Black Swan almost got a remake after 14 years.
In its opening moments, Rosemary's Baby's prequel, Apartment 7A, almost comes off as a remake of a 14-year-old Natalie Portman movie, which helped her win an Academy Award in the Best Actress category. Loosely based on the characters and story beats set by Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby and its 1968 movie adaptation, Apartment 7A follows the story of a young woman named Terry.
Apartment 7A's Story Setup Is Reminiscent Of Black Swan Terry's Opening Arc Reminds One Of Nina's From Black Swan Close In Apartment 7A's opening arc, Julia Garner's Terry is introduced as a dancer who hopes to see herself in the spotlight someday. As the film's opening sequence suggests, she also seems to be on the right path toward achieving her dreams. However, her dreams shatter when she breaks her ankle, and the injury holds her back from pursuing her passion.
Black Swan presents a similar narrative in which Natalie Portman's Nina Sayers gets so consumed with her obsession to land the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake that it skews her sense of reality. As she strives for perfection, she struggles with her identity and goes to extreme lengths to achieve her dream. In the Darren Aronofsky movie's dramatic climax, Nina finally gets what she wants, but at a hefty cost.
The Rosemary's Baby prequel could have drawn parallels between the self-destructive nature of Terry's pregnancy and her obsession with stardom, which would have made it thematically different from its parent film.
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