SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major spoilers from the 2026 series “Carrie,” now streaming on Prime Video.
\n\nKate Siegel knows how to speak Stephen King. She was reading his work long before she probably should have, and has often retreated to it in times of need.
\n\n“He was my dad’s favorite author, and when he passed away, I must have read ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ 50 times just to get through the grief,” Siegel tells Variety.
\n\nHer familiarity with King’s vast writings also meant she knew exactly which of his characters to draw upon when asked to play something completely new within his sandbox. Prime Video’s new version of “Carrie” isn’t the first adaptation of King’s classic tale of a childhood gone wrong, nor is it Siegel’s first time working with series creator Mike Flanagan. She’s married to the fellow King whisperer, and previously starred in Flanagan’s film adaptations of “Gerald’s Game” and “The Life of Chuck” –– not to mention all of his original Netflix series.
\n\nBut when it comes to “Carrie,” she isn’t playing a single King creation, per se. Anyone familiar with the “Carrie” story knows exactly where the new series ends up after eight…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/