``Carrie'' 3 actresses who reached turning points in their lives

Amy Irving became Mrs. Spielberg after ``Carrie''

She played the role of Sue Snell, who, in order to atone for bullying Carrie, asks her boyfriend Tommy(William Katt) to invite her to the prom party, and it is unclear whether she is being kind or not. Amy Irving. Amy Irving was originally cast as Carrie, but Sissy Spacek ended up winning the lead role and was given the supporting role of Sue.

In fact, she and William Katt, who played her lover, were lovers in real life. In the joint audition with Star Wars , Amy Irving played Princess Leia and William Katt played Luke Skywalker, so it's possible that Sue and Tommy will become the Jedi brother and sister Luke and Leia. There was also.

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However, her relationship with William Katt ended in an unexpected way. Steven Spielberg, who was close friends with De Palma, often visited the filming of Carrie. This is because De Palma had told Spielberg, ``There are a lot of cute girls in the movie I'm filming right now!'' (the conflation of public and private life was also severe).

P.J. Soles, who played Norma, one of the high school girls, testified that ``Spielberg approached almost every woman on set.'' Of course, P.J. Soles himself was included in "most women." For Spielberg, the set of ``Carrie'' must have been almost a street scene. As a result of calling out to him at random, the person who accepted his invitation was Amy Irving. After breaking up with William Katt, Irving married Spielberg in 1985. Their marriage did not last long and they divorced in 1989.

Sissy Spacek, who was already a married woman when she filmed ``Carrie,'' has enjoyed a steady career in recent years with films such as ``The Help '' (2011) and `` The Old Man & The Gun '' (18), but De Palma , Nancy Allen and Amy Irving, who were first seen by the great master Spielberg, have completely become "people from the past". In many ways, ``Carrie'' was a turning point in the lives of all three actresses.

Text: Rui Takeshima

A pop culture writer who wants to be kicked by Hit Girl. Host of the web magazine " POP MASTER ".

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