Stephen King wants Lindsay Lohan to play "Carrie" in upcoming remake
By Jessica GentileMay 23rd, 2011, 10:15 amComments (11)
Horror of horrors — a remake of Carrie might be in the works. And what's even more terrifying is that Stephen King would cast Lindsay Lohan in the title role. You'd be hard pressed to find an actress less capable of inspiring audience sympathy. I can almost imagine cheers emerging from theaters as she gets doused in blood.
However the larger question at hand is "why remake such an awesome film in the first place?," especially when King himself doesn't even see the point of it. Here's what he had to say about the matter in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:
“I’ve heard rumblings about a Carrie remake, as I have about The Stand and It. Who knows if it will happen? The real question is why, when the original was so good? I mean, not Casablanca, or anything, but a really good horror-suspense film, much better than the book... Although Lindsay Lohan as Carrie White… hmmm. It would certainly be fun to cast. I guess I could get behind it if they turned the project over to one of the Davids: Lynch or Cronenberg.
Those directors certainly have tons of creep-show cred to their names, but shouldn't they be working on more original ideas? Or, you know, maybe a Twin Peaks reunion?
Comments ( 11 )
My whole body aches for David Lynch, or Cronenberg, to make a straight up horror film. Unfortunately, Davey L seems to be too far gone and Davey C has abandoned genre.
There was that rumor that Cronenberg was going to be remaking The Fly himself. Somebody's also planning a remake of Videodrome, bizarrely enough.
There was already a Carrie remake in 2002 (and I'm not talking about the Rage: Carrie 2). Why would they do it again? I actually kinda enjoyed the remake. The ending went a different way, it was pretty decent.
NO MORE FUCKING REMAKES!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!
As for Lohan, stop intervening in her slow suicide by self-abuse and we'll be rid of her that much sooner.
I am nuts for Lindsay. Even with all the shit she's gotten herself into; she has a major likeable aura. There's just something about her, and that may be that she's a little nuts herself.... Hurry up and make a few movies girl!
No, you're just nuts.
C'mon now. At the very least, she's an adorable fuck-up.
Well...that's about right. King's casting choices and film direction + Lindsey Lohan-caliber acting, that is. Remember The Shining remake with that guy from Wings?
So it's a biography of LL?
Thank God! Someone with brains spkeas!
Oh hell no...She'd ruin it. Plus I'd be wary of a Steven King movie...The Shining and Secret Window were the only good ones. She was likable as a kid not the over plasticized thing she is now.
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