Jurassic World Rebirth Original Ending Detailed by Director Gareth Edwards

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The original ending to killed off a major character.
Universal Pictures' Jurassic World Rebirth is now playing in United States theaters. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the movie stars Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett, Mahershala Ali as Duncan Kincaid, Jonathan Bailey as Dr. Henry Loomis, and Rupert Friend as Martin Krebs.
Speaking with Variety, Edwards confirmed that he originally killed off Ali's character during the final moments of the movie.
'It flipped back and forth a couple of times. In the draft I first read, he died, and I thought, 'That's great!' We started to pursue Mahershala, and for whatever reason, it felt like, well, if we're going to get Mahershala, we've got to keep him alive, right? But then Mahershala read it, and his only main note was, 'Can we kill him?' I agreed, so I joined Team Mahershala, and we both pushed to have him killed; the script changed back to him dying.'
Edwards said the studio asked him to film two different versions of the film's ending: one where Ali's character lives and one where he dies.
He continued, 'When we edited the movie and did the director's cut, I ended up sending the version that had him dying. It went well, but the studio said, 'Oh, it's great. But can we just see the version where he lives?' We hadn't put it together, so we went back and edited that, and everyone just said, 'It's got to be that.' We did two test screenings, and the reaction to him living, everyone was a lot happier.
'I still wasn't sure about it until the screening in New York. The moment where this flare appears revealing that he's lived got this massive applause, and I felt a little tear welling in my eye. Hats off to the studio. I'm glad they made me shoot that extra little section because I think it's probably the strongest part of the film.'
Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at ComingSoon.

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