From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

“… … What if he was the only flaw in perfection?”

Lightly, Anson tossed out a heavy bomb. Language itself has no power, but the emotional impact hidden within language is hard to resist, causing ripples in Heath and Rachel's eardrums.

A roar.

Then.

Heath murmured blankly, “So he strangled himself with the umbilical cord.”

Mackie and Eric created four endings for the film, each representing a different story direction and reflecting their different views on the story.

One of the endings is that Evan, at the end of reincarnation, could not face those tragedies and pains. He realized that perfection simply does not exist—

He could no longer bear the torment of despair and suffering, so he chose a once-and-for-all method; or rather, he believed that the root of all pain was himself, and as long as he disappeared, everything could return to normal.

So.

He returned to his mother's womb and strangled himself with the umbilical cord.

Once and for all.

When reading through text, one can already deeply feel the helplessness and despair, with shock and excitement washing over layer by layer.

And now, after the collision of brainstorming, as if truly experiencing Evan's mental journey, once again guiding towards that destined tragic ending, a kind of fatalistic desolation and helplessness washed over like a tsunami, instantly defeating Heath and Rachel, completely surrendering them.

Heath thought he had repeatedly read the script and understood the essence of the story; but now he finally understood why the first scene of Anson's performance triggered inspiration in his mind, and the look in his eyes towards Anson changed subtly, leaving him speechless.

“But…”

Heath said.

However, he didn't know what he was going to say either. After throwing out a turning point, he stood there foolishly, like an idiot.

Anson was not in a hurry to speak, but waited patiently—

Unfortunately… there was nothing more.

“But,” Anson opened his mouth, continuing Heath's words, “this is still not the real ending.”

Heath, “Huh?”

Rachel, “What?”

Anson didn't keep them in suspense.

“In the movie, the relationship between Evan and his father is actually the hidden key.”

“Actually, the father can also go back to the past. Evan went back to the past to fight for happiness and to save everyone around him, so what about the father?”

“The answer is in our conversation just now.”

Rachel's eyes lit up, “Evan.”

Anson nodded lightly, “If Evan was stillborn, then his mother would definitely smoke, drink, and become depressed, eventually dying of cancer, so the father would go back to the past again and again to modify this matter, ensuring that Evan could be born smoothly and ensuring that his wife would not fall into pain.”

“But if Evan is born, he will experience everything that happens in the movie, and finally fall into despair, ending the death cycle with a stillbirth.”

“So, there is a detail in the movie that Evan's mother had two miscarriages before he was born. We can understand that the father failed to stop Evan twice, and both father and son are trapped in their own cycle.”

“Then.”

“The father realized that the only way to end this death cycle is for one of them to give up their obsession and stop trying to change the timeline and reverse time and space.”

“So, the father said to Evan in the movie, you can't play God, son.”

Hiss.

Rachel gasped, covered her mouth, and looked at Anson in disbelief. Just when they thought the brainstorming was over, Anson casually dropped another bombshell, once again subverting their imagination.

Not only Rachel, but Heath was no exception.

Despite his outstanding talent and precocious maturity, Heath is still just a fledgling child. Standing in front of Anson, he is really not enough. Shock after shock keeps coming, never stopping.

Then, he was swept into the stormy waves.

“Look, that’s how life is.”

“We always try to pursue perfection and find the right answer, trying our best to avoid all mistakes. If we have the opportunity, we will all correct our mistakes, and believe that only perfection can lead to happiness.”

“But in fact, we are not God, no one can be perfect. Those mistakes, those pains, those regrets are what sculpt us into who we are now. Misses and regrets are precisely the most precious wealth in life.”

“We all hope that life is only full of joy and happiness, but the problem is that without loss, we won’t experience the happiness of having; without pain, we won’t feel the purity of joy. Good and bad, black and white, right and wrong, and so on, everything is relative. Without one half of the opposite, the other half will also collapse.”

“When we try to play God, when we try to create perfection, when we try to deny darkness for the sake of light, that is the real beginning of tragedy.”

“This is the real core of the movie.”

Starting with the butterfly effect, the movie is really trying to explore an attitude towards life, an attitude towards pain, setbacks, hardships and struggles, and also the right way to happiness.

This is also the reason why Anson likes this movie and took on this movie—

He will not live in the past.

To be precise, he will face and accept everything in the past calmly, and cherish the present and grasp what is in front of him, using each present to change the future.

The words finally stopped here. Anson didn't continue to speak, letting the aftershocks left by the language spread and surge in the air.

Then.

Anson noticed a gaze and subconsciously looked up.

It was Heath.

Heath quietly sized up Anson with a scrutinizing look. Even when Anson noticed and looked over, he still continued to size him up without hiding it.

Anson, “Is there a flower on my face?”

Heath actually nodded, “There is no flower, but it is almost the same. Are you sure you are only twenty years old? You don’t look like it at all.”

It's not just the performance, nor just the exploration of the role and the plot, but more of an understanding of life and fate, full of wisdom.

Anson smiled dumbly, he thought it was something.

Anson also nodded, with a calm face, “Yeah, you saw it, actually I’m only twenty years old in a month, it really doesn’t look like it, right?”

That serious look made Heath stunned for a moment and froze.

Pfft.

Rachel burst out laughing, although she tried her best to control herself, her shoulders still shook violently, laughing particularly brightly.

Originally, Rachel was worried that Heath's arrogance would cause him to get angry again, so she had been controlling herself; but she never expected that Heath would also clap and laugh, the hearty and bold laughter alarming the entire crew.

Anson: ? ? ?

Looking at the bustling gazes cast by the surrounding crew, Anson rubbed his hands, with a humble and eager-to-learn expression.

“It seems that I should take notes, this humor must work, and it can be reused in the future.”