The End Of Oak Street's Original Darker Ending Revealed By Star Ewan McGregor
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The following contains spoilers for The End of Oak Street.
The End of Oak Street's original ending was significantly grimmer.
According to star Ewan McGregor, who portrayed Greg in The End of Oak Street, the film could have concluded on a considerably sadder note if they had used the original cut. The actor has revealed that the science fiction thriller originally ended with the Platt family facing an entirely different fate.
Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, The End of Oak Street follows the Platts after a mysterious otherworldly event destroys their once-safe neighborhood. McGregor, Anne Hathaway (Denise), Maisy Stella (Audrey) and Christian Convery (Brian) are forced to fight for survival. They eventually get dragged into a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs and other mysterious elements.
The version that was released in theaters ultimately gives the family an opportunity to alter what happened to Greg. After Greg appears to die while protecting Denise, the surviving members of the family use the story's time travel portals to intervene. Denise succeeds in saving Greg, allowing the character to survive the events of the film.
However, in an interview with USA Today, McGregor revealed that the creative team initially had another ending in mind for Denise and the children. In that version, when they go through the wormhole, they would not have returned to their own era. Instead, Denise, Audrey and Brian would go way too far back in time, where they would have ended up with early settlers. And, as a result, Greg would not have been saved.
McGregor stated that they ultimately changed the ending because they wanted The End of Oak Street to close on a more hopeful note. Instead of throwing Denise and her children into another conflict without Greg, they opted for a more positive outcome, giving the story a more definitive conclusion.
Upon first glance, the theatrical cut of The End of Oak Street seems to have a happy ending. But if viewers look a little closer, they will see that it still has complicated implications. By changing the circumstances surrounding Greg's fate, Denise could have potentially created another timeline of events where a different iteration of the family might have suffered their fate by taking the hit for them.
The End of Oak Street is playing in theaters now.