Love Lies Bleeding director Rose Glass has revealed that the movie nearly had a very different ending.<\/span><\/p>\n The film, which landed in UK cinemas today (3rd May), follows lovers Lou (Kristen Stewart<\/a>) and Jackie (Katy O\u2019Brian<\/a>) as they embark on a wild journey brimming with death and gore as they make their way to a bodybuilding competition in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n The film builds to a big visual twist in the final act as Jackie undergoes a huge (and we mean monster-sized huge) transformation, saves the day, and runs off into the sunset with Lou.<\/span><\/p>\n And while this epic visual flourish might be one of Love Lies Bleeding<\/a>\u2018s talking points, director Glass has revealed that she nearly kept the final act \u201cvery grounded and in reality\u201d.<\/span><\/p> \u201cI think, similarly to St Maud, I had the ending quite early on and then a lot of it\u2019s kind of finding your way to it,\u201d she exclusively told RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we had a version where that happened really on. Because I think for me and Veronica my co-writer, what happened felt to us like a very natural progression of the story that comes before.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cIt felt very natural, and then at some point we did get cold feet. So we did write versions where we kept it very grounded and in the real world, and essentially the same kind of dynamics played out, but just in a very literal way, and it just always felt like a bit of a cop out, and kind of unsatisfying.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Brian added that she couldn\u2019t believe it when she first read the scene.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah when I was reading the script, after I threw up Kristen, I thought nothing would surprise me, and then I read that I become 50 feet, or whatever, and I was like, \u2018what is this?\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt took me a while to sit down and really think it through and I think with discussions with Rose she was like \u2018see what you want into it but also have fun with it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking about her interpretation of the scene, she added: \u201cAnd I think it was this self-actualisation in a weird way. Originally I was supposed to be naked and, fortunately, they decided to put me in a bikini and make me look like I wanted to look on stage, as if I had won. So that informed it \u2013 I\u2019d achieved what I\u2019d wanted to achieve and it wasn\u2019t getting mild fame through bodybuilding, it was saving the love of my life essentially.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor also recalled initially finding the scene \u201csilly and awkward\u201d to film, explaining: \u201cIt was super fun. The annoying part is that it was fake, so I couldn\u2019t actually pick Ed up.<\/p>\n \u201cThat would be really great, if I could actually have grown 50 feet. It was kind of weird to film, but fun to watch. Filming, I\u2019m like alone and there\u2019s just like blank behind me and a bunch of backdrops that they\u2019ve kind of shaped to look like, height-wise, where I\u2019m supposed to be, and then I\u2019m playing with dolls and picking them up and putting them down.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it felt very silly and awkward to film. But watching it, it was a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Kristen](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Love-Lies-Bleeding--c22216f.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Love")
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