Sissy Spacek, the Academy Award-winning actor who made her horror debut in Brian De Palma’s 1976 model of Stephen King’s Carrie, says that she wasn’t positive she would get the function after her audition. With a efficiency as iconic as Spacek’s, imagining anybody else because the socially outcast teen feels almost inconceivable. Nonetheless, the actor believed at first that she hadn’t accomplished any good within the display check. Fortunately, De Palma determined she was the appropriate match.
Spacek was a visitor on the annual reside Cannes taping of the Awards Chatter podcast, which is hosted by The Hollywood Reporter. Discussing her profession, Spacek talked about Carrie, and the way she felt “very tortured” the night time earlier than the audition. The following day, she put Vaseline in her hair and totally immersed herself within the meek persona of Carrie White. Nonetheless, when she got here out, she thought she didn’t stand an opportunity:
I believed, ‘He hates me. He’ll by no means need me in his movie, and I am not going to get this.’
Different stars like Betsy Slade and Melanie Griffith additionally auditioned for the function, however finally, De Palma determined Spacek was the appropriate alternative for the movie written by Lawrence D. Cohen. The Coal Miner’s Daughter actor achieved a near-perfect model of the character in a efficiency that is among the many greatest within the universe of Stephen King diversifications. Piper Laurie’s efficiency as Margaret White, Carrie’s overzealous spiritual mom and the true villain within the film, was additionally spectacular. Each Laurie and Spacek had been nominated for Academy Awards.
Critics additionally agreed and right this moment, the movie sits at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s extensively thought-about to be a seminal work within the horror style. Among the many huge catalog of Stephen King diversifications, Carrie stands very near the highest.
Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ Is Amongst His Most Often Tailored Works
De Palma’s model of Carrie is barely the primary of a number of diversifications of the ebook by Stephen King. Nothing can high the unique, in fact, however all through the years, there have been makes an attempt to adapt the story for contemporary audiences. In 1999 and 2002, each a sequel and a TV film had been launched to poor evaluations, and in 2013, Cohen was again within the author’s chair to jot down a completely new adaptation alongside Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The reception by critics was lukewarm at greatest.
In 2024, information broke {that a} new adaptation of Carrie was in growth. The franchise will now land on the small display within the type of a miniseries, and Mike Flanagan is adapting it for Amazon Prime Video. If there’s anybody we will belief with this mission, it is Flanagan. The director of The Haunting of Hill Home and Midnight Mass has proved his price as somebody able to correctly adapting King’s works. His credentials within the King-verse embody Gerald’s Recreation, Physician Sleep and 2025’s The Lifetime of Chuck.
Casting is underway, and hopefully Summer time H. Howell—forged within the function of Carrie White—can rise to the problem. Resident Evil star Siena Agudong will be part of the mission as Sue Snell, and Scream veteran Matthew Lillard has been forged in an undisclosed function. This new adaptation of Carrie will comply with the identical storyline, however some adjustments have been made to make it a bit extra related. Keep tuned for extra updates.
Supply: The Hollywood Reporter
Carrie
- Launch Date
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November 3, 1976
- Runtime
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98 minutes
- Director
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Brian De Palma
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Piper Laurie
Margaret White
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