Sophie Thatcher is very quickly becoming a popular star among genre fans. She first started garnering attention thanks to her standout role as Natalie on Showtime’s phenomenal series Yellowjackets, and now she has added her first Stephen King adaptation to her resume with director Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman. She appears to have a very bright future ahead of her (if not especially because of the big shifts set to come in Yellowjackets Season 3), and she reflects on the 1976 classic Carrie as being a film that opened her eyes to the strong roles available to women in horror.
I spoke with Thatcher late last month during the Los Angeles press day for The Boogeyman, and our conversation began by talking about her history with Stephen King. She admitted that her awareness of King’s work was mostly through adaptations, but she pointed to Carrie as being a film of particular significance to her. She explained,
