The fantasy adventure Damsel with Millie Bobby Brown continues to dominate the Netflix charts. As it now turns out, an alternative ending has been filmed for the streaming blockbuster.
Damsel, one of the biggest Netflix films of the year, was released a week and a half ago. In the fantasy film, which turns into a survival thriller after its fairytale opening, Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown takes on a hungry dragon. The action adventure is very popular with audiences.
Since its launch, Damsel has remained at the top of the Netflix top 10. No wonder many fans are wondering whether we will get a sequel to the story. The ending of the original should certainly not stand in the way of part 2. But there are actually two versions of this ending.
Attention, spoilers follow!
Damsel on Netflix: Alternative ending revealed for the fantasy blockbuster with Millie Bobby Brown
In an interview with The Direct, actress Brooke Carter discusses the making of the film and reveals that there were extensive reshoots, particularly concerning the third act. Carter can be seen in Damsel in the role of Floria. Floria is the younger sister of Millie Bobby Brown’s heroine Elodie.
(Millie Bobby Brown and Brooke Carter in Damsel)
On the alternate ending, Carter reveals:
We shot two different endings for the movie. And I think it would be great to see the other ending because it hints at a very different direction of what could happen in the future. In one [ending] Elodie stayed with us, in the other ending she left.
She also adds:
There were a lot of changes. I think we changed a few things. The plot from the beginning to the middle stayed the same. But the ending has changed quite a bit. A lot of old dialog was cut, and a lot of new dialog was added. So in the reshoots we replaced quite a few scenes with others.
If we look closely at the movie, the alternate ending makes a big difference. If nothing else, Damsel turns the damsel in distress trope on its head: Elodie is not a helpless princess who needs to be rescued by a prince. The film does away with numerous fantasy and fairy tale clichés.
