To be fair, the rest of us were shocked by that twist too.
In case you forgot aboutFinal Destination, Sawa played teenager Alex Browning.
He and his classmates board Volee Airlines Flight 180 to embark on a class trip to Paris.
Devon Sawa talked about finding out he was in Final Destination 5 on the ‘Inside of You’ podcast hosted by Michael Rosenbaum.
After taking his seat on the plane, he has a vivid and horrifying premonition.
In his vision, the lights flicker as the aircraft shakes violently.
He watches as seated passengers are thrust through the large gash in the plane, falling from the sky.
His premonition ends with the fire taking over, clearly killing everyone on board.
Snapping back to reality, Alex panics as he notices the events unfolding exactly as he had foreseen them.
Fearing the worst, he announces the impending explosion to the passengers.
A baby-faced Devon Sawa as Alex Browning inFinal Destination(2000).
A few others from the group, along with one of the supervisors, disembark with him.
The group then watches in shock from the airport as the plane explodes.
I want to say that they didnt tell me because they didnt want it to get out.
Flight 180 explodes in the background while the students fight at the airport.
Im hoping thats the reason, he speculated.
Stop reading now if you want to avoid spoilers forFinal Destination 5(2011).
Molly Harper (Emma Bell) and Sam are among the few who survived the tragedy.
Miles Fisher, Emma Bell and Nicholas D’Agosto as new characters in the fifthFinal Destinationinstallment.
They did it, Sawa responded, Something in the contract about being able to use stock footage.
When you sign it, you think, OK, theyre gonna use it for trailers or whatnot.
It was footage we shot, I guess, stuff that they didnt use.
The reused footage showed Alex Browning and his classmates fighting and being escorted off of flight 180.
New footage they shot and old footage we shot, he explained.
Although its a quick scene, you may notice there are quite a few of the other original characters.
One of the actors, Kerr Smith, learned he was in Final Destination 5 during aninterview withtoofab.
The central character ofFinal Destination 5, Sam (Nicholas D’Agosto), realizes that that he and his girlfriend are on a doomed flight to Paris.
The interviewer asks if hes seen the other films, including the one where you pop up again.
Smith responded, Oh, I havent seen that one.
He briefly explains the prequel twist before telling him, And youre there.
Smith, somewhat surprised, responds, Thats cool.
Laughing, he continued, Im glad someone told me.
It doesnt appear that anyone was cut a check for their brief appearance inFinal Destination 5.
In anow-deleted tweet, Sawa wrote, I never got paid a cent forFinal Destination 5.
They didnt even tell me I was in it when they invited me to the premiere.
I assumed for press.
I was wrong, Sawa tweeted.
This has nothing to do with the filmmakers by the way.
I love them all to be completely honest.
And Im super excited to see number 6.
