Troian Bellisario just exposed a plot twist that Pretty Little Liars almost dropped… and baby, it would’ve SNAPPED the fandom in half like a cheap Forever 21 bracelet. 💅
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter (aka Gossip Girl for grownups), our queen Spencer Hastings herself—Troian Bellisario—spilled that Ezra and Aria’s relationship was nearly wayyyyyyyy more unhinged than what we saw onscreen. Like… dark dark. Like “A owns your kidneys” dark.
So let’s rewind to Season 4 when Ezra suddenly gave off “I have a secret basement lair” energy and was maybe helping “A” do full-blown psychological warfare on teen girls. Yeah. THAT vibe.
Well, turns out that plot twist was supposed to go way deeper. According to Troian, the writers were originally gonna go full Lifetime movie and actually explore how sus it was that a whole adult man was dating a literal high schooler. Troian said she was like, “YAS finally, some consequences!” But instead, the show was like, “Psych! He’s just misunderstood 🥺” and boom—Ezria lived to kiss another day in an abandoned cabin.
Why the switcheroo? Troian said the writers chickened out because y’all were TOO obsessed with Ezria being “goals.” Like, sorry, not everything needs to be romantic just because it’s got soft lighting and acoustic guitar music, besties!!
So basically:
Ezra almost got the “predatory literature teacher” treatment 📚👀
Aria was nearly served some emotional clarity with a side of therapy 🛋️✨
But fan stans said “nope,” and the writers said, “ok fine lol 💀”
Honestly, this is your reminder that shipping a couple too hard can literally rewrite reality. Or at least the CW version of it. #JusticeForSpencer #EzraWasSketchyAF #PLL15YearsOfLies
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