6. True Romance – Clarence Meant To Die At The End
When Quentin Tarantino was still coming up through the ranks in Hollywood, he offered director Tony Scott two of his scripts, Reservoir Dogs and True Romance, and said that he could only direct one. Scott picked True Romance whilst Tarantino took on Reservoir Dogs, and both scripts resulted in two awesome movies. Despite Tarantino stating that True Romance was pretty faithful to his script and that Scott did a good job, the film’s happy ending wasn’t what was originally written at all.
The final movie as you know featured Clarence (Christian Slater) and Alabama (Patricia Arquette) getting away with the money and ending up on beach in Mexico. Tarantino’s original scripted ending actually has Clarence die at the end and Alabama is the only one who gets away with the money. In a final twist, it is revealed that Alabama never really loved Clarence at all.
Scott actually filmed the original scripted ending, but changed it at the last minute because he wanted Clarence and Alabama to have a happy ending. Tarantino later admitted that Scott’s decision was the right one before his ego took over and said that if he had made it himself, the film would’ve been much darker and Clarence would still be dead.
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