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‘Chicago P.D.’s Marina Squerciati Talks Brief Burzek Wedding, Voight’s Future After Reid Murder & Expanding The Family — Deadline Q&A

If you felt short-changed by the Burzek wedding in the Season 12 finale of NBC‘s Chicago P.D., series star Marina Squerciati is addressing your concerns.

After fans waited years to see Kim Burgess (Squerciati) and Adam Ruzek (Patrick Flueger) finally walk down the aisle, keeping the celebration to the final beats of the finale was not how they expected it to play out. But, according to Squerciati, the length of the scene was in line with how the police procedural handles celebrations such as this.

Deadline caught up with Squerciati at the ATX TV Festival on Friday ahead of the One Chicago panel, to discuss Chicago P.D.‘s finale.

MARINA SQUERCIATI: People definitely wanted more after waiting 12 years, but that’s not our show. Unless there was, like, a bloody gown, then, I don’t know. I think we would be less happy. At least I had a moment to be pretty.

DEADLINE: Your dress was stunning. Tell us a little about it.

SQUERCIATI: The dress was an Eva Lendel dress by Mira Couture. I knew I wanted her to be sexy, and I knew I wanted her to let some skin show, because we don’t do that on PD. And I wanted to be really different.

DEADLINE: How much did you film of the wedding versus what was in the final edit?

SQUERCIATI: We didn’t film vows or anything. I think that was a big thing that people got upset about, that it was never a speaking wedding, which is, I think, how they sort of bridge the gap with not making it too twee. But there were never vows. And I think because it was called “Vows,” people thought [there would be].

DEADLINE: Do you think it was the perfect time for the wedding?

SQUERCIATI: It was totally perfect. I don’t think we could have strung anyone along for another year. I think it was perfect. We’ve been through so much … our characters have grown, both of them. When I meet a fan, generally, the first thing they say is one of the two things. They say that Kim is such a badass, or that they love the evolution of the character. So it’s definitely something that needed to happen for both me and Patty, and also Ruzek and Burgess.

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