Yahoo News Shameless boss teases Fiona loss in season 10
An executive producer for Shameless US has teased how the Gallaghers are coping without Fiona (Emmy Rossum) ahead of the season 10 premiere.
A trailer for the first season without Fiona, who left for Chicago back in season nine, dropped in September.
And, speaking recently, Shameless US executive producer John Wells teased how the Gallagher family are 'shifting into new roles and responsibilities' without her.
"Everybody has to figure out what their new roles are in the situation," he told TVLine.
Related: Shameless season 10 trailer shares first look at the Gallaghers without Emmy Rossum's Fiona
"So it’s very much like a big sister who always gets everything together leaving to get married or go to college or get a job in another city.
"It’s something that I think most of us are familiar with, that people who are really important to us and to our lives leave to go somewhere else, and it doesn’t seem like it’ll be possible to figure out how to survive without them, and then everybody sort of shifts into new roles and takes on other responsibilities. Suddenly, you’re not talking to them all the time anymore like you thought you would be.
He added: "So that’s really what happens in the family. They don’t think they can do it without her, and then everybody starts to move into taking different responsibilities.
Related: Shameless boss admits the show was "in denial" about Emmy Rossum leaving the series
"Debbie, very much, wants to feel that it’s her responsibility to now become Fiona, much to the irritation of all of her siblings. Lip’s trying to pick up a little bit of the slack, but doesn’t really want the gig, and everybody else’s like, 'Debbie shouldn’t have anything to say to me.'"
Previously, Wells admitted the Shameless US cast and crew were "in denial" about Emmy Rossum's departure.
Shameless US airs on Showtime in the US, while Netflix carries it in the UK.
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