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Samantha Sloyan says the adaptation updates the bullying story and gives Margaret a more human edge, while keeping Stephen King’s classic horror premise.
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‘Carrie’ – How Samantha Sloyan Found Love and Terror Inside Margaret White in Mike Flanagan’s Series
Stephen King’s Carrie has been terrifying audiences for more than half a century, with Margaret White becoming nearly as iconic as her telekinetic daughter. But Mike Flanagan’s new eight-episode adaptation approaches that famously fraught mother-daughter relationship from a very different place. At the center of it is Samantha Sloyan, the longtime Flanagan collaborator behind unforgettable performances in Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill Hous…
‘Carrie’ Star Samantha Sloyan on Modernizing an Iconic Evil Mom, Playing a Character Who ‘Chooses Violence’ and Being Mike Flanagan’s Secret Weapon
“Why would I do ‘Carrie’ now?” Samantha Sloyan says this was one of the first things writer, director and showrunner Mike Flanagan said to her when he revealed his idea to turn Stephen King’s 1974 novel of the same name into a miniseries. Sure, Flanagan had tackled King before, adapting novels such as “Gerald’s Game” and […]
One of the elements that Mike Flanagan's series changes from the book is the relationship between Carrie and her mother.
Specialist critics also highlighted the performances of Summer H. Howell, who plays Carrie White, and Samantha Sloyan, who brings Margaret White to life, in the new Amazon Prime Video series.
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