Thinking she and Officer Burke finally cheated Death, they went to a picnic with the Gibbons family, who tells them how their son Brian Gibbons was saved from Death by the survivors. To everyone's surprise, Brian is blown to pieces nearby due to a barbecue grill malfunction. In the alternate ending of "Final Destination 3", a newspaper (not official) blows by, revealing Kimberly and Burke ran into each other at a hardware store and a Camaro (belonging to Evan) ran through the store, knocking them into a nearby woodchipper (belonging to Peter Gibbons). Kimberly's coat was tangled and was snatched into the machine. Burke attempted to save her, and both were dismembered, with the attending physician who signed their death certificates being Dr. Ellen Kalarjian. However, while this is an alternate ending, as every other character in the Final Destination series has died, it can be safely assumed that they too faced a gruesome end. Franchise producer Craig Perry had stated that the newspaper article can be taken as canonical. The role of Kimberly Corman was given to Canadian actress A. J. Cook, who previously starred in the 1999 film "The Virgin Suicides". Cook described her role as "a very strong girl, very determined because her mother died a year earlier, right in front of her eyes, so she’s had to grow up quick." Cook added that "it's rare to find one strong female lead in a horror film, not to mention two [Larter].” Director David Ellis and producer Craig Perry were amazed by her sensitivity and vulnerability in her performance, and she was hired instantly. Ellis and Perry praised her act, with Perry stating that "[they] were at the beginning of what's going to be a long successful career for her." Ellis describe her role as "a girl who can have some fun cause they're going on a trip and they'll gonna have a good time, yet someone who can stand up to Clear, to come and challenge Clear on a race, and to bother with Clear." The character's surname was based by writer Jeffrey Reddick to American director Roger Corman, who directed the horror comedy film "The Little Shop of Horrors". Originally, Kimberly and her father Michael's surname was "Burroughs" (in honor of Canadian actress Jackie Burroughs, who starred as Kate Flynn in the acclaimed crime thriller film "The Grey Fox") instead of Corman in the original script, but the writers decided to change it in the script revision.