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This article contains major spoilers for Speak No Evil (obviously).
“They’d been through the wringer.
Their car breaks down, though, and Patrick and his pal Muhajid intercept the frightened family.
Patrick beats Bjrn, as Karin cuts out Agnes tongue.
After a bit of a kerfuffle, Ciara falls, fatally hitting her head.
“I felt like, ‘Well, actually, there’s a dramatic resolution here.’
“I didn’t want it to be glib.
Yeah, that would be stupid.
“I know people that have different readings on it; it’s very deliberate.
What he’s just done is [going to] remain.
Hopefully in the final shot, you see it’s not a wholly happy ending.
It’s not a Hollywood ending in that regard,” says Watkins.
“You’re not looking at this boy and going, ‘It’s fucking great.
He’s got away.
His life’s gonna be sweet and rosy.’
You’re looking at trauma that’s gonna be intergenerational.
Everyone comes out scarred.”
“But this ending felt like the right one for our film.
And I wouldn’t want to be in a film that validates them.”
Speak No Evil is in theaters now.
