Jon Hamm says the final season of Mad Men will be “emotional and cathartic” as he prepares to play Don Draper for the last time.
Matthew Weiner’s drama, set in the 1960s, has been one of the most popular shows to come out of the United States since it first appeared in 2007.
The seventh and final series will debut on April 16th on Sky Atlantic and will be split into two – as with The Sopranos and Breaking Bad before it.
There will be 14 episodes in total. Seven will be broadcast this year, with the final seven following in 2015.
Hamm told PA on the red carpet at Paleyfest: “It will be hard to say goodbye but it is important to say goodbye. Things come to an end, good things especially, and people move on and you have to say goodbye.
“Whether it is sending your kid off to college or going to college yourself, moving on is part of life and I think it will be emotional but also cathartic.”
Hamm says that he has gained a better understanding Don the longer he has played him.
He explained: “I have been playing him almost a decade of my life and I have gone through a lot with our guy and we all feel the same way about our characters, we all get it and so do the writers and there is two way trust that goes through that and that is a rewarding part of the creative process.”
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