Lito - Hollywood - what do you think happened?

[u/Other-Negotiation102]

I know I already added the "spoiler" flair tag but just to emphasize it.... DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED ALL THE EPISODES OF SENSE8 YET, SPOILERS AHEAD!... Sorry for the big bold capital letters but honestly I loved this series and I'd hate to be the person who spoils it for someone who hasn't watched it yet

(really wish Netflix hadn't cancelled it but I'm happy there was at least an extra long "wrap things up" final episode - honestly it was so well done despite the "we're rushing things along" feel to it that I think some viewers who didn't know about the cancellation might think the whole thing was planned to be two seasons long! Still, I'm sure I speak for everyone in this part of reddit when I say I would have loved to see more seasons of Sense8)

In the final episode of the series we see Lito freaking out over being gone right after being tapped to play a lead role in a big Hollywood movie ... and yes I know I know, Wolfgang needs him and the other sense8's , Will reminds Lito and Kala of this (Kala is also freaking out over the possible danger her family is in)...

Having said that as someone who was rooting for Lito and who was horrified to see Lito's career go down in flames (in Mexico at least) over bigotry and homophobia, I would have loved to see Lito go on to be a Hollywood star... I do get that with the series being cancelled they wouldn't have been able to include all the major "what happened next?" details but when Lito is frantically asking Daniela what's going on with Lito's big Hollywood break as Daniela is doing her best over the phone to help Lito hang onto that role in the (Hollywood) movie and Daniela makes that face at Lito in response to Lito's question.. for us folks who want to see nothing but good things happen to Lito (and heck the rest of the Sense8's and their loved ones for that matter) it's not reassuring!

Assuming there wasn't something I missed in the series finale regarding this, has anyone involved with the production/making of Sense8 (actors, writer/creators Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski, others involved in the show) said anything about what happened with Lito's Hollywood break? Failing that anyone have any head cannon as to what they think happened?

Apologies if this question has been asked and answered before, I looked through the sense8 part of reddit and couldn't find anything about it but maybe my search skills just suck :P .. can't believe it took me so long to get around to watching this on Netflix (I know I know the series came out many years ago and I'm only posting this now)

[u/Stunning_Age_2091]

I think it was the start of a different phase in his career, where he felt more like an actor than a movie star. The audition goes terribly at first, but Sun helps him through it. I think Lito never really got the opportunity to showcase his talent before and it would suit him well. Maybe he’d be less self conscious and insecure (or more so lol it is Lito after all)

[u/Saffron-Kitty]

Perhaps we can make up the way it could have progressed.

Spoilers included in the progression of the story that I imagine.

For me, they looked happy in the wedding scene. So I would like to think that once they took down BPO, Lito zoomed off to do his movie with his polycule and the rest of the cluster and their loved ones sorted out fixing the issues with BPO. Then they all came together for the wedding after Lito finished the movie and had their happily ever after all together

[u/LunaPolaris → u/Saffron-Kitty]

I like this. After all, the compression of the finale means we have to extrapolate what might have been happening in the huge blocks of time that had to be skipped over in it. We missed out on at least three more seasons of plot and character development so there is a lot we can fill in on our own.