Our favourite Goldie Hawn film is definitely Death Becomes Her, despite her career being filled with excellent performances. If you haven\u2019t watched it, do so right now. If you have a dark sense of humour, it\u2019s possibly one of the finest comedies ever created, not only because of Goldie Hawn\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
We won\u2019t mind if you adamantly refuse to see the movie, though, for whatever reason. There are spoilers coming, so beware. We can describe what occurs. The narrative of two narcissists, novelist Helen Sharp (Hawn) and actor Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep), is told in the comedy-horror film Death Becomes Her.<\/p>\n
The two vie for everything, but when Sharp appears to have discovered the formula for perpetual youth, Ashton would do everything to have it. However, not everything that glitters is gold, and it quickly becomes apparent that there are drawbacks to living forever. As a result, the situation quickly transforms into a ghoulishly enjoyable body horror.<\/p>\n
We won\u2019t mind if you adamantly refuse to see the movie, though, for whatever reason. There are spoilers coming, so beware. We can describe what occurs. The narrative of two narcissists, novelist Helen Sharp (Hawn) and actor Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep), is told in the comedy-horror film Death Becomes Her.<\/p>\n
The two vie for everything, but when Sharp appears to have discovered the formula for perpetual youth, Ashton would do everything to have it. However, not everything that glitters is gold, and it quickly becomes apparent that there are drawbacks to living forever. As a result, the situation quickly transforms into a ghoulishly enjoyable body horror.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the movie shows Sharp and Ashton stranded for all time in everlasting, ageless bodies that are withering away while they use different mortician\u2019s techniques to keep each other appearing \u201cfresh.\u201d That is, until they misstep and tumble down a flight of stairs, when they land as sentient body pieces dispersed on a pavement.<\/p>\n
Although it\u2019s a good resolution, Hawn claims that a far better one was left out of the movie because it didn\u2019t do well in crowd tests. Both Sharp and Ashton would have retained their youth and good looks in this other version, but they would have grown weary and bored with endless existence. They would have sought out Dr. Ernest Menville (Bruce Willis), their ex-husband who they both had in common, in search of something to do.<\/p>\n
They would have discovered him and seen how, despite his advanced age, he had lived life to the fullest, spending his last moments with the true love of his life. Hawn favoured this conclusion because she thought it emphasised the movie\u2019s caution about the risks of prioritising the flimsy above the real.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt didn\u2019t test as well; there was another ending that was put on, rewritten, and we actually reshot it,\u201d Hawn explained. \u201cAnd, unfortunately, it wasn\u2019t an up-funny ending. It didn\u2019t have the punch the rest of the movie had, it wasn\u2019t special effects and wild and crazy, and people [were left] just sort of deflated.\u201d<\/p>\n
To be honest, we actually agree with Hawn. Death grows Her has a melancholy that is lost in the third act as it grows increasingly ridiculous, which is unfortunate. We won\u2019t lie, however\u2014it is somewhat therapeutic to watch Ashton and Sharp at their lowest points by the movie\u2019s conclusion.<\/p>\n
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