Why didn't Emily Blunt continue in Sicario: Day of the Soldado? ※note! Contains spoilers.

Was her story already completed in the previous work?

In the world of series, there are more than a few cases in which the lead actor from the first movie does not continue in the role. Jodie Foster, who starred in ``The The Silence of the Lambs '' (1991), did not appear in the sequel `` Hannibal '' (2001), and Keanu Reeves, who starred in `` Speed '' (1994), completely disappeared in the sequel. . There may be times when schedules or guarantees cannot be reconciled, or there are actors who do not agree with the content of the sequel, or who have a policy of not wanting to play the same role in the first place.

However, of course, the circumstances of ``Soldier's Day'' are quite different from those. In the first place, shortly after the sequel was decided, it was reported that ``Emily Blunt was also scheduled to appear'' (I'm sure she had that intention as well), but when I opened the lid, I realized that... Brandt's name had disappeared.

“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” (c) 2018 SO

To her credit, she wasn't forced to leave the show because she caused any trouble. In fact, Emily Blunt's character had already disappeared by the time director Stefano Sollima read the first draft. Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan had a story built without Emily Blunt from the beginning.

Why? According to Sheridan, "her story was already complete in the first film." Having said that, when I looked back on it, I realized that her role in the first film was like a ``filter'' through which we could peer into the extremely dangerous and bloody world of `` Sicario .'' This could also be translated as a ``witness to the incident'' or ``an alter ego of the audience.'' When we hear the word "protagonist," we tend to think of that character as the one who actively opens up the story, but Sheridan shatters this common notion and makes her existence "know nothing." In other words, he was positioned as a person with common sense.

When I think about it, I can think of several points that make sense. For example, in the first film, we never really got to see the humanity of the two men (Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro), and we were left at the mercy of their ungodly actions. This is probably because we were looking at them through the ``common sense filter'' of Emily Blunt's character.

Furthermore, I remember that at the climax of the previous film, there was a moment when the camera left the main character behind and suddenly switched to Benicio Del Toro's point of view, where he began to run wild. Thinking about it now, the movie may have already said goodbye to Emily Brand's character completely.

In this way, the "filter" that covered the film was finally stripped away, and in the second film, the bare story and the true nature of the men were unleashed at full throttle. The madness, sadness, and suffering are doubled. We will see everything unfold with our own eyes. That's why ``Soldier's Day'' continues to shock us with its intensity and rawness, as if it were rubbing salt on a scar.

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