Maggie Gyllenhaal said she was asked to tone down the sexual violence in The Bride! after viewers of the initial test screenings felt it was too much.
The horror sci-fi, which marks Gyllenhaal’s second time in the director’s chair, stars Jessie Buckley as a murdered 1930s Chicago woman who is brought back to life by a groundbreaking scientist (Annette Bening) to serve as a companion to Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale). Gyllenhaal’s younger brother, Jake Gyllenhaal, and her husband, Peter Sarsgaard, also star.
