 SPOILER: The scene involving Villefort trying to kill himself and  Monte Cristo asking him: "Did you think Id make it that easy for  you?" was shot in two versions. Director Kevin Reynolds (I) (qv)  thought the other version, where the gun was actually loaded, worked  better and put it into the original cut. However, some test  audiences, without the knowledge of the existing footage, indicated  it would be better if the gun was not loaded, so the scene in the  final cut was inserted.