A deleted scene fromSmile 2centers on Skye (Naomi Scott) and her mother and manager, Elizabeth (Rosemarie DeWitt), and though it might seem unimportant, this scene makes their story even more tragic. 2024 has been a big year for horror, with a variety of horror movies that have won over critics and general audiences. Among them isSmile 2, the sequel to Parker Finn’s 2022 horror hitSmile, which continues the path ofthe Smile Entityas it finds a new host in global pop star Skye Riley, who’s preparing for a new tour.
As the Smile Entity feeds on trauma, it finds its perfect host in Skye, as she’s still struggling with a traumatic car accident, the death of her boyfriend, and years of substance-use disorder. The Smile Entity slowly begins to take over Skye’s mind, manifesting pretty much anywhere and at any time, causing her vivid hallucinations that lead to some shocking plot twists nearthe end ofSmile 2. Skye has a complicated relationship with her mom, and a deleted scene fromSmile 2makes it even more tragic.
Smile 2’s Deleted Scene Might Be Skye & Her Mom’s Last Conscious Interaction
Smileestablished that the Smile Entity messes at a deep level with the minds of its hosts, using their deepest fears and trauma to break them further. However,inSmile 2, the entity went to new and crueler lengthsto mess with Skye and fully take over her, leaving her without a chance to defeat it. The Smile Entity went as far as to make Skye believe that she had made amends with her best friend Gemma, but every interaction between them was a very vivid hallucination from the entity.
7 Hints That Foreshadow Smile 2’s Gemma Twist
Smile 2 sees the entity messing with Skye in new ways, including through her former best friend, Gemma, and there are clues to this reveal.
ThroughoutSmile 2, Skye has brief but mostly intense interactions with her mom, who tries to push her to give her best in rehearsals and events while Skye is going through a lot mentally and emotionally. Their most chaotic and horrifying interaction turned out to be a hallucination, but a deleted scene shows what could be Elizabeth and Skye’s final conscious interaction. In it (viaCollider), Elizabeth tells Skye she will clear her schedule so they can spend some time off at the Four Seasons, with a spa day included.
It’s unclear exactly when this scene would have been set inSmile 2, but this might be Skye’s last conscious interaction with her mom.
Skye isn’t into the idea and angrily gets up, puts her jacket on, and prepares to leave, but not before aggressively exchanging words with her mom. It’s unclear exactly when this scene would have been set inSmile 2, but this might be Skye’s last conscious interaction with her mom. Whatever actual interactions Skye has with Elizabeth between the hospital and the concert aren’t conscious ones from Skye’s side, andthe last time they see each other is at the concertwhen Skye passes the Smile Curse to her mother and thousands of attendees.
Knowing that Skye and Elizabeth’s final, real interaction was aggressive and went terribly makes their story even more tragic, asthey never really got to fix their relationship before Skye’s shocking death, and that could give the Smile Entity a lot to feed from now that Elizabeth is one of its hosts.
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Most Events In Smile 2 Are Hallucinations From The Smile Entity
Most interactions between Skye and Elizabeth are real up until the attack at her apartment. One day, Skye finds her backup dancers in her apartment, smiling at her, and they attack her, with one of them forcing a giant arm down her throat.Skye wakes up in a wellness facility with her mom there, but this isn’t real anymore.
Smile 2: What Was Real & What Scenes Didn’t Really Happen
The Smile entity went to new lengths to haunt its host in Smile 2, completely erasing the lines between what was real and what was a hallucination.
The Smile entity takes over Elizabeth and she kills herself in front of Skye, but as proven by the ending ofSmile 2, this isn’t real and Elizabeth is alive and well, and Skye was never in the hospital. As mentioned above, Skye and Elizabeth never had a chance to work on their relationship, andnow Elizabeth is one of thousands of hosts of the Smile Entity.
Source:Collider.
Smile 2
Smile 2 is the sequel to the 2022 psychological horror film by director Parker Finn that centers on a therapist who witnesses a patient’s suicide, leading to a series of terrifying supernatural events. The sequel will see the return of Finn as director, with Paramount continuing distribution.
