Updated November 26, 2012 at 04:36 PM EST, Credit: None of us could go back to work. © Copyright 2021 Meredith Corporation. Kurt Sutter & Katey Sagal. If you look at that last shot of Opie, he is just looking at all my brothers, and saying… thank you.”, What Hurst didn’t expect was how hard it was going to be to let go of Opie. No doubt what happened in this week's hour will resonate down the line, perhaps with more deaths down the road. Ryan Hurst, Actor: Remember the Titans. Ryan Hurst portrays Opie on Sons of Anarchy. Hurst first learned about his character’s fate in April, when he received a call from creator/executive producer Kurt Sutter while he was (strangely enough) hosting a wake for a friend. Sons of Anarchy - Opie Dies. 28-year-old Johnny Lewis, who played Kip "Half Sack" Epps on the FX series, was found dead Wednesday outside a Los Feliz, CA house belonging to a woman whose dead body was found inside. It was such a profound thing.” So Hurst made sure his last day was memorable. When I buddied up with these people, I was like ‘Okay, we’re going to know each other until we’re actually dead. This article originally appeared on Fox News and has been republished here with permission. I’m one of those all or nothing kind of people,” says Hurst. Airing from 2008 until 2014, Sons of Anarchy ran for seven gloriously bloody seasons. Screengrab, 'Son of Anarchy' star Ryan Hurst shaves his beard on camera for fans. “I started crying, and then Boone started crying,” Hunnam said. While the show still went on in the wake of Opie's death, Sons of Anarchy never felt quite the same without him. First, fan favorite Opie, played by Ryan Hurst, was brutally killed off in Tuesday's episode, and now a former cast member is dead in real life. PHOTOS: 'Sons of Anarchy's' 10 Most Dramatic Deaths So for creator Kurt Sutter to kill off a major character this early into the season is a big move. Lewis, known for his roles on Sons of Anarchy and The O.C. He wasn’t sure of the particulars yet, just that it was gonna be bloody and gonna be noble… I didn’t see the way that it served the story. I’ll get a few of the boys there and we’ll cut your beard off as that’s ultimately going to be the final farewell. The Mayans had recently destroyed the Sons of Anarchy's weapon storage, and Clay Morrow, Chibs Telford, Tig Trager and Jax Teller were planning on getting some revenge by attacking the Mayans. Some might even say that Opie's … He and Jax had their rough patches, but they were brothers.… Online. For a list of all deaths committed on Mayans MC, see List of Deaths (Mayans MC). Against Dustin Poirier Mimicked by 5-Year-Old Brice, ©2021 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. The title is another example of "Sons of Anarchy's" pitch-black humor at work: Opie was, of course, killed with a length of pipe, but the term also refers to the ways in which TV shows sets up future plots and machinations. Season 5, Episode 3: Laying Pipedeath of opie “These people are much closer than just friends or acquaintances. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Download the TMZ App on the Apple App Store, Download the TMZ App on the Google Play Store. For a list of all deaths committed by SAMCRO, see SAMCRO Kill List. And he didn’t know how to kill Opie. Sons of Anarchy actor Johnny Lewis fell to his death from a building in Los Angeles – moments after he allegedly beat his landlady, an 81-year-old woman, to death, authorities say. “I couldn’t stop crying. Recalls Hunnam, “This is the first experience he’s ever had where the character will not die. Death can make for great drama on a series like FX’s Sons of Anarchy—but it can also break a lot of hearts. And to learn why Hunnam stopped talking to Ron Perlman this season, click here! The death of Opie (Ryan Hurst), stands out as one of the most heartbreaking moments in Sons of Anarchy's seven-season run. Opie is killed off in the fifth season episode "Laying Pipe". Such was the case on Sept. 25 when SAMCRO member Harry “Opie” Winston … Opie was released from prison on parole at the beginning of the first series. PHOTOS: Emmys 2012: Kurt Sutter and Wife Katey Sagal on the Set of 'Sons of Anarchy' Jax, Opie, Tig and Chibs are called into “the box” by the gaurds and told it’s time to choose who will be beaten to death. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. For more on Sons of Anarchy, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands now. In an act of desperation, he found himself online at 4 in the morning. Here are all 70 puppies competing in Puppy Bowl XVII, The best books to keep you warm this January, an exclusive video of Charlie Hunnam shooting his EW cover, our gallery of nine pics of Hunnam from the shoot. I found myself yelling a string of expletives as Opie was led to his death, shouting in almost disbelief. O'Neill died on June 7, 2018 at the age of 47 after what was believed to be a cardiac incident due to a history of heart problems. Sons of Anarchy saw most of its main characters die, but one of the most heartbreaking scenes was that of Opie’s death in season 5 – but why was he, one of the most popular characters in the series, killed off? Ryan Douglas Hurst (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, known for his roles as Gerry … The loss of Donna propelled Opie more fully back into the outlaw life, something that didn’t end that well for him either. Opie's life was never easy in SAMCRO -- watching his wife die at the end of Season 1, killing agent Stahl in Season 3, and then trying to kill Jax in Season 4. When a Character Death Makes You Angry Instead of Sad. In 2012, Sons of Anarchy actor Johnny Lewis died at the age of 28 when he fell off the roof of a Los Angeles building, shortly after murdering his elderly landlady Catherine Davis, 81, and her pet cat, Jesse. Later on, however, Jax told him not to come because he could see he was having trouble with his family.W… ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Man Charged with Threatening to Assassinate Her, ... Before Being Charged with Killing Daughter. Jax invited Opie to come along and he reluctantly accepted. © 2021 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. And while diehard fans probably know quite a bit of SOA … Earlier K.O. List of Deaths is a comprehensive listing of every death that occurred on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. Jax is about to punch the guard -- which would mean he’s the one to die -- when Opie gets in the way and hits him first. “By the end of it, it was the catharsis that we’d all hoped it would be.”, Though Hurst has since moved on to the TNT drama pilot King & Maxwell (he plays a high-functioning autistic savant), nothing has changed when it comes to his relationship with the Men of Mayhem. 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