Mischa Barton to get killed off The O.C.?


Spoiler alert – if we haven’t already spoiled it for you. Sorry about that.
Mischa Barton’s character on The O.C., Marissa Cooper, may die of a drug overdose. Barton has several films coming up and is said to be tired of her ongoing role on the series:

Mischa Barton is being killed off in The O.C. The brunette star’s troubled character, Marissa Cooper, is to reportedly exit the hit US teen drama after taking a drugs overdose. A source revealed: “Mischa is definitely going. She hasn’t been happy for a while and producers think its best she leaves. It is the perfect end to the current series.”

News of Mischa’s departure comes in the wake of reports suggesting she was trying to get fired from the show by pulling a host of sickies. The 20-year-old actress allegedly had become worried about the show’s spiralling ratings and concerned about being typecast as a teen brat.

According to reports, in the last few months Mischa has frequently called in sick or arrived late on set to the displeasure of her bosses.

Marissa had a near-brush with death when she took a handful of prescription drugs while in Mexico in season one of The O.C. Ryan found her passed out, heroically saving her just in time. It will be a sad end to her character, and that’s too bad that she’s not waiting out the end of the series.

O.C. creator Josh Schwartz says the show will go on for one more year, and that there will be a major plot climax at the end of this season. It sounds like he might be talking about Marissa’s death.

I think we’ve got at least one more good year in us, so we’re going to do some pretty radical stuff at the end of this year. The season finale is going to be the craziest thing we’ve ever done and it will launch the show in a whole new direction next year. So I’m excited about next season. And then beyond, I don’t know. We’ll see.

Here is Barton with Hayden Christensen in their film in production, The Decameron, a love story set in the middle ages. It is listed on IMDB with the title Guilty Pleasures.

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  1. elizabeth says:
    May 18, 2006 at 10:58 pm

    OMG!!! no way mischa cannot leave the show. u have no idea how many people need her. sure, she may be the troubled actress but she CANNOT get killed off. ryan loves her. increase her paycheck, give her more time to learn the script, longer vacations, whatever you need. SHE CANNOT GET KILLED OFF

  2. holly says:
    May 20, 2006 at 9:15 am

    omg noooooo! u seriously cant kill her off! shes such a big role in the OC! i cant believe ur doing this !!!!!!!!!! 🙁 marissa rocks! ps shes a hell good actress

  3. kelly says:
    May 27, 2006 at 12:23 am

    OMG I AM SO UPSET. I AM SO MAD MARISSA IS GONE!!!!! I FUCKING LOVE HER!!!! SHES SO SWEET AND CUTE AND EVERYTHING. HOW THE HELL CAN YOU DO THIS???? JOSH I HATE YOU WITH MY LIFE!! THE OC NEEDS HER! MARISSA IS THE OC!!!! YOU MADE A HUGE MISTAKE. IM NOT WATCHING THE OC ANYMROE. THE 4TH SEASON IS GONNA BE SHIT!!!!! MARISSA IS LIFE!!! IM SOOOOOOOOOOOO MAD! AND SO ARE ALL OF MY FRIENDS. WE FOUND A NEW FAV. SHOW – ITS CALLED ONE TREE HILL. AND ITS SO AMAZING! WAY BETTER THEN THE OC!! SO TAKE THAT JOSH!!!!!! I HOPE YOU READ THISSSS!!! I HATE YOU NOW