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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shyamalan had tremendous trouble deciding if he would stick to the graphic novel's [[DownerEnding bleak, fatalistic ending]] or go with his usual style of adding a big shocking TwistEnding. He only made a final decision about a month before the film needed to be in the can. According to a post on Reddit, test screenings didn't even have the ending.

* FakeAmerican: While the characters portrayed by the Mexican Creator/GaelGarciaBernal (Guy), Luxembourgish Vicky Krieps (Prisca), and English Creator/RufusSewell (Charles) reflect their respective performers' non-American nationalities, most of the American characters are also played by non-Americans, specifically New Zealander Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie (Maddox), Australians Abbey Lee (Chrystal) and Eliza Scanlen (Kara), English performers Nikki Amuka-Bird (Patricia) and Aaron Pierre (Mid-Size Sedan), South African Creator/EmbethDavidtz ([[spoiler:adult Maddox]]),[[note]]Davidtz holds dual South African-American citizenship, but has a South African accent[[/note]] and Scottish Emun Elliot ([[spoiler:adult Trent]]).

* NamesTheSame: Kara shares first name with Creator/DCComics' super-hero [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]].

* DisownedAdaptation: ''Sandcastle'' artist Frederik Peeters [[https://www.tdg.ch/frederik-peeters-on-dirait-une-production-netflix-630542051713 compared the film]] to an 80's BMovie (which, he adds in a TakeThat, would be equivalent to a Creator/{{Netflix}} Original in TheNewTwenties). He also didn't care much for the film [[spoiler:adding a purpose to the beach, which he intended in the graphic novel to be just an unexplained plot device to enable a philosophical exploration of the ravages of time]], but understood that Shyamalan made the changes he did for commercial purposes.

* DisownedAdaptation: ''Sandcastle'' artist Frederik Peeters [[https://www.tdg.ch/frederik-peeters-on-dirait-une-production-netflix-630542051713 compared the film]] to an 80's BMovie (which, he adds in a TakeThat, would be equivalent to a Creator/{{Netflix}} Original in TheNewTwenties). He also didn't care much for the film [[spoiler:adding a purpose to the beach, which in the graphic novel was just an unexplained plot device to enable a philosophical exploration of the ravages of time]], but understood that Shyamalan made the changes he did for commercial purposes.

* DisownedAdaptation: ''Sandcastle'' artist Frederik Peeters [[https://www.tdg.ch/frederik-peeters-on-dirait-une-production-netflix-630542051713 compared the film]] to an 80's BMovie (which, he adds in a TakeThat, would be equivalent to a Creator/{{Netflix}} Original in TheNewTwenties). He also didn't care much for the film [[spoiler:adding a purpose to the beach, which in the graphic novel was just an unexplained plot device to enable a philosophical exploration of the ravages of time]], but understood that Shyamalan had to do the changes he did for commercial purposes.

* DisownedAdaptation: ''Sandcastle'' artist Frederik Peeters [[https://www.tdg.ch/frederik-peeters-on-dirait-une-production-netflix-630542051713 compared the film]] to an 80's BMovie (which, he adds in a TakeThat, would be equivalent to a Creator/{{Netflix}} Original in TheNewTwenties). He also didn't care much for the film [[spoiler:adding a purpose to the beach, which in the graphic novel was just an unexplained plot device to enable a philosophical exploration of the ravages of time]], but understood that Shymalan had to do the changes he did for commercial purposes.

** Inverted with Emun Elliot, [[spoiler:who was in his mid-30s when he played the 50-year-old Trent]].

** Alex Wolff (Trent), Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie (Maddox), and Creator/ElizaScanlen (Kara) were all in their late teens or early 20s when they portrayed the film's teenage characters. Wolf and Scanlen both happen to be older than [=McKenzie=], despite [=McKenzie=]'s character being older.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shyamalan had tremendous trouble deciding if he would stick to the graphic novel’s [[DownerEnding bleak, fatalistic ending]] or go with his usual style of adding a big shocking TwistEnding. He only made a final decision about a month before the film needed to be in the can. According to a post on Website/Reddit, test screenings didn't even have the ending.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shyamalan had tremendous trouble deciding if he would stick to the graphic novel’s [[DownerEnding bleak, fatalistic ending]] or go with his usual style of adding a big shocking TwistEnding. He only made a final decision about a month before the film needed to be in the can.

