Veronica Roth Reacts To Petition To Change 'Divergent 3: Allegiant' Movie Ending

Veronica Roth reacted to the news that there is an ongoing petition to change the ending of the third instalment of “Divergent," titled “Allegiant,” into one where a major character will not die. The author believes that it will not happen, but she is not totally opposed to the idea, just like she was amenable to the many changes made on her second book, “Insurgent,” when it was adapted into a movie. [Warning: Spoilers Alert!]

Some fans have started a petition to get the filmmakers to change the ending of the “Allegiant” so that unlike the book, Tris Prior would not end up dead. In an interview with Vulture, Roth was amused to know about this and gave her reaction. She said that she knows some people did not like how the ending went, but she felt strongly that Tris should die when she was writing it. Apparently, Shailene Woodley got her. She said she talked to Shailene about the ending and the actress told her she “enjoyed it.” "I wrote 'Allegiant' that way because I thought that was the way it needed to be told, and so I feel very strongly about it, obviously,” she said.

Asked what she feels about having two endings instead so that there is one for each of the camps, where one believes Tris’ death is essential to the story and one for those who think Tris should not have been killed off, Roth was further amused. She said that she does not think that is feasible to do because she has not seen any movie that did such a “Choose Your Own Story” style. She, however, said that she still has no idea how the ending would be tackled.

However, there just might be hope yet. With "Insurgent," Roth reportedly allowed many changes to be implemented and did not feel bad, believing they were made for the betterment of the movie version. She said that for the second instalment of the movie, big changes were made but she did not feel as if she did something wrong with her book, so she did not feel bad. “Mostly I feel like if it works in the movie, then it makes the movie stronger, and we can focus more on the characters as a result.”

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