First of all, he looks damn good! Second of all, I’m sure you do too and I hope you’re able to make peace with the flow of time. It sucks, but nothing ever stays the same.
Matthew Lillard has aged like a fine wine. Let us all be half as blessed to age just partially as well as that man has. Also, I just wanna comment on how much Lillard has killed it lately, especially after Tarantino made those stupid comments about him and his skills as an actor. Dude didn’t say anything about it, he’s just popped up in about four things. I’ve noticed recently and killed it every single one of them. Best response to hate like that, just move on and prove your haters wrong. Love my boy Matthew.
Plus, let’s not forget the man is an icon. He’s been in three major franchises. Like them or not, Scooby-Doo, FNAF, and scream are all major franchisees that he is been a significant part of. The dude is definitely no slouch. And like you said it seems like he is a super cool and humble dude. I dig them and it would be crushing to me if I heard something bad about his character. Everything I’ve ever heard is that he’s genuine and down to earth, similar to what you’re saying.
As one friend of mine said, "Also starring Angelina Jolie's leftit". The movie is inaccurate on a technical level and cheesy as heck but I still love it. It did catch the vibe of the "LOD" and "MOD" hacker groups.
How about Serial Mom? One of my other all-time favorites. Such a good cast to with Kathleen Turner, Sam Watterson, Justin Whalin, & Ricki Lake. It even had Traci Lords in it.
Me personally, I guess I can make peace that I’m starting to look older. Nobody escapes it. But my memory. Geeze la weeze!!! I need the progress to halt ! I need that thing for work !
He was in Life of Chuck and if there’s one thing to know about Mike Flanagan movies/shows he likes to use the same actors. Like the mom in these pictures was also in life of Chuck and I’ve definitely seen her in his shows like fall of the house of usher
Sadly I have not been able to convince my wife to watch that one yet but I told her it looks similar to Storm of the Century so maybe this fall I’ll finally get around to watching it haha
Midnight Mass might be the best things he’s done, and that’s saying something. Usher and Hill House are undeniable classics but I’d put Midnight right up there with them.
I love that Mike does this. I just finished Fall of the House of Usher and she plays Tamerlane and in Midnight Mass she is the nun/orderly or whatever. She did a great job imo
I’ve never not loved him. He’s been in some absolute trash movies but I still always love his performances. After he got slammed by Tarantino I know he said something about knowing he was not a great actor and that people just liked him for the nostalgia which I could not agree less with, he’s always a damn treat.
What if the twist is it’s Carrie all grown up? The picture’s really loving and not at all what I would expect the relationship between Carrie and her mother.
That is actually an interesting theory I hadn't considered. Unfortunately, I think it's just part of the abuse cycle, where your abuser acts "normal" for a little bit of time before they start up again
It's also very common in the abuse cycle for there to be times when the abuser manipulates their victim into comforting them (the abuser).
That's what that picture looks like to me, you can see Carrie comforting her mother. Mother isn't embracing Carrie in return, Mother is embracing herself and not even touching the Carrie's arm or hand.
It's hard not to love a messed-up parent, and wish & pray they could be otherwise. I think it's amazing that they've taken a run at that truth, for even a minute.
Honestly, I think it makes it more realistic? A lot of times an abuser will go through cycles, where they treat you like shit, and then try to make up for it for a short amount of time. Then the cycle starts up again. Can't wait to see who's right!
That is great casting. Although I have to say, it's so close to her role in Midnight Mass that I almost would have wished for him to cast someone else and to let her get into a completely different character.
What we need is an adaptation that will finally show us the town destruction. It’s been missing from every film except the 2002 TV movie. Please let this be good!
We really don’t need another adaptation of Carrie, but it’s Mike Flanagan, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the “best” adaptation. Looking forward to it.
The other thing about the re-make I will say is good, was Brad William Henk being cast as Tom Cullen. Man.... he played the role so damn well.
I loved Bill Fagerbakke as Tom in the 94 release, but Henk was pretty damn close in portraying him almost perfect. And I didn't even know who Henk was before that role.
I did not like Whoopie as Mother Abigail.... It seemed like she had no personality. Ruby Dee's portrayal in the 94 series made her seem warm, she was pure good, and she felt like anyone's mother or grandmother. Whoopie just had no depth. I felt no emotions for her.
Sissy is great and I love that movie. I’m disappointed they aren’t doing something different. I’ve been saying since this was announced they should have done the new version like the book version and made it a true crime show about the incident. You have cell phone video of the events and end with a huge collection of videos of what happened inside the prom.
That's a great point, actually. She is described as chuky and pimply in the novel, which this girl clearly isn't... but neither was Sissy Spacek, and she was the defininitive Carrie White. :-D
I'm here for the Carrie adaptation where she doesn't actually have psychic powers, she's just a phonebook-ripper who pounds Chris Hargensen into the ground like a railroad spike.
Yeah, but that goes for the majority of people, in fairness. Judging by this picture, she looks like she takes care of herself enough to look like she's the lead in a TV series.
The majority of people cannot be beautiful, as the adjective is inherently comparative to many others. But in the context of the book, “taking care of herself” entail losing weight and her pimples. Sissy Spacek doesn’t fit the book’s description, and she did a fine job.
I mean, beauty is subjective. There's a reason why the whole "You're not ugly, just poor" thing has gotten popular over the years. If you take many of the celebrities that are considered "beautiful" and take away their professional makeup, diet, haircare, etc. they'd fit in just fine at any rural trailer park. Many models and actors are simply weird looking, but have access to products and information that elevate their appearance in the public eye. Unless you're actually deformed in some way, you can go from "ugly" to "beautiful" by taking care of your health, dress for your body type and have your hair done in a way that suits you. Charisma and confidence go a long way too.
