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You might think so Something very bad will happen It is the end of the romance. it’s not.
“I think it’s a hopeful story,” says creator Haley Z. Boston Hollywood Reporter. “Emotionally, the show is really a story of a breakup.”
The series’ first-time creator, whose unique style lures him into a wedding gone wrong Strange things The Duffer Brothers, the creators behind her new Netflix thriller, were inspired to make it Something very bad will happen Because of her fear of marrying the wrong person. She found herself weighing her romantic future against what she called the impossible standard set by her parents and their 40-year marriage, so she wrote a show about a bride named Rachel (played by Camila Morrone) who must survive a curse placed on her family: marry your soul mate, or bleed violently to death.
“The way to stop the curse is to believe that the person you’re marrying is your soulmate, which is easier said than done,” admits Boston, who says she initially conceived the show without explicit curse rules, but made changes in order to make binge-worthy TV. “Of course, you can’t fake a belief. So, ultimately, this is a representation of doubt and the antidote is faith, and that’s the journey that Rachel is on.”
Eventually, Rachel’s groom, Nicky (played by Adam DeMarco), reveals his true identity, leading Rachel to realize that he is not actually her soulmate. The curse then passes on to his family – with death coming to those (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Gus Burney) who don’t marry their true soulmates – and Rachel dies a bloody death. She is then resurrected as a “witness” who must live forever and watch the curse infect future generations.
Below to chat with her THRBoston explains that multi-layered ending, says she’s open to following Rachel on another journey and shares what it was like filming the final wedding scene: “I still think we could have had more gore. It’s never enough.”
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I read that you finished this bloody ending first and then backed out. Have you gone through many iterations of what this curse will be, that it will be in the form of blood coming out of all the orifices of the body?
The day the idea came to me, the first image I thought of was a bride bleeding to death from every hole in the altar. I don’t know why, but that was it. I knew this was the way I wanted everyone to die. I found it very exciting and fun.
Then the idea of the curse came very late indeed. I didn’t go into the show with that intention. It was supposed to be esoteric, where there was no explanation, and it was just people starting to bleed to death. I think adding something concrete like a curse with specific rules ended up feeling like it would be more satisfying, and would give the audience more to latch on to before the end. Maybe I could have gotten rid of the other idea in the movie. But in television, you have to answer some questions and plant things within yourself.
So the curse became a useful narrative device. I began by charting Rachel’s emotional journey, knowing that her story would be one where she moves from doubt to faith. Once I figured that out, I wanted the curse to be individual, so that it wasn’t just horror for the sake of horror, but it was connected to her emotional journey. That’s why the way to stop a curse is to believe that this person is your soulmate, which is easier said than done. Of course, you can’t fake faith. So in the end, it’s a representation of doubt and the antidote is faith, and that’s the journey that Rachel goes on.
Why did you decide to revive her in the end with this new immortal stele?
Well, Rachel is full of doubt. She’s looking for certainty as a character, that’s what she wants. That’s why you’re eavesdropping. That’s why you follow a scary sound in the middle of the night. she needs To know. What you realize is that the opposite of doubt is not certainty: it is faith. It’s getting up there and taking a leap of faith, and that’s all you can do. You don’t know if any decision you make will be the right decision until you make it.
So she makes a decision, and he is victorious. And then, of course, Nicky goes his separate ways, and he screws that up. During their argument, she loses her faith and realizes that he doesn’t see her, which is what she finally needed to believe that he is her soulmate. Now she is back to making the decision and has decided to choose for herself. She wouldn’t sacrifice herself for him or this family.
Emotionally, the show is really a story of a breakup. Rachel’s death represented the death of a relationship, the death of that version of herself. In order to move forward and get out of there free, she needed to be reborn and given a second chance, because he had denied her hers. This was the reason she wanted to leave. I think it’s a hopeful story. You might think this is de-romanticizing, but it’s not.
But the other family members stay dead, right?
Yes. They are dead. They committed the sin of marrying someone they did not believe was their soul mate. Death of the soul.
The final conversation between Rachel and Nikki was calm compared to the violent discussion they had before her death. Did you go through a lot of options for the final reaction?
I thought a lot about their last interaction. They say a lot in that fight. I think the fight scenes are comforting because there’s so much left unsaid throughout the entire season between them, and in the end they’re able to say the most honest things to each other. Nicky is redeemable in the first half of the episode – but when he forces a second wedding on her, it’s not a great thing. So, at this point, he’s betrayed her, and there’s nothing left to say.
I definitely wanted them to interact again. I wanted him to know that she was alive and that he was lost. It’s a twisted version of the post-breakup scene where you’re trying to get your stuff back, and there’s all this distance between you, and she’s like, “I don’t have anything left to say to you.”
The season ends with Rachel gone, now an immortal witness to the continuing curse. Where is she going? Can we watch it for season 2?
The series is designed to be limited [series]. I like that there is an open ending for Rachel, and that there is hope for her. She’s immortal now and is still tied to this curse, so I think Rachel might be trying to stop the curse somehow. Or if not, she’ll be a better witness than she’s ever seen, warn people a little more and maybe keep them all from falling into this.
But the show is very personal to me and based on my fear [about marrying the wrong person]So I guess if I continue, I’ll need to figure out what the next big fear is. I think we’re done with the wedding theme. I think it’s another existential fear.
But it sounds like you might be interested in keeping Rachel in season 2, if you come across the idea?
maybe!
What was it like filming that final bloody wedding? Was this the craziest thing you’ve ever filmed, and how did you film magic with all that gore?
Yes, of course. He was crazy. I think we shot the wedding and all the gore in four days. This was the last thing we shot, of course, because we had messed up all the sets. I really wanted to use as much practical blood as possible. It feels more realistic. We had tubes on everyone’s faces and active blood. The floors were covered in blood, which was a problem during production because people would slip, and the blood was really sticky. So we ended up doing a bunch of visual effects, but that was the highlight of the show. It was surreal. I still think we could have gotten more blood. It is never enough. But it was very interesting to see.
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Something very bad will happen It is now streaming all episodes on Netflix.