* FakeAmerican: While the characters portrayed by the Mexican Creator/GaelGarciaBernal (Guy), Luxembourgish Vicky Krieps (Prisca), and English Creator/RufusSewell (Charles) reflect their respective performer's non-American nationality, most of the American characters are also played by non-Americans, specifically New Zealander Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie (Maddox), Australians Abbey Lee (Chrystal) and Eliza Scanlen (Kara), English performers Nikki Amuka-Bird (Patricia) and Aaron Pierre (Mid-Size Sedan), South African Creator/EmbethDavidtz ([[spoiler:adult Maddox]]),[[note]]Davidtz holds dual South African-American citizenship, but has a South African accent[[/note]] and Scottish Emun Elliot ([[spoiler:adult Trent]]).

* FakeAmerican: While the characters portrayed by the Mexican Creator/GaelGarciaBernal (Guy), Luxembourgish Vicky Krieps (Prisca), and English Creator/RufusSewell (Charles) reflect their respective performer's non-American nationality, most of the American characters are also played by non-Americans, specifically New Zealander Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie (Maddox), Australians Abbey Lee and Eliza Scanlen (Chrystal and Kara), English performers Nikki Amuka-Bird (Patricia) and Aaron Pierre (Mid-Size Sedan), South African Creator/EmbethDavidtz ([[spoiler:adult Maddox]]),[[note]]Davidtz holds dual South African-American citizenship, but has a South African accent[[/note]] and Scottish Emun Elliot ([[spoiler:adult Trent]]).

* FakeAmerican: While the characters portrayed by the Mexican Creator/GaelGarciaBernal (Guy), Luxembourgish Vicky Krieps (Prisca), and English Creator/RufusSewell (Charles) reflect their respective performer's non-American nationality, most of the American characters are also played by non-Americans, specifically New Zealander Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie (Maddox), Australians Abbey Lee and Eliza Scanlen (Chrystal and Kara), English performers Nikki Amuka-Bird (Patricia) and Aaron Pierre (Mid-Size Sedan), South African Creator/EmbethDavidtz ([[spoiler:adult Maddox]]),[[note]]Davidtz holds dual South African-American citizenship, but has a South African accent.[[/note]] and Scottish Emun Elliot ([[spoiler:adult Trent]]).

* FakeAmerican: While the characters portrayed by the Mexican Creator/GaelGarciaBernal (Guy), Luxembourgish Vicky Krieps (Prisca), and English Creator/RufusSewell (Charles) reflect their respective performer's non-American nationality, most of the American characters are also played by non-Americans, specifically New Zealander Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie (Maddox), Australians Abbey Lee and Eliza Scanlen (Chrystal and Kara), English performers Nikki Amuka-Bird (Patricia) and Aaron Pierre (Mid-Size Sedan), South African Creator/EmbethDavidtz ([[spoiler:adult Maddox]]) and Scottish Emun Elliot ([[spoiler:adult Trent]]).

* FakeAmerican: While the characters portrayed by the Mexican Creator/GaelGarcíaBernal (Guy), Luxembourgish Vicky Krieps (Prisca), and English Creator/RufusSewell (Charles) reflect their respective performer's non-American nationality, most of the American characters are also played by non-Americans, specifically New Zealander Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie (Maddox), Australians Abbey Lee and Eliza Scanlen (Chrystal and Kara), English performers Nikki Amuka-Bird (Patricia) and Aaron Pierre (Mid-Size Sedan), South African Creator/EmbethDavidtz ([[spoiler:adult Maddox]]) and Scottish Emun Elliot ([[spoiler:adult Trent]]).

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:The various trailers/advertisements gave away the deaths of Charles and Kara. Eagle-eyed viewers could also have also spotted footage of Trent and Maddox as adults]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shyamalan had tremendous trouble deciding if he would stick to the graphic novel’s [[DownerEndibg bleak, fatalistic ending]] or go with his usual style of adding a big shocking TwistEnding. He only made a final decision about a month before the film needed to be in the can.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shyamalan had tremendous trouble deciding if he would stick to the graphic novel’s bleak, fatalistic ending or go with his usual style of adding a big shocking twist ending. He only made a final decision about a month before the film needed to be in the can.