The Black Doves cast explain behind-the-scenes reason Dani’s ending in S2 was so sudden

Dani was a major antagonist in the first season of Netflix’s Black Doves. But she barely featured in season two. 

She doesn’t even pop up until the third episode. Then in the finale, Dani is suddenly revealed to be working for the enemy organisation Kestrel. Helen doesn’t confront Dani a final time. She dies, sort of accidentally, during a fight between the Black Doves and Kestrel. The creator of Black Doves, Joe Barton, and Keira Knightley have spilled the real-life reasons Dani’s ending in season two seemed so sudden.

Back in 2024, after season one dropped on Netflix, Keira Knightley had a fixed idea of what she’d like Dani’s story to be in season two. She told Variety at the time: “I want to kill Dani. I don’t think it’s okay that she tried to f**k my husband and kill me on Christmas Eve.

Dani in Black Doves season two
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“So [Joe Barton and I] are having a very funny text line at the moment, where I’m basically saying, ‘Let me kill Dani.” And he’s like, ‘Errr.’ I’m going murderous, and he’s like, ‘No, wait a minute!’

“[The character Helen would] definitely kill Dani! It’s not okay to f**k her husband, or try to f**k her husband. I mean, I get to have affairs, but he does not, obviously.”

Obviously, the plot for season two ended up taking a different direction. In an interview with Variety after the release of season two, Keira Knightley said to Joe: “[You] made me shoot the nanny instead! I was like, ‘That’s not the one I want to kill. I want to kill Dani!’ Why didn’t you let me kill Dani? You killed Dani, and you didn’t let me do it.”

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Joe responded that Dani’s sudden demise had more to do with her actor, Agnes O’Casey. He said: “Do you know what that was? I wanted to keep Dani alive so that you could kill her, [but] it didn’t make sense to get your character there.

“But then I was on set with Aggie and we were talking. I was like, ‘I love working with you, and I think the character is so interesting and there could be more.’ And she’s like, ‘Oh no, the thing is, I’ve just got this new job, so I wouldn’t even be available for another series.’

“It’s like, huh. Catch a grenade!”

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