The Halo TV series on Paramount+ was always billed as a non-canon take on the universe and characters from the iconic franchise developed by Bungie and 343 Industries. That didn’t stop fans from lamenting the “changes” made to characters like Master Chief and Cortana—and freaking out when season one contained a sex scene between the iconic Spartan supersoldier and a Covenant-sympathizing human named Makee (Charlie Murphy). Now, Master Chief actor Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is The New Black) has stated that he thinks the whole thing should have never happened.
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In an interview with SFX magazine (via Games Radar), Schreiber said—with the truest of post-nut clarity—that the intimacy his John-117 and Murphy’s Makee shared was “a huge mistake.” He doesn’t mince words either, telling the publication he was vehemently against making their relationship a romantic one.
“The decision to make the connection between Makee and John a romantic connection was a huge mistake,” Schreiber told the magazine. “I felt it was a huge mistake at the time and I argued against it and fought against it. But I am who I am. I don’t write the scripts. I only give my opinion. It wasn’t listened to.”
The sex scene in question, which occurs in the eighth episode of the first season, was quite controversial when it aired back in May 2022. Fans of the show couldn’t believe how much producers Kiki Wolfkill and Steven Spielberg deviated from the source material, posting memes and expressing discontent with Master Chief losing his virginity. It was pretty tame, all things considered, with implied coitus by way of smash cuts instead of anything graphic. You don’t get to see any real steamy action between the two characters, save for some passionate kisses and touches. Though many viewers were angry about the deviations from Master Chief’s characterization (the man would never fuck in the video games), others pointed out that sketchiness of the relationship in question, considering Makee was, essentially, a prisoner of war.
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Wolfkill responded to the discourse in a May 2022 interview with Deadline, saying the choice for John-117, a rather cold and distant warrior, to make such an intimate connection with another human was “important” for his character:
