Actress Mischa Barton
is set to leave hit TV series THE OC, according to media reports
in the US. The 20-year-old actress, who plays MARISSA COOPER on
the show, has expressed a desire to focus on a film career. According
to TVGuide.com, the show will return for its fourth season in the
autumn (06), without Barton.
The OC will air its
season finale Thursday (18MAY06), where one character is killed-off.
Producers have filmed several endings with different cast members
dying, in order to keep viewers and the show's staff in the dark.
One of the endings reportedly features Barton's character suffering
a drug overdose.
