Drew Barrymore Reveals the Original ’50 First Dates’ Ending
Drew Barrymore Reveals the Original '50 First Dates' Ending: There Was No Happily Ever After When the Movie 'Was A Drama Set in Seattle' https://t.co/viD4WrclEl
- Variety (@Variety) August 12, 2024
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler‘s “50 First Dates” is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
The film was not supposed to end in with a definitive happily ever after for main characters.
“Something that always sticks in my mind is the original ending of ’50 First Kisses,’ as it was called at the time. 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.”
“50 First Dates” centered on the love story between marine veterinarian Henry and art teacher Lucy, who lives with anterograde amnesia. Lucy’s memory resets at the start of every day, so she never remembers falling in love with Henry. The film’s theatrical cut ends with the two very much together as they join their daughter on a boat in Alaska, where Henry is pursuing his work.
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