Baz (Scott Speedman) was the right-hand man of Janine "Smurf" Cody (Ellen Barkin) during the first two seasons of "Animal Kingdom," but fans were shocked when the character was shot to death during the Season 2 finale — on Smurf's orders. This left a big hole in the cast for the rest of the show's run, which was ultimately filled with flashbacks in which Baz was played by another actor. At the time, Speedman's departure was blamed on creative choices.

"The series is based on the Australian film by David Michod and the Baz character dies in the first 15 minutes of the movie. So that's where we thought we were going and then we realized we had more material for Baz, more stories we wanted to tell, so we put it off a little bit," explained executive producer John Wells to Entertainment Weekl

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