‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Director Explains the Ending, Deaths and Killing Off the Men First
variety.comJordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” now playing in theaters.A24’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies” starts with seven young partiers drinking, doing drugs and hooking up during a hurricane party, but the debauchery turns deadly as the night goes on, until just two people are left alive.Young lovers Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) and Bee (Maria Bakalova) may be the only two survivors of this Gen Z massacre, but the trust between them is completely broken.
Before falling to her death, Jordan (Myha’la Herrold) reveals to Bee that she and Sophie slept together before the party, which Sophie denies.
But after finding Jordan’s underwear in Sophie’s car, Bee isn’t so sure. Sophie’s trustworthiness is then further called into question after she claims she had discovered Emma (Chase Sui Wonders) dead at the bottom of the stairs — which was a deliberate reference to the real-life murder case in “The Staircase,” director Halina Reijn reveals to Variety.
In a spoiler-filled conversation, Reijn breaks down the major deaths in “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” how we should interpret the ending and why she wanted to kill off the two men, David (Pete Davidson) and Greg (Lee Pace), first.How I interpreted the ending is that Sophie is lying about not sleeping with Jordan, and Bee knows Sophie is lying because she found Jordan’s underwear in Sophie’s car.
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