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Instead of ending on Charlie’s ultimate sacrifice for the sake of his 17-year-old daughter Katie, his mummified self is wheeled into a prison cell where the Magician (Hayat Kamille) is being held. The latter is the party responsible for abducting Katie eight years earlier and transferring an ancient demon into her. The movie then ends with the implication that Charlie will regift the demon to the Magician so his family can be properly reformed.

“You make these decisions because you want to give the audience what they want, and I understand that. Is it a better movie, objectively speaking? I don’t know. I did like Lee’s original ending,” Reynor tells The Hollywood Reporter. “But I also understand that if I went to see that movie with my teenage kids and they were bummed out because it was so fucking bleak at the end, maybe I’d be [more in favor of the coda]. So I see the merits of both for different reasons.”

It’s been a busy couple years for the Irish actor. On May 6, he’ll be seen in the Priyanka Chopra-Jonas-led Citadel season two as a roguish former CIA operative. Then Power Ballad, his fourth collaboration with Irish director John Carney, hits theaters a few weeks later. He plays the agent to a boy bander portrayed by Chopra-Jonas’ other half, Nick Jonas. Additionally, he has an undated Gareth Evans actioner, A Colt Is My Passport, in the pipeline, as well as the second season of Presumed Innocent. Rachel Brosnahan plays his defendant character’s attorney.

The second season of Apple TV’s hit anthology series tackles new source material and bears no connection to the Jake Gyllenhaal-starring first season. But Reynor insists that it’s still going to scratch the same itch as season one.

“I wouldn’t say it’s night-and-day different. I would say that the visual aesthetic and tone of the show definitely resonates with the first season,” Reynor says. “The interpersonal dynamics of season two are different to season one, but it is certainly not such a huge departure that people are going to be feeling they’re watching a different show.”

Below, during a conversation with THR, Reynor also compares The Mummy’s filming experience to his first horror movie, Ari Aster’s Midsommar, before revealing which genre movie he’d reimagine next if given the choice.

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After filming a few notable movies and a couple high-profile series, what’s your 30,000-foot view right now, career-wise?

As time has gone on, my perspectives have changed about my career. My ambitions have changed, and I’m feeling pretty good about things right now. I really enjoy my work. Some things hit, some things don’t. But I tend to work with really great people and often really nice people too. So I always find that it’s a pleasure to go to work, and I’m very blessed that the work I do subsidizes the lifestyle that I want to have, which is very important to me. So I’m feeling pretty good about it.

The industry is obviously changing so quickly, and we don’t really know what the complexion of it is going to be in the next five years with regard to theatrical, streaming, et cetera. If I can, I would love to continue making feature films because my love is in features, but I also really enjoy doing these limited series. Jumping into something for one season, it’s kind of like making a long movie. I like telling a complete story from end to end before moving on to something else. I’m not really somebody who enjoys coming back to things a second or third time. I think it’s just the nature o

Jack Reynor Talks 'Lee Cronin's The Mummy' Original Ending