8 Movie Scenes You Didn't See (Thanks To Test Audiences)

6. Scott Ends Up With Knives - Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

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The comic-book showdown of Scott Pilgrim vs the League of Evil Exes feels entirely satisfying when he wins over the enigmatic Ramona Flowers at the end of the movie. Taking down a hoard of angry men and women with the power of love and the help of some dairy, Scott leaving with the woman he's poured all this effort into just makes sense by all romantic-comedy standards.

Initially, however, that wasn't how the movie played out. Leaving instead with his young, infatuated girlfriend from earlier in the film, Knives Chau, audiences were disappointed that all the work of Scott and the film didn't pay off as expected. The deviation from the graphic novel's ending didn't help either.

Director Edgar Wright commented: "The original ending, when we had test screenings, it would kind of divide people... I was aware that the ending we had wasn't quite as satisfying as it should be, so we had the chance—and Universal were totally behind the idea—of shooting something new. When we screened it again, the scores went hugely up."

 
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