Get the latest gossip

‘Smile 2’ Director Parker Finn Says His Sequel Was ‘Like Fitting a 10-Gallon Movie Into a Five-Gallon Bucket’: ‘I Tried to Push Everything to its Absolute Extreme’


At the premiere of 'Smile 2,' director Parker Finn described shooting the movie like trying to fit 'a 10-gallon movie into a five-gallon bucket.'

So while shooting “ Smile 2,” Finn took the same approach, pushing his budget and schedule to the limits in a process he described as fitting “a 10-gallon movie into a five-gallon bucket.” Joined by Naomi Scott and the rest of the “Smile 2” leading cast, Finn walked a black carpet outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles Tuesday night to celebrate the film’s premiere. While figuring out her sound and look, Scott didn’t pull from one source of inspiration for fear of being too “derivative of a particular pop star.” Instead, she “trusted all of those artists that I’d consumed over the years were subconsciously there.”

Get the Android app

Or read this on Variety

Read more on:

Photo of parker finn

parker finn

Related news:

News photo

Best Horror Movies: ‘Smile 2’ Director Parker Finn on Why Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ Is His Favorite Horror Film of All Time

News photo

Robert Pattinson And ‘Smile’ Director Parker Finn Partner On Remake Of Horror Pic ‘Possession’