Ellen Burstyn thinking that there is enough Exorcist movies.
The 93-year-old actress, who memorably portrayed Regan MacNeil’s mother Chris MacNeil in the 1973 film, was asked about The Exorcist: Martyrs in a new interview with Variety.
“Isn’t there enough already Exorcist thing?” she said. “It’s enough already.”
Ellen Burstyn returned for The Exorcist: Believe
After appearing in the original film, Helen back for later The Exorcist: Believe in 2023, which was to be the start of a new trilogy.
It took her several years to say yes to the 2023 film, because she previously told The Hollywood Reporter that she turned everyone down whenever they asked.
Helen they ended up offering her “a whole lot more money” to come back and she still said no until they doubled their offer.
She continued, “Okay, let me think about this.’ I thought, ‘That’s a lot of money. Let me think about it.’ The next thought that came to my mind was: “I feel that the devil is asking my price.”
She had one request to come back for the 2023 sequel trilogy
At last, Helen they had one request, and that was for a scholarship program for students.
“And the next thought that came to mind was, ‘My price is a scholarship program for talented students at our master’s degree program at Pace University. That’s my price. And I have a scholarship program for young actors,'” she said at the time.
The Exorcist: Martyrs is a new story in the iconic horror universe, although it has nothing to do with the now canceled trilogy Helen signed for star in.
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this time, Mike Flanagan writing and directing the story, by Scarlett Johansson, Sasha Calle, Ejiofor Chiwetel, Diane Laneand Jacobi skirt starry It has been described as a “radical new take” on the story and will hit theaters on March 12, 2027.
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