The new version of the classic story stars Sophia Lillis.
We tried to find a way to make it more of a coming-of-age story.
Sophia Lillis is really fantastic.
She has one of those faces that the camera immediately understands, which is something that rarely happens.
The audition tape Perkins received from Krige.
The word witch was maligned for so many hundreds of years and was such a negative.
Now being a witch has the quality of having power, onesownpower.
Alice Krige made the weirdest and most wonderful tape.
She wore this headscarf, her face floated, it looked like something out of Bergman.
There was this weird kind of breathing, I dont know if it was on purpose or not.
It felt like there was a 500-pound dog in the room with her.
It was so atmospheric.
It almost feels like an old prison or something like that.
Youre just trying to make your day, he says.
That was a very very difficult day, actually.
Its cold and its super-wet.
I mean, if youre worried about any superstition, youre not paying attention.
