Gotham: Cameron Monaghan Discusses Jerome’s Fate

MAJOR SPOILERS FROM TONIGHT’S EPISODE OF GOTHAM, THE LAST LAUGH. IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED DO NOT READ AHEAD

Tonight’s episode of Gotham turned out yet another surprising death, as Jerome was merely a sacrificial pawn in Theo Galvan’s war on Gotham. What does this mean for the future of the Joker on the show? Cameron Monaghan talked with Entertainment Weekly about his surprising exit from the series.

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Did Cameron Monaghan know well ahead of time his character’s fate?

"I had known from before we started shooting this season what the plans were going to be. So I had gotten to plan accordingly and figure out the arc and where I wanted it to go to build up to that moment in a way that was a suckerpunch."

However, being that Jerome was key to the legacy and origin of the actual Joker, Monaghan still drew his inspiration from the legendary Clown Prince of Crime:

"I was still drawing inspiration from the comics and from that character because I wanted him to be so much of a personality and so distinctive that he could inspire someone like that. It was its own set of challenges."

Read the rest of the interview to hear more about Cameron Monaghan’s time on Gotham, including how he developed that laugh, and how hard it is to play dead!

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