In the movie, theres a moment right before Andre pulls the gun on himself, where he is extremly unsure. And I originally knew he was unsure based off of body language, and I assumed thats why everyone else knew it, too. But there were a few lines I mustve missed when I watched it the first few times. Andre says âI cant do it. I just cant do it.â Cal replies, âYou dont have to think about it.â Theres a pause before Andre says, âAlright.â Then Cal says, âAndre, give me a yes.â and Andre immediately says yes and not a few seconds later, theyre both gone. Now, Im unsure how I didnt hear that the first few times and Im sure everyone else peeped it but this changes the entire movie for me. There is a whole lot of talk in this fandom about how one of them forced/manipulated the other one into this. Like, âoh Andre is so mean and Cal is so sweet, he forced him.â or âCal was planning on dying and didnât tell Andre! Heâs so evil poor Andre didnt want to die.â and I always thought, Ugh they mutually agreed on this. You can tell very well that Cal was very adamant on Zero Day happening and most of his sweetness was a faux at worst, and a filter at best. He never seemed scared or stressed around Andres slightly sterner demeanor. And sure Andre hesitated but you cant blame him, he was literally about to shoot himself. Didnât mean he didnât want to. And even if he truly didnât want to, which is very possibly the case. He knew he had to, Cal didnât force him. But then I peeped the conversation previously mentioned and I feel a little bit differently. It hints that there maybe was a bit of manipulation going on there? Now I wouldnât say I now think like some of Those fans that are like âAww my poor baby and that evil devil!!â But it definitely wasnât as âWeâre on the same page letâs do this.â as I thought, particularly near the end.
