'13 Reasons Why' Star Brandon Flynn Opens Up About Character Justin's Fate

[Editor's note: This story contains major spoilers about the final season of Netflix's "13 Reasons Why."]

Actor Brandon Flynn is opening up about the fate of his "13 Reasons Why" character Justin Foley and his fate in the Netflix drama's final season, which hit the streaming service earlier this month.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, the actor shared his thoughts about Justin's arc of being a drug addict, homeless and his death.

When first learning about his character's death, Flynn said: "I got the opportunity to play Justin in his rehabilitation without knowing where the story was going. That was such a bonus for me because sometimes it's difficult not to play the ending. And I didn't know the ending so I had nothing to play!"

In the show, Justin dies from AIDS after unknowingly contracting HIV. A number of "13 Reasons Why" fans took issue with the twist and Flynn talked about how he prepared for the scenes.

"The writers and researchers and experts that we bring on board, we all collaborated and it evolved into this sort of packet of information," he told EW. "I watched a bunch of movies and read a couple different books that highlighted the stigma behind the disease and different people's experiences.

"There's an Instagram page actually called The AIDS Memorial that I found and I kept pulling from all the stories. Essentially you're getting bombarded with all this information of how dangerous this virus is," Flynn said. "Then I just started researching, like, what does it look like to be on a respirator and what does it look like to be taken off a respirator? Frailty was a really big physical element that I wanted to hit, feeling really tiny in this already small bed."

He later added: "As far as narrative and a TV show goes, it was done beautifully for me to go in and follow the stones on the path."

Click here to read Flynn's full interview with EW.