In addition to Amy Winehouse, Parker Finn, director of Smile 2, was also based on other artists from the 27 Club, such as Kurt Cobain and Janis Joplin
Sequel to one of the biggest horror hits in 2022, Smile 2 was inspired by the “tragic” story of Amy Winehousesinger of hits such as “Back to Black,” “You Know I’m No Good,” “Tears Dry On Their Own” and “Rehab,” according to the director Parker Finn.
During an interview with EntertainmentWeeklythe filmmaker revealed how he also consulted the media about Britney Spears and Whitney Houston. In the plot of the film, Skye Riley (naomi scott) is a huge pop music star who struggles with substance abuse, the death of her boyfriend, and physical and auditory hallucinations.
“I wanted to raise the question: did we do this with Skye? When we return to a Smile 2did we do this to her?”, he stated. Then, Finn explained how he wanted to take the sequel in an unexpected direction: “When I started thinking about ideas, from the beginning, any of the ideas that started coming up in the first month that I thought about it, I threw out.”
If I’m thinking about them very quickly, they’re very obvious; It’s long awaited. I wanted to push for something where people would say, ‘I can’t believe this is where I went. He used to smile he was.’
For the narrative, Parker Finn was also inspired by other artists from 27 Clublike Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison: “Certainly, Amy Winehouse was on my mind. Britney Spearsit is clear. We did a little nod in the film; they mention that Skye He’s 27, which seemed appropriate for the character.”
“Certainly those tragic stories, I watched everything I could: documentaries, interviews, essays, articles, even Whitney Houston; there were a lot of women I was looking at who were destroyed by this process. I didn’t want to point to anyone in particular; I just wanted to take that, collect it and filter it into this unique character,” he concluded.
More about Smile 2
Smile 2awaited sequence of He used to smilewhich became the highest-grossing horror film in 2022, arrives in Brazilian cinemas starting this Thursday, October 17th. The novelty stars naomi scottthe Pink Ranger of Power Rangers(2017) and Jasmine of Aladdin(2019).
In the new, Scott plays a successful pop singer, who finds herself involved with the smile curse. Kyle Gallnerfrom the first film, will be back in the sequel, which also features Lukas Gage (The White Lotus), Raul Castillo (Looking), Rosemarie DeWitt (The Boys), Miles Gutierrez-Roley (The Wilds: Wild Lives) and Peter Jacobson (house).
Smile 2 is written and directed by Parker Finn, who directed the first film and the short Laura Hasn’t Sleptprelude to He used to smile, launched in 2020. Watch the new trailer:
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