor Schilling, who portrays Piper Chapman, recently told Us Weekly about the series’ end. It’s never easy to say goodbye! Orange Is the New Black's seventh and final season debuted on Netflix Friday, July 26, and not only did fans have to say goodbye to the series but one main character didn’t make it. Warning: This post contains spoilers from season 7 of Orange Is the New Black. 'Orange Is the New Black’ Ends With a Heartbreaking Death: Where Every Major Character Ended Up Sign up for Us Weekly's free, daily newsletter and never miss breaking news or exclusive stories about your favorite celebrities, TV shows and more!įind out how each major character’s story ended in the gallery below. “Crying, laughing and just a moment of, like, self-realization that you realize time flies and we have to live more in the moment,” the actress, 36, told Us in June.

It feels like the right time for us to go off and tell other stories, but it had a lot of impact!”ĭascha Polanco, who plays Daya, also shed light on the series’ “bittersweet end,” noting that the final days of filming were extremely emotional. It was a very formative seven years for my existence as a human,” she told Us. “Seven years is a long time and it wasn’t an inconsequential seven years.

That said, the Emmy nominee, 34, was ready for the show to wrap. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies

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