‘The Beauty’ Stars Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope React to Finale Cliffhanger: “We Didn’t Know Until the End”

[This story contains Major spoilers from The Beauty season one finale, “Beautiful Betrayal”]

For Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope, portraying their characters’ growing bond wasn’t much of a stretch. The two have been friends in real life for years, even attending college together at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

Their dynamic in the FX series, however, takes an unexpected turn. The Assassin (Ramos) is initially ordered by Byron — aka The Corporation (Ashton Kutcher) — to kill Jeremy (Pope). But as the season progresses, the pair begin to connect over their shared loneliness. The Assassin opens up about taking “The Beauty” after being severely injured, a decision that forced him to leave his family behind. Jeremy, meanwhile, is a “damaged incel desperate to feel seen and loved,” Pope explains below.

“What’s wild about watching [their relationship] is that, you know how you meet those people in your life where you feel like you’ve known them your…