“If season 1 ended with the death of Susan…in Wizard and Glass very quickly you go from the death of Susan to the death of Gabrielle, [Roland’s] mother,” Mazzara explained.
In the book, Gabrielle is not really a detailed character in a way that, say, Susan is…
The actress we had for her was Elaine Cassidy, a fantastic Irish actress, and she did a really great job.
“I felt that I needed a season to give me real estate so that Gabrielle’s death didn’t step on Susan’s and that it felt like an escalation.