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There are few things more friendly and welcoming than a smile.
Or so you might have thought before the release ofthe hit horror movieof the same name in 2022.
Now, two years after the wild success ofSmile, director Parker Finn is back with a follow-up.
Its a neat premise, but Finn is keen not to makeSmile 2a rerun of the original.
The challenge became an opportunity, he says.
In the second movie, theyre coming in with more knowledge than where the character is.
Am I the evil?
Am I doing this to the character?
[Naomi] sings all of the songs in the film and she does all of the choreography.
She is a force of nature, a quintuple threat, Finn says.
But then I get to go to all these just flipping unhinged places and really go for it.
Then there are the big song-and-dance numbers that Scott performed, working with choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall.
There are pros and cons to that.
Honestly, theres something to be said for just being dropped into something and just being like, right?
Expressions, Finn explains, that were not enhanced with any CGI.
Then thats mismatched with this too-wide smile.
We exchange Smile faces with Finn via Zoom.
And thats got to bring a smile to your face.
Smile 2 is in theaters on Oct. 18.
