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Great find! This is a complete contrast to Linda’s story that she didn’t know what she was doing during the masturbation sequence. Friedkin tends to exaggerate things so it’s hard to believe what really happened. Also note that he says there were no opticals in The Exorcist which there clearly are “vomit sequence”. I think he may be referring to CGI so I’ll let it slide on this one.
Justin, let it be known that you are without a doubt ‘THE MAN’. This is a great post!
I don’t buy into what Friedkin says about Linda’s audition here, mainly based on what Linda Blair has said in the past (and agreeing with Ghetto that Friedkin exaggerates a lot.)
Very interesting viewing.
I tend to belive that William Friedkin is a brilliant director,as many of you also think of him along those lines. In all his brilliance , Friedkin always seems to exaggerates to create hype, in my humble opinion. I have said in the past that hype about anything makes people talk. In turn this makes people want to see or rebuff what ever Friedkin has exaggerated on. So in turn the hype thats been generated manifest it self in the all mighty dollar.I really belive that it is a calculated move on his part to start a dialogue among the people that go and pay for a movie ticket or buy DVD’s that he directs.
Look at us, we are having a conversation on a movie that made it’s debut back in 1973.That is staying power if you ask me. All because Friedkin always exaggerates on things that happend behind the scene. Is that brilliant or what .This is a complete contrast to Linda’s story
It was a nine year girl who said that! Peter Travers wrote about it in his book, The Story Behind The Exorcist:
“Billy Friedkin knew the real key to how the role would affect the child rested upon how well the novel was handled by both parent and child: they had to be open enough in their interpretations to deal with the events and themes in the story. He never wavered in his belief that the right child could be found if all his conditions were fulfilled.
But would this openness be tantamount to sophistication and lack of inhibition? Friedkin responded with an unqualified “No!” as his smile broke into a wide grin of remembrance, Friedkin quickly added: “Let me tell you a story about one of the girls I auditioned. She was a really cute nine-year-old who seemed quite ‘hip’. She sat down in my office and began to talk. I asked her if she had read The Exorcist, and she quickly responded she had not, but assured me she knew the story. I asked her to give me her interpretation. She matter-of-factly replied, “It’s the story of a girl who gets possessed by a devil and does a bunch of bad things.” I said, “What kind of bad things?” and she said, “Well, the girl masturbates with a crucifix.” I asked if she knew what that meant and she sighed, “Sure, it means jerking off.” I must admit that I was somewhat taken aback, but I looked at her and asked, “Do you do that?” She looked at me, paused for a moment, and said, “Doesn’t everyone?”
What Friedkin was looking for (readily apparent from the nine-year-old’s reaction) was an actress who could, through her innocence, make the demonic transitions more credible and the horror more palpable. Friedkin was very straight on what he wasn’t after and confident that what he wanted could be found.”
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