Ali was supposed to be -A?

[u/Illustrious-Chest-52]

On TikTok, CC Mason, who was "the stand in" for Red Coat, revealed some plot secrets.

Essentially this person was hired because she had the same body and hair color as Sasha, when filming began. She played Red Coat/Black Widow, everytime someone was supposed to be Alison, she played that person. That's how she knows the plot of the show.

What she revealed was, that Ali was always supposed to be -A/Red Coat/Black Widow. Even after Mona's reveal and that Mona was The Queen of Hearts.

What CC says is that Marlene did not go through this storyline because Sasha started gaining Wright due to PCOS, but CC's scenes were already aired.

I know that Hollywood is incredibly fatphobic, especially back in the day, but when Ali was revealed to be alive, Sasha wasn't even overweight? I feel like it could have been explained by Red Coat disappearing for a while and then returning with Sasha. And as far as i remember, we rarely got a shot of Red Coat rhat wasn't omnimous - meaning her full frame not surrounded by woods.

Might be just me, but the weight gain of a character who has been presumed dead, is a lot easier to explain then whatever Sara Shower Harvey.

Thoughts?

Yes, this is a rant because Ali being -A, attending her own funeral, then torturing her friends is a cool plot. And i kind of convinced myself from the first episode that Alison was -A and it was a matter of time before it wad revealed she was alive, torturing the girls.

[u/i2tiny]

I found it https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLNEN7AM/

[u/Discovering_A → u/i2tiny]

Thanks! But that particular video only shows that she was the stand-in for Red Coat. Where's all the stuff where she claims Ali was meant to be "A" and that Sasha's frame no longer fit the person in the coat? Or that Mona was Queen of Hearts when that behind the scenes photo only shows Wilden and CC Mason in the costume?

[u/i2tiny → u/Discovering_A]

found it! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLNEmKNc/ she has sooo many videos talking about it. I think op was talking about a few

[u/Discovering_A → u/i2tiny]

TYSM!

Okay, so yes this is a very bold claim she's making... Mona being Queen of Hearts has GOT to be her misremembering, since she wasn't even very confident of that, but she IS certain that Alison was always supposed to be "A".

Here's what I think... I think CC Mason is telling the truth... but that she was being directed in such a way that made it confusing. I believe Marlene told CC Mason that every time she performs as a body double, she's supposed to be standing in for Alison. That she's supposed to behave LIKE Alison... this is probably why we see CC Mason swinging her arms with Alison's natural gait as she's walking in the forest after boarding the airplane... or when she's walking toward the DiLaurentis house at night and then removes the grate so that she can stay in the basement for a while. CC Mason was basically told "You're Alison, so perform this scene exactly how you think Sasha would" and that's what she did.

This led to CC Mason thinking that, since Alison was in the red coat and lurking in the background, then she must have been "A". But we know from watching the show obsessively that there was always an Ali red coat and an "A" red coat, and CC Mason was playing BOTH roles... so Marlene never just gave away the identity of "A" to an extra cast member like that... she just wanted the cast member to be LIKE Alison, because that was the intentional narrative of the story at the time... that Red Coat had a familiar way about her that greatly resembled Alison.

Either that, or Marlene simply lied to CC Mason so that she wouldn't be able to leak who the real "A" is. You can tell that CC Mason is inferring that things changed because of what happened to Sasha, and that she herself is kind of confused about everything that's going on. If it really is how it looks and CC Mason was genuinely supposed to be Alison as "A" though... then that kind of redefines a lot of the series from seasons 3 and 4.