The second entry in the Smile franchise ends in a completely unexpected way that changes everything.
The director behindSmile 2helped explain the films insane ending and what it might mean for the franchise’s future.
Skyes life only goes downhill from thereas tends to happen with this particular evil entity.
No one believes her, and everyone thinks shes losing it, potentially having regressed to drugs.
However, his solution is to temporarily kill Skye, a lifeline she doesn’t grab.
Skye races over to Morris, proving to herself that she is under control and not the demon.
Morris sets everything up in an abandoned building, ready to vanquish the demon forever.
Things seem off the moment he says he needs to grab something in the other room.
While her mom is alive and well, Skye is not.
The Smiling Demon takes over, triumphing over Skye.
And I want the audience asking themselves, ‘Wait, did I do this?’
I came back for a ‘Smile’ sequel.
Have I done this to Skye?
That felt very exciting to me."
I have a lot of theories, but I like to never fully put my thumb on the scale.
We’re not trying to over-exaggerate into some weird CGI mess on their face or anything like that.
We hit a certain level of Uncanny Valley by keeping it human performance.
And you know, it depends on the actor.
Sometimes they come in, and it’s like, they know, it like that.
They’ve clearly been practicing at home."
You know, I have a few key sort of instructions that helps them find it.
It also helps that this second film set up future installments perfectly.
The scope of future installments would be unbelievably large, and the stakes higher than ever.
It would create endless possibilities for what might come next, leaving room for limitless creativity.
Smile 2is now playing in theaters worldwide.
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