After the stunning loss of life scene: Golan Azoulai says goodbye to Shalom

For a whole season, Iris Abramov suspected that her companion Shalom was leaking delicate data from the investigation. Within the stormy and stunning episode of “No One Leaves Palo Alto” that aired tonight, Shalom confessed his actions to Iris, stormed the troopers of the Hijazi household to avoid wasting Liraz Brokhian – and met his tragic loss of life. Azulai concludes: “It was tough, I felt sorrow. I performed Shalom with nice love and I didn’t choose him for a second”

Tomer Melamed Mako | Printed 10/06/24 22:55

Photograph: Micah Brickman

The connection between Shalom (Golan Azoulay) and Iris (Maggie Ezarzer) in “No One Leaves Palo Alto” has had ups and downs. Tonight, in essentially the most stunning and stunning episode of the sequence up to now, it turned out that Iris was proper from the primary second – Shalom did certainly leak delicate data from the investigation, however to not the Baruchians to whom he owes a heavy debt, however reasonably to their arch-rivals, the Hijaz, with the intention to hurt the Baruchians who threatened him and his son his household.

Once they have been sitting facet by facet within the police van at Haifa port, simply earlier than the assault on Hijazi troopers who kidnapped Liraz Brukhian and saved him in a container, Iris revealed to Shalom that she had a crush on him. The masks got here off without delay. Shalom confessed to her that he did this as a result of the Baruchians didn’t depart him and even threatened his beloved daughter. He sought revenge. Iris knowledgeable him that on the finish of the exercise he must flip himself in and confess his actions. An agitated Shalom burst out of the van, killed a number of Hijazi troopers, was shot – and killed.

“It is exhausting. I really feel sorrow,” says Azulai in a dialog with Mako, “Shalom redeemed himself and made amends. He attacked, killed Hijazis. It is an act that he bought away with, due to a actuality by which he was in a rush anyway. He did a determined and impulsive act. Shalom discovered himself in a really excessive state of affairs. He was harassed, he and his household have been threatened. He is aware of that they’re scum of a person, that they’ll do what they are saying. He stated, “I’ll die with the Philistines.”

“I shot the scene within the van on the primary day, my first hour of filming. It was very tough. That day my once more seized like loopy, I might not sit. I used to be in ache, I used to be struggling inside. Perhaps it helped the scene. Maggie, with whom I’ve relationship, let me be At this second.”

How did you are feeling filming the scene the place Shalom was shot and killed?
“We filmed this scene, this assault, all night time lengthy. I had a gun that shot gasoline, it was very sturdy. We filmed the second when the paramedics come and provides Shalom CPR, very early within the morning. We shot this scene at daybreak. It was an indication of timing.”

Till the final second I believed you that Shalom was not responsible. You fully satisfied.
“I lied properly. Actors deceive be sincere. I acted like he actually did not do it. To me, he did not do it. Truthfully, it was exhausting for me that he did it. Each time, following a scene, I might speak to Maggie and ask her: ‘ What, the one who was killed is as a result of I used to be a whistleblower. As an individual whose Jewish id is powerful, it was not simple for me to be a Jew who informs on Jews Horrible individuals who do horrible issues, on each side.”

“He did a determined and impulsive act, fell into an excessive state of affairs.” Golan Azoulai in “Nobody leaves Palo Alto” | Photograph: Micah Brickman

How do you sum up your journey in No person Leaves Palo Alto?
“I used to be very glad to be part of such a robust, good and high quality sequence. I’m very pleased with the end result. Due to Oren Shakedi for the course. Shakedi typically insisted on issues that helped it occur, that helped the character come out. If I might say regarding myself, it was my sturdy efficiency. I loved seeing the end result on the display.”

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