Rivals star Aidan Turner addresses Declan’s ‘aggressive’ scene that’s sparked fan backlash

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Bonfire Night was a difficult watch for Rivals fans and proved just as unpleasant for Aidan Turner to play, given Declan O’Hara's behaviour.

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Bonfire Night was a difficult watch for Rivals fans and proved just as unpleasant for Aidan Turner to play, given his complicated feelings about Declan O’Hara’s handling of the situation.

After the latter episodes of season two dropped on Disney Plus, viewers have finally seen Declan’s reaction to Maud’s affair with the odious Tony Baddingham (David Tennant).

The secret comes out at the inaugural O’Hara Bonfire Night, shortly after the appearance of some sparklers and an effigy of Margaret Thatcher (as you do).

Having learned the truth, Declan roars, rages and even raises his fists at Maud. He admitted to Metro it was alarming to film; the scenes have unleashed furious debate on the show’s Reddit forum, where some have deemed his temper ‘out of hand’.

The acting adage tends to be that you have to find sympathy for your character, no matter how heinous the actions, but Turner questioned whether there’s a ‘dissonance’ to such an approach.

‘During that bonfire scene, he got really, really angry and aggressive, and sort of ran after her and went for it,’ said Turner, referring to the moment he dresses Maud down in front of the great and good of Rutshire

‘I could believe in it for Declan, but given that news, I don’t think that would be my MO, to chase somebody down,’ said Turner.

He went on to question: ‘What if other people weren’t around? [Declan] really blacked out for that moment. That was quite terrifying. I don’t think I’d go down that route. But I do understand in that moment how somebody like him could do that.’

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