'A good director always has an antenna up trying to hear what this movie really wants to be,' the filmmaker says about listening to what the movie needed.
So, Derrickson chose to soften the moment in the film.
Moreover, Derrickson says, there was a big last-minute change that proved quite challenging. In one of the final scenes of the film, Robin , a former victim who has been speaking with Finney courtesy the film’s disconnected black phone, shows up as a ghost. The problem? That wasn’t the original plan — and the young actor who plays Robin had already flown home.
On the morning that the scene was to be filmed, Derrickson hadn’t blocked how it would go. He found himself standing on set alone, coming up with ideas on the fly for how Robin and Finney come face to face.
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