Chapter 47: Q&A
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"...I didn't follow them. I followed myself."
The words hang in the air as the audience is left in stunned silence, the weight of Cobb, played by Andrew, confessing reverberating long after the credits roll.
Some sit motionless, absorbing the emotional and psychological toll the film has taken on them.
Regal stole glances at the people around him every now and then during the whole session - even with his confident demeanor, he couldn't deny the mix of excitement and apprehension coiling in his chest.
And as the film concluded, Regal also released just how different - this [Following] version of his had been to the original in his past world.
Regal had made a lot of changes - so many that calling them 'a lot' almost felt like an understatement.
In the script he observed, many characters didn't even have a name.
Like Keanu and Grace - their characters are simply referred to as 'The Young Man' and 'The Blonde' respectively.
But that was just the beginning of the reworks he did - while some of them were subtle, refining details - few were drastic, altering entire scenes from the ground up.
In the end, the film was less about remaking [Following] and more about reshaping it - taking its theme concept and threading his own vision into it.
No doubt, it has been difficult.