Warning: This article contains spoilers fromSaltburn.
When it came time to shoot this eye-poppingSaltburnscene (below), something was bothering writer-directorEmerald Fennell.
But on the day of filming, Fennell changed her mind.
Barry Keoghan as Oliver in ‘Saltburn’.Amazon Prime
I spoke to Barry in the morning, and I just said, I dont know, Barry.
I think that he would…unzip, she recalls with a devilish smirk.
And Barry just said, Yup.
She plants seeds, Emerald, you know what I mean?
Keoghan says of his director.
She knows that they’re going to grow, these seeds, especially when she plants them withme.
I was totally on board for it.
Armed with Keoghans gung ho spirit and a rain machine, they shut down the set.
It was a total discovery for him, I think.
And it was sad.
It was very, very sad.
People said, Oh, we know whats going to happen.
Why do we have to watch it?
And I said, Watching it is the point!
Not cutting away is the point.
You have to sit in your discomfort you might only understand it if you sit with it.
Plus, theres the fact that her star knocked it out of the cemetery.
Theres no way it couldnt be in the film.
It was the most extraordinary thing Id ever seen.
The scene also had a lasting impact on its star… for better or for worse.
I can’t look at graves anymore the same way.
Do you know what I mean?
he says, joking, They won’t allow me into graveyards actually.
They’ll see me coming.
They’ll be like, Nah, nah.
Especially if I arrive with no clothes on.
Saltburnis in theaters now.
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