{"id":13379,"date":"2015-09-20T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=13379"},"modified":"2015-09-13T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T15:53:45","slug":"15-creepy-facts-about-carrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=13379","title":{"rendered":"15 Creepy Facts About &#8220;Carrie&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2015\/z092015carrie_trivia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Jennifer M. Wood and <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mental_Floss<\/a><\/b>&nbsp;present <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/68461\/15-creepy-facts-about-carrie\" target=\"_blank\">15 Creepy Facts About <em>Carrie<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; Here are three of my favorites&#8230; [Beware of Spoilers!]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. THE STARS OF <em>CARRIE<\/em> COULD HAVE BEEN THE STARS OF <em>STAR WARS<\/em>.<\/strong><br \/>\nBrian De Palma ended up casting for <em>Carrie<\/em> at the same time his good friend George Lucas was doing the same for a little sci-fi film he was making called <em>Star Wars<\/em>. So the two made the rather unorthodox decision to hold joint auditions, which ended up becoming a bit confusing. De Palma liked Amy Irving for the lead in <em>Carrie<\/em>, but she was also considered for Princess Leia in <em>Star Wars<\/em>. William Katt also auditioned for <em>Star Wars<\/em>, alongside Kurt Russell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GrUDyQmlp8Q\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79XY3d6-tiY?list=PLC3CD575DE35513CA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7. BRIAN DE PALMA DIDN\u2019T SEE SISSY SPACEK AS CARRIE.<\/strong><br \/>\nThough De Palma was a fan of Spacek\u2019s work, he was convinced that he had already found his Carrie in another actress. His decision to let Spacek audition at all was mostly out of courtesy to her husband, Jack Fisk, the film\u2019s art director. &#8220;He told me that if I wanted to, I could try out for the part of Carrie White,\u201d Spacek recounted to <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>. &#8220;There was another girl that he was set on and unless he was really surprised, she was the one. I hung up and decided to go for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spacek showed up at her audition in an old dress she hadn\u2019t worn since grade school and with her hair slicked back with Vaseline. When she was done, she waited in the parking lot while her husband reviewed her audition with the rest of the production team. After Fisk came out to tell her that the part was hers, \u201cWe sped off before anybody could change his mind,\u201d Spacek said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13. SPACEK LOVED TO WITNESS MOVIEGOERS\u2019 REACTIONS TO THE ENDING.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWhen I was in New York, and <em>Carrie<\/em> came out, I would go to theaters just for the last five minutes of the film to watch everyone jump out of their chairs,\u201d Spacek recalled. \u201cPeople are all relaxed. The music is really beautiful and relaxing, and all of a sudden that comes up, and people just go crazy.\u201d [I saw <em>Carrie<\/em> at a midnight movie during the original theatrical release and had no &nbsp;idea of the shocking ending. &nbsp;I jumped out of my seat and probably scared others around me worse than the movie. &#8211; Craig]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer M. 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