Drew Barrymore is opening up about her hit movie! The 49-year-old actress spoke about her classic film alongside Adam Sandler, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, during her daytime talk show – and revealed there was an original ending that we didn’t see.
The film was not supposed to end in with a happily ever after for main characters Henry and Lucy, as it turns out. Keep reading to find out more… “Something that always sticks in my mind is the original ending of 50 First Kisses, as it was called at the time,” she said. “Yeah, it was a drama set in Seattle.
The original ending was her saying, ‘You should go and live your life, because this is no life here. And he goes away, as he does, and he comes back and he walks into the restaurant and he just sits down and says, ‘Hi, I’m Henry.’ And the film ends.” Co-host Ross Matthews reacted: “Honestly, can I just tell you: thank you.
Thank you for changing it.” If you didn’t know, 50 First Dates followed marine veterinarian Henry (Sandler) and art teacher Lucy (Barrymore), who lives with anterograde amnesia.
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