10 Horror Movie Characters Given Last Minute Deaths
3. Tree Gelbman - Happy Death Day 2U
Now to be clear, we all know that Happy Death Day protagonist Tree (Jessica Rothe) dies a lot throughout both movies, by way of the series' Groundhog Day-esque time loop gimmick.
But when sequel Happy Death Day 2U was deep in post-production, writer-director Christopher Landon was allowed to go back and add even more Tree death into the movie.
One of Tree's most memorable deaths in either movie occurs in the second film when she decides to skydive out of a plane... without a parachute... while wearing a swimsuit.
As effortlessly massaged into a mid-film montage of Tree's deaths as this is, it was actually inserted into the film late in the day, when Universal saw that the film was testing well and agreed to let Landon add more to the movie. Lead Jessica Rothe said:
"I think Chris had the idea a while before, but because of time limitations and budget, I think we just couldn't do it the first time around... When the film was cut together and started testing really well, Chris said, 'Well, let's go in and get the skydiving one.'"