Sons Of Anarchy: Theo Rossi Knew About The Juice Hate (& Had The Perfect Response) – Looper

Theo Rossi’s commitment to Kurt Sutter’s work continued until the series’ end when Juice hit his lowest point. After protecting Gemma (Katey Sagal) for her involvement in Tara’s (Maggie Siff) death, the biker queen ultimately turns on him. This leads him to offer club secrets to a rival club, the Mayans, so he can flee the country. Rossi spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how this split the fanbase. Trusting Sutter completely, the actor had no problem going down this road. In many ways, it was a badge of honor.

“I remember being with Ron [Perlman] and saying, ‘this is so cool that you can invoke this from a character, that you can invoke this much vitriol. You’ve really done your job,'” Rossi explained. Like Rossi, Perlman earned many conflicting opinions for his portrayal of the ex-club president, Clay Morrow for his villainy. “For me, what I love, and due to the social media age, what I love is everything from the ‘#SaveJuice’ people, who feel he’s this innocent, who hasn’t done anything wrong, to the ‘I want him dead’ people. The fact that we’re getting both sides to that — I love that.” 

Like most of the characters, the “Sons of Anarchy” ending was not kind to Juice. After episodes of abuse, Juice finally dies in prison. Seeing the once kind-hearted, if naive, biker die in such a dark way is hard to watch. But after all, “Sons of Anarchy” is a tragedy.