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I enjoy that picture of all three of them happily together. Who knows when… if… we'll see that again.
There's no denying this blu-ray release has brought many good things for Exorcist fans.
Captain Howdy said:
“…that picture of all three of them happily together. Who knows when… if… we'll see that again.
Yeah, that has made me cry now.
Please, Blatty & Friedkin: make The Exorcist novel miniseries before you both pass away…Â
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That's scares me! Is that the Walton's kid? I would still loved to have seen Jodi Foster in the role despite the fact she would have been two to three years younger than role albeit it would have ruined her career like it did Blair's.
Father Bowdern
FB, I wouldn't say The Exorcist ruined Linda Blair's career. If anything, she had a career because of the film… or is that being too obvious?
Are you smoking reefer again, FB? Â
Lol, smoking reefer…
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It was Heretic that ruined Linda's career!
And I meant this edited pic – it was removed, dunno why.
Nope, unfortunately, I am reefer free. What I meant was the pigeonholing process that Hollywood does to certain actors after playing a role that was as sensationalized as the character, Regan MacNeil. Linda Blair could never recover entirely from the tour-de-force demonic portrayal. This is much akin to the parts child actors play on hour-half or one-hour television series. Unfortunately, these child actors will always have an association with that particular character in almost every instance. You can probably think of many children and adult actors who fall under this category; i.e., Daniel Radcliffe will have a very hard time breaking free from his Harry Potter image, if ever (and it doesn’t matter how many times he runs around naked on stage in the play Equus).
As far as Blair, the performance and scenes she participated in caused some pandemonium upon the film’s release. She needed bodyguards for several months and received vile hate mail, death threats, etc.
On this information, I base my opinion of how an actor’s career can go to pot (pun intended with the mention of reefer above). Again, I don’t find Blair’s performances in any feature or television spot to have the same credibility that Friedkin coaxed out of her when he was directing Blair in the film, The Exorcist; e.,g. which goes back to my comment about Friedkin and his editor knowing exactly which scenes to cut for the sake of credibility.
Father Bowdern
Captain Howdy said:
FB, I wouldn't say The Exorcist ruined Linda Blair's career. If anything, she had a career because of the film… or is that being too obvious?
Are you smoking reefer again, FB? Â
^^ CH, read my commentary above. I should have written this as a “sustainable, enduring, and profitable” career. Example: Sally Field was a punchline of all jokes regarding her portral as Sybil, yet she overcame the odds by proving her acting talents could take her further … all the way from an Emmy to two Academy Awards (because you like me, you really like me.)
Father Bowdern
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