Carrie (2013)
THEDEVIANTONE 2 points 17 days ago.

erm hello to be frank Sissy was picked for Carrie because of her blandness in the beginning of the film no make up no gimmicks just plain jane its only in the latter part of the film we saw her true beauty and then destroyed, that’s the part she had to play the daughter of the crazed bible basher mother even the clothes they picked for her were bland

ThinMan 0 points 17 days ago.

That’s not correct. She got an audition because of her husband (it was a favour) and DePalma originally wanted her to be Chris Hargensen, the mean-girl character whom Nancy Allen wound up playing. De Palma then called Spacek again — out of courtesy and Spacek showed up in a dress she had since childhood with massive amounts of vaseline in her hair. DePalma cast her because she captured a “beautiful, but poor girl who everyone immediately fell in love with”. Also, I was commenting on Sissy Spacek herself when I wrote she’s not bland. And she isn’t. Thanks for commenting! ☺