Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-9186670-20171014025424/@comment-1916997-20180218125541

DracoWombat wrote: 8Rob wrote: I think she has to return. She owe it to the fans of the show.

I mean after 6 years of fans supporting her work in the show, attending conventions, buying merchandise, etc, it would leave a bad impression if she doesn't accept to shot at least one last scene. She owes nothing to anyone. She's a person who spent the last 7 years working with a group of people and decided to leave and focus on other things.

This idea that acting works differently than any other job is distressing. Fandom feels to entitled to actors' time. While I agree that she doesn't owe anyone anything, I disagree that acting works the same as other jobs. If you work in almost any other job besides acting, and you leave, they can have a person come in and replace you and do exactly the same work. In acting, having someone come in and replace you means they recast a character. Also, Jen has said the playing Emma was an amazing experience for her, if she truly feels that way, wouldn't she want to reprise the role of that character one last time in the series finale? The answer (for Jen) should be yes.