The ending of Get Out made Lil Rel Howery a star, but the original one might not have had the same effect.
When Rel was on Larry King Now and he revealed what we saw at the end of the movie is not what he saw originally. What he saw, he says was impressed him, “But I was also sad.” He explained, “The first time I saw it, was the original ending. I could not even sleep that night. I called Jordan [Peele], my brother, ‘This is great, but I’m so angry.'”
What made him so angry? In the original ending Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) goes to jail and Rel’s character visits him. When Rel asks him why, Chris owns to it all and says it because he is Black in America. That ending did not sit well with the actor and others. Therefore, a month before the movie came out they reshot it to one we saw.
Did they make the right choice? Considering the Oscar nominations, I think so.
