Jane Levy inDon’t Breathe(2016).Photo: Gordon Timpen/Screen Gems/Everett
Inher response on TwitterWednesday, Levy, 31, began, “I don’t really want to revisit this but it feels a little funny … to have people choosing what the ‘best decision’ is for me without asking what i think or want … ?”
“When I [pictured] her shooting this movie, I did not see her happy,” said Álvarez, 43. “I think she gives 200% every day, and these movies are really demanding in the way we do them also. So I wouldn’t have done that to her.”
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“In general, actors going through this — that take it seriously — go through hell. And she went through hell twice, back to back, withEvil DeadandDon’t Breathe,” he continued. “By the time ofDon’t Breathe, it was even harder. Maybe when I called her, she would’ve said yes. I doubt it, but if she had, I would feel really bad. I wouldn’t want to do that to anybody.”
In her initial tweet, Levy said, “@fedalvar[is] right though. i would not want to do don’t breathe 2 … but not because i am too committed of an actor lol.”
On the other hand, Rodo Sayagues (who co-wrote bothDon’t Breathefilms, and is making his directorial debut with the sequel) said he “wasn’t thinking about” Levy’s career trajectory “when we came up with the story for this movie.”
“We just thought, ‘What is thesequel that we want to do?’ " he added, according to Screen Rant. “We came up with the story, and the story didn’t call for her character. So that was it.”
From L to R: Fede Álvarez, Jane Levy and Rodo Sayagues.John Lamparski/Getty; George Pimentel/WireImage; Jody Cortes/Getty
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Levy said ina follow-up tweet, “Maybe we should be asking why these films are made in such a way that their directors are averse to having committed actors participate?”
She signed off with a note of well-wishes to the actors taking part inDon’t Breathe 2: “Anyway good luck to the new cast! <3.”
Reps for Álvarez and Sayagues did not immediately return PEOPLE’s requests for comment about Levy’s tweets.
The sequel will star a host of new actors, alongside returning cast members Christian Zagia as Raul andStephen Langas Norman/“The Blind Man.”
Don’t Breathe 2is set to open in theaters on Aug. 13.
source: people.com
