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Scandal in "Big Little Lies" for a betrayal behind the scenes
Total, betrayal suffered the mini drama series Big Little Lies, when in the second installment of the series, which received 8 Emmy Awards.
After the film is finished. Vallée, still being linked to the fictional part of the production. He received a contract from HBO to make edits without Arnold's knowledge.
According to IndieWire, the filmmaker found out about this when she was told that other scenes should be recorded again, but this time with Vallée behind the cameras.
The first installment of this shoot drew a lot of attention for the committed and clean work under the direction of Jean-Marc Vallée.
Well, HBO managed to get well-known women in the world of acting to participate in the cast of the film. Some of them Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep.
The first part of the series was so successful that, as soon as it ended, it was announced that a second installment would arrive.
Even without knowing that they would not have the director Amy Adams, as he was committed to Sharp Objects, so they decided to opt for another promising director Andrea Arnold, they did not count that the British director would not have creative control over the final seven chapters.
The second season aired in early June, and stars Meryl Streep as Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Perry (Alexander Skarsgård), the abusive husband who was murdered at the end of the first season.
IndieWire assures in the report that Andrea was not warned that she should maintain the narrative and visual style proposed by Vallée in the first part.
Director Arnold had already started editing with her team, but Vallée was already making changes to her production according to her own criteria.
David E. Kelley made the decision to make the changes to keep the essence of the first installment. HBO for its part affirms that there would be no second part if it had not been for Andrea.
17 more days were added to the filming of the series without the presence of Andrea Arnold, who was still its director.