Sutherland 'doesn't want Bauer happy ending'

Kiefer Sutherland has said that he does not want his 24 character Jack Bauer to walk off into a perfect life.

The series finale of the Fox show aired in May and the script of a planned feature film spinoff has reportedly been completed.

Discussing his preferred fate for Bauer with The Independent, Sutherland suggested that he would like him to be killed off after saving the world from a nuclear disaster one last time.

"Do I think he should go off to the countryside and have a perfect life? No!" Sutherland said. "Jack is walking across the street and he gets hit by a car! Wouldn't that be a great ending?"

Of the decision to stop making the TV show, Sutherland explained: "Even in the second series, people were saying, 'How many bad days can this guy have?' So, creatively, the series had to end for us to go on and make the film."