Maggie Gyllenhaal, director of Bride of Frankenstein, has shared about removing some of the scenes from the film as per the studios request.
While talking about the horror sci-fi project in an interview, the two-time Oscar nominee revealed that The bridewhich is now playing in theaters, has been pulled back a little bit from the original script.
She explained that Warner Bros. asked her to “take out” some of the sexually violent scenes from the film after the test screenings.
Maggie claimed, “There’s sexual violence. There’s violence. Because it’s a big studio film, we tested and tested it. We had big screenings in malls where people came to see it, which I’d never been a part of as an actress or a director before.”
She revealed that after the screenings, the first thing the studio brought up was violence.
Gyllenhaal claimed that she asked many women for their opinion on the brutal violence, and all responded saying that they do not want to see a woman violated.
“I had a couple of women say, ‘I don’t want to see a woman violated.’ And I don’t think I want to see that either,” Maggie admitted as she talked along New York Times.
The bride features Christian Bale as the Frankenstein Monster with Jessie Buckley as the bride. Jake Gyllenhaal also plays a central role in the sister’s film.
