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Whether fans will see Millie’s next chapter come to life onscreen, that remains to be seen. But it’s safe to say the author was fully on board with how The Housemaid crew crafted her breakout novel for the big screen—especially with that ending.
“I actually think it’s better,” McFadden admitted to E! at the NYC screening. “It’s more action, which I think works a lot better on the big screen.”
And for Feig, the synergy between him and McFadden on the adaptation process was key.
“She was she was very supportive,” he explained. “We sent her that script and she loved it. She had a couple of things she wanted from the book, and I had written those down too. She said, ‘There’s a couple things I want.’ I said, ‘Is it this and this?’ She said, ‘Yes!’ So, we were right in lockstep from the very beginning.”
The Housemaid is now in theaters.
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