To play somebody like him, I have to understand him.
Thats a huge peak in the movie, both emotionally and story-wise.
Its this explosion that finally drives her out of this situation.

Justin Baldoni stars in IT ENDS WITH US.Sony
What went into that technique?
In a movie, we cant do that because we dont have internal dialogue.
We just have our objective camera showing a scene and we have acting.

So these recovered memories, if you will, are very real.
It was inspired by a situation that happened in my personal life also.
Deadline:How did you direct Brandon in the role of Atlas and show the two mens differences?
So its the sweetest, softest most gentle version of a pitbull.
But deep down inside hes still a pitbull, and that will come out if hes threatened.
Why make that change?
Baldoni:Its always about the ending and then reverse-engineering.
Shes able to see things that he probably wasnt able to see about himself.
I wasnt interested in making that movie.
Christy wasnt interested in making that movie.
Colleen wasnt interested in making that movie.
Maybe they were just meant to be together this whole time.
But at the same time, it was really important that that a reasonable amount of time had passed.