Why Madison really kills her husband addressed by Adria Arjona

Warning: spoilers for Hit Man ahead!

Adria Arjona addresses the latest lingering mystery about Madison in Hitman. Glen Powell’s latest film tells the story of Gary Johnson, a philosophy professor who finds himself given the role of a fake hitman for police undercover operations. While Powell takes the lead in the Richard Linklater-directed film for Netflix, HitmanThe story also belongs to Arjona’s Madison, who begins a relationship with Gary’s Ron character after initially wanting to hire him to kill her abusive husband, Ray. However, in an unexpected twist, Madison ends up killing Ray herself.

Hitman never clarifies why Madison kills Ray, as her claims of proactive self-defense don’t quite explain the large life insurance payout she stands to receive after his death. Talk to GQArjona says they deliberately left this up to audience interpretation, but there are other factors at play as well. Read his full quote below:

I don’t think this question needs to be answered. I think it depends a lot on audience interpretation. I definitely have mine, but I don’t want to ruin it for everyone… Yeah. [
Laughs
.] Maybe it’s a bit of both [self-defense and the insurance money]. I personally think that [the husband] come out and say, “I want to kill her and her boyfriend,” and she’s in this fantasy of being this hitman’s accomplice, and she’s never felt so safe… does Is this part of her femme fatale fantasy, this the perfect woman for Ron? It’s a question, I don’t know. It might have backfired on her.

I think she’s putting on a mask for herself. Like, “Oh, wait, maybe I should have grieved a little more…” By saying “everyone grieves in their own way,” she’s kind of protecting herself, saying, “I don’t. I didn’t kill! ‘You know, “he wasn’t a good guy!” » It’s difficult to mourn someone who has hurt you so much, and it’s absolutely true what she says; it is complicated. It’s this person that I once loved, that I got involved with once, I married this person, and that person ended up being this monster, and destroyed me, and revealed me. stripped of all my femininity, and I don’t know who I am anymore, and because of that, I create all these characters to reinvent myself or find myself. But they’re alligator tears, that’s for sure.

Madison’s Ambiguous Motive Could Make Her a Great Hitman 2

A sequel could explore Madison’s criminal instincts in more depth

While Arjona doesn’t give an official answer to this lingering Madison mystery, that’s not really a bad thing, as it may provide a narrative opening for a potential sequel. HitmanThe ending brings a satisfying conclusion to Gary and Madison’s story, giving a nod to the happily married couple with two children. They escaped the murders of Ray and Jasper, Gary’s corrupt colleague, and given their much larger house, it’s possible they ended up with Ray’s insurance money. But the plot could be revisited with a focus on Madison’s criminal instincts.

In a recent interview, Linklater was asked about the possibility of making Hitman 2. Despite the resounding success of the film, even dethroning Top Gun: Maverick As Powell’s highest-rated project on Rotten Tomatoes, the director isn’t promising anything. Intelligently, he emphasizes that Hitman is way too new to discuss a potential follow-up. Plus, unlike many films these days, it doesn’t explicitly plan a sequel — but as Arjona’s nuanced response indicates, there’s definitely more to reveal about Madison. It would be fun to see her team up with Gary in his undercover work.

Gary’s hitman aliases were one of the best parts of the film, and Powell was able to show off his acting talent by doing a great job inhabiting them. A sequel could give Madison a chance to adopt some characters, and based on her performance in the film, Arjona would be up for the challenge. Hitman makes for a great standalone feature, but the chance to spend a little more time with Madison should at least be worth considering.

Source: GQ

Hitman

From director Richard Linklater comes Hit Man, a 2023 action comedy based on a Texas Monthly article of the same name. Undercover and trying to catch a group of criminals, a Houston police officer poses as a hitman until he falls in love with a woman on a mission. Finding himself drawn deeper into the world of crime, the Houston officer finds it increasingly difficult to escape his new undercover persona.

Release date

September 5, 2023

Studio(s)

AGC Studios, Detour Filmproduction, Aggregate Films, BarnStorm Productions

Cast

Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Molly Bernard

Duration

113 minutes

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