The Exorcist Legacy Featurette

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In this legacy featurette, Director David Gordon Green and members of the cast for the new upcoming film “The Exorcist: Believer” talk about their experiences watching the other exorcist movies and how they wanted to honor it through this new film. Check it out.
Transcript
00:00 The original Exorcist film was groundbreaking.
00:03 You're looking at a masterful piece of filmmaking
00:06 from 50 years ago.
00:07 I don't think there's ever been a movie before that has
00:09 created such intense frenzy.
00:13 It was a phenomenon.
00:14 My journey began as a mother driven
00:17 by my love for my daughter.
00:19 I was a teenager.
00:20 I saw it, scared the wits out of me.
00:23 She's leaving for you.
00:28 We wanted to honor the film with this continuation.
00:32 Wherever those girls went, they brought something back
00:34 with them.
00:36 Do you think they got possessed by the devil?
00:39 Look at it as a franchise where you can explore,
00:42 you can ask questions.
00:44 If anything, I'm looking to break rules.
00:46 I'm looking to put my fingerprints in this material,
00:49 in this world.
00:50 The only thing that's ever mattered is protecting my kid.
00:53 Help!
00:53 Help!
00:54 We're certainly doing everything we can from frame
00:57 one, minute one, to make sure that it
00:59 is steeped in veracity and nuance and humanity.
01:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:05 Body in the blood?
01:07 Catherine, body in the blood.
01:09 Body in the blood.
01:11 You have some experience with possession.
01:13 Yes, more than I'd like.
01:15 It's a terrifying thought.
01:18 You can be taken over by a force that's inside.
01:23 Don't be scared.
01:25 We've met before.
01:26 Mother.
01:27 I think they will get their money's worth with this one.
01:37 (dramatic music)