At the end of film Fatal Attraction, the character played by Glen Close commits suicide. Well, no (I haven't seen the film), she actually gets shot. She gets shot because the preview audiences felt that the character must be punished. So, the ending scene was reworked and re-shot.
And that change was suggested by a powerful man in Hollywood, who recently passed away, named Joseph Farrell. There were many other films that have been altered following tests using preview audiences.
"Joe Farrell has ruined more films than anybody in Hollywood," writer-director John Milius told the Los Angeles Times in 2006.
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