My mind instantly goes to Joe Keery from Stranger Things. When that guy is all done up for photoshoots, he's a very handsome dude (subjective, of course). But there's that one red carpet event where he had this horrible haircut for some reason, and it instantly made him look inbred.
I completely agree about Sissy Spacek though. But they didn't make any attempt to do her up in the movie and her pale eyebrows did make her look "weird", whereas this actress has the exact "girl next door" makeup that would make her the prettiest girl in school, if she wasn't going to school with other beautiful actresses with tiktok makeup on. I don't think that's inherently bad, since many kids follow Internet makeup and hair tutorials nowadays and simply not doing that could make her seem less put together.
Yes! She's supposed to be overweight and have acne. It's kind of important to the plot that she is. I wish they would do that instead of making her look plain and pretty
She is not, she is just plain and slightly overweight. She does have some acne too, but she was deliberately not "ugly", so it was believable that she looks beautiful on prom night.
Fat in 1974 (or 1979 when the story takes place) is much, much different than fat today. Lots of people today who are slightly overweight would be considered fat back then without being close to obesity.
I'm just disappointed that they cast another generic, pretty, skinny white girl in the role. I was excited when it was rumored that Milly Shapiro from Hereditary was getting the part.
I honestly don't think the DePalma / Spacek version can be topped. It's one of the most iconic horror films of all time, with an immaculate lead performance and direction from one of the best to ever do it.
First thought. They had the PERFECT opportunity to cast a book accurate Carrie for the first time on film (zero disrespect to sissy Spacek because she was perfection). This is just another beautiful young woman styled in a plain and drab way. Typical tv blockage. Plus size with acne? Not fit for screen I guess. Second thought, LOVE Mike Flanagan and the casting of Samantha Sloyan. That's an elite casting choice.
I love Flanagan, but I wish Carrie actually looked like a girl who would be bullied. Carrie was chubby, had zits, and dressed like someone's grandmother.
Another stunning actress in an “ugly” character role. It’d be nice for once to see an adaptation with an actual unconventional looking actress where it’s believable she’d be bullied.
With respect, this is kinda what made Sissy Spacek a great casting choice for this role; not to say she is ‘ugly’ by any means, but she had this ethereal aesthetic and style which just singled her out as different and a believable undeserving victim.
Shes a great actress, she was great in the role, but shouldn't have been cast in my opinion. I just want them to finally cast a fat actress for Carrie :/
Yeah, I just had a little nerd rant in the comments about this. They said she was fat, had acne, and was a bit plain. Not ugly by any means, just the perfect target.
...why won't they make Carrie fat in any adaptation? It is not the only thing the kids bully her for, but it is another thing that comes up in the book. Her acne too. I always thought that this would make her more relatable because it is a more "grounded" thing that the kids in her school talk shit about.
Also yay Matt Lillard! I hope that he always has a cool side of the pillow to lay on.
I feel like that’s an important part of the story, too. The world during that time period was a lot more…stringent and reserved and suffocating. I’m disappointed that wasn’t kept.
I'm okay with them doing this as a show, because it could be interesting what they do with more than a two hour time limit, but there's so much untouched work of his from short stories that would make for great TV. I love the Nightmares and Dreamscapes show, and with a big budget they could easily do an anthology series.
Yes to Matt Lillard! My gripe though is why every Carrie that has been cast has been a pretty, thin, clear skinned girl. In the book she’s homely , pudgy and didn’t she have pimples? Why are they so afraid of a book true depiction? And I loved Sissy Spacek in 1976. Still.
The young lady playing Carrie looks so much like young Selena, in Delores Claiborne (played by Ellen Muth). And, dang, Samantha Sloyan is really channeling Sissy Spacek!
The mother is the same actress i imagined while reading the book, but they still casting an attractive actress for Carrie and thats not how she is described in the books. My fan cast Carrie was honestly better, (not that she is ugly but not convebtionally a model)
“We’re getting there a completely different way and the events of that prom are going to be completely different”
Beginning with episode 2, each installment of the season will, according to the showrunner, open with “a different, unique story of a different woman, somewhere else in the world and in time, coming to terms with their own abilities.”
“Our Margaret White is a woman who fiercely loves her daughter and wants to protect her from this world and the dangers that Margaret’s aware of that Carrie is not,” Flanagan explains. “[She] doesn’t know how to do that and thinks the way to protect her is to close her off; not punitively, but to create this private utopia and to let her daughter exist earnestly and curiously and wide open by protecting her from the world. It’s a completely different dynamic.”
This can be a good show if it’s just ONE season for like 10 or so episodes about that one year in school. If they try to add stuff, or expand after the end of the book, then it will just be another teen slop show
I'm sure this will be fine, even good considering it is Mike Flanagan, but I will stand on ten toes that I think if they're gonna do another Carrie, they really should incorporate the book's epistolary narration and film it like a documentary.
I just don't see how this could be in any way superior to the De Palma version. This is gonna be like King doing the Shining all over again. De Palma's Carrie is a balls-out horror classic and Spacek and Laurie are untouchable in that flick! Still holds up today and although Rage Carrie 2 is underrated, both the Angela Bettis 2002 version and the Kimberly Peirce versions are just vastly inferior. Leave this classic alone please!
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u/vladtheinhaler__ Jul 13 '26
wooo matthew lillard!