Rachel Weisz has opened up about the ending of her new Netflix comedy-drama show, Vladimir. Notably, Julia May Jonas created Vladimir from the namesake book she penned. Weisz portrays the unnamed series protagonist, a professor and author dealing with writer’s block. Leo Woodall stars as the eponymous Vladimir, a young writer and the protagonist’s colleague, who becomes the object of her interest. The cast also includes John Slattery as John, the protagonist’s husband, and Ellen Robertson as Sid, the protagonist’s daughter.
Vladimir’s ending explained by Rachel Weisz
Weisz, Jonas, and Woodall discussed Vladimir’s ending with Netflix Tudum. “I like the ending that Julia created for the television show,” The Mummy actress said. “It’s exciting and provocative and surprising.”
In the show, the protagonist navigates her growing attraction toward Vladimir while dealing with the stress of John facing Title IX allegations. Toward the end of the 8-episode series, the protagonist and Vladimir become sexually intimate, but the experience ultimately disappoints the former.
“The charged, romantic, erotic image that she had of him in these fantasies — in reality, they just didn’t pan out that way,” Woodall observed. ” It’s maybe a lesson that fantasies should stay fantasies.”
However, even though the reality doesn’t live up to the fantasy, it somehow frees the protagonist from writer’s block. “She’s so driven toward getting to this consummation with Vlad,” Jonas noted. “Once she gets it, she’s translating all that desire into her writing.”
When fire breaks out in the protagonist’s cabin, she decides to save her manuscript over her husband and new lover. “Her libido awakens her creativity, and she chooses to save her novel in the fire,” Weisz explained. “She doesn’t save [Vlad and John]. She’s not a firefighter. She just decides that she’ll risk her own life to save her novel.”
Ultimately, no one dies, as the protagonist contacts the emergency services. Both she and Vladimir write books about their encounter, with hers turning out to be more successful. Meanwhile, the charges that John had been facing are dismissed, though he must never work as a teacher again.
Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on ComingSoon.
