While my time with Floria Sigismondi didn’t allow a deep-dive discussion about the alternative sequences, one fan of the ultimate choice is Mackenzie Davis. Being aware of the different possibilities that could have been cut into The Turning (given that she was at the center of all of them), the actress noted that the final decision was one of which she personally approved, particularly because it was the one that she felt honed closest to the movie’s source material, Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw.” Davis explained,
How The Turning Director Approached The Film’s Big Twist Ending
