Michelle Tesoro – post-production editor of The Queen’s Gambit recalled that Anya Taylor-Joy cried like a rain in the final scene when the character Beth Harmon played chess with people in a park in Russia.

“Anya told me that she and Beth have a lot of similarities in personality. Filming these final videos means that she will have to break up with Beth Harmon soon after” – Michelle Tesoro interviewed question

Anya Taylor-Joy herself later shared in a press conference that she felt happy for Beth and for herself at that beautiful moment.