The trio of romantic comedies starring Drew’s Barrymore AND actress They are among the best of their kind. They are full of comedy, music, romance, and characters we love. 50 First Dates It’s among the best of all their films and it confirms itself as a sweet and funny film that I love to watch again.
This year, the film celebrates its 20th anniversary, and Barrymore made a surprise revelation on her eponymous afternoon talk show, sharing the original ending to the 2004 romantic comedy classic.
The film was not supposed to end with a definitive happy ending for the main characters Henry (Sandler) and Lucy (Barrymore).
The actress explained: “One thing that has always stuck with me is the original ending of ’50 First Kisses,’ as it was called at the time. Yes, it was a drama set in Seattle.
“The original ending was her saying, ‘You should go and live your life, because this is not life here. And he leaves, as he does, and comes back and walks into the restaurant and sits down and says, ‘Hi, I’m Henry.’ And the movie ends.”
Barrymore’s co-host Ross Matthews reacted to the revelation by saying, “Honestly, I can only say: thank you. Thank you for changing that.”
50 First Dates centered on the love story between marine veterinarian Henry (Sandler) and art teacher Lucy, who suffers from anterograde amnesia. Lucy’s memory resets at the start of each day, so she never remembers falling in love with Henry.
The film version ends with the two very close as they join their daughter on a boat in Alaska, where Henry is continuing his work.
In 2019, 50 First Dates director Peter Segal spoke to Entertainment Weekly about another alternate ending for the film, in which Henry makes a grand gesture to help Lucy remember their love story.
That version of the film ended with “Lucy waking up in bed and immediately looking at a mural on the ceiling that tells the story of her accident and her life” over the years.
Segal said: “It was a mural that she had painted, unlike the mural in her father’s garage, which they repainted every day so she had a blank canvas to work on, Henry left this one so that when she woke up in the morning she could see a pictorial timeline of her last day to re-present it.
“So when she was done moving her gaze from left to right, she would stop on Henry and, unlike earlier in the movie, when she woke up in bed with him and he was a stranger again and she screamed and had a reaction, it was a way of reintroducing her back into his life.”
The director continued: “It seemed like a fitting conclusion for the pair, until they changed their minds and focused on Henry fulfilling his dream of studying walruses in their natural habitat.
“I had this idea, well, what if Lucy and her father and their baby were all there with him, and it just seemed really emotional and very emotional. The hardest thing in movies is finding a strong beginning and ending, and if you have that, you have a chance, and I think to this day it’s the best ending of any movie I’ve ever done.”
I love that movie and I think the ending is perfect. It’s fun to hear previous ideas in movies you love and realize they’ve really hit the nail on the head.
via: Variety
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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