Gone Girl is among the most anticipated movies of the fall, both for fans of David Fincher and fans of the original novel from Gillian Flynn. Fans of the novel can now rest easy, as the film's ending will apparently be faithful to the book's.
Earlier this year, some controversy arose when Ben Affleck told Entertainment Weekly that the third act of Gone Girl would be completely different from the book, according to The Huffington Post.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, author of the novel Gillian Flyyn said back in January that “Ben was so shocked by it. He would say, ‘This is a whole new third act! She literally threw that third act out and started from scratch.’”
As it turns out, the last act may not be quite so different after all. In an interview with Ben Affleck in The New York Times, reporter Cara Buckley noted that she had been given a private screening and wrote that "Contrary to early speculation, the film hews closely to the book."
This doesn't necessarily mean the film will not take any liberties with the book. As The Huffington Post pointed out, Tyler Perry recently said that the film would surprise people, even if they had read the book, suggesting that Fincher had taken some liberties with the material.
However, this new information suggests that the changes might not be as extreme as to be a completely different third act, as was initially thought, and that Fincher may just be taking the same sort of creative liberties as he did with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, while keeping the major points of the story mostly intact.
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