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Jason Miller found worldwide fame after he starred in the iconic 1973 movieThe Exorcist.Finding ways to scare audiences and terrify people around the world, the iconic blockbuster is revered as one of the greatest horror movies the world has ever seen.
Fans and people around the world were so terrified of the film that after the movie’s release, they thought that they were actually possessed. As revealed by William Friedkin, the director of the movie, people would run up to Jason Miller to get exorcised!
Jason Miller Was Just An Actor
Starring in the 1973 movie, people were really convinced thatThe Exorcistwas a true story, and Jason Miller’s character Damien Karras was a real-life priest who handled such a case. With the movie getting highly revered as one of the greatest, fans were terrified of the movie but grateful for Jason Miller!
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William Friedkin was the director of the movie and he had quite some stories to tell about working on the sets of the movie. The most notable story was that of people running up to Jason Miller and wanting the actor to cast their alleged demons out! In his talks (viaEW), here’s what the director had to say about the success and the terror of that iconic movie.
“I did this film because I believe in the story. This film was made by a believer. The film, to me, is about the mystery of faith. I know it’s voted this-and-that horror film, but to me, it’s about the mystery of faith.”
He further continued,
“There was a lot of that. I used to walk down the street with Jason [Miller] in New York and people would come up to him and attempt to touch his jacket. ‘Father, I have a son, I have a son…!’ And he would say, ‘I’m just an actor!'”
In his other iconic tale, the director talked about one of the most difficult tasks that he had to do, finding a young actress for the role of the young Regan MacNeil. As per the director, finding Linda Blair was a blessing since it was all just a game for her!
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Linda Blair Had No Problem Acting InThe Exorcist
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The director wanted a young actress for the lead role, and there were lots of auditions until one day,Linda Blairand her mother came in without an appointment. They had a good chat, as revealed byEW, and William Friedkin was quite impressed.
“If she was bothered by it during production, the rest of the cast couldn’t function, and nor could the crew. In the dailies, you’d see after every take, where she’s saying the most horrific things, I’d say cut, and then one of the prop men would hand her a milkshake and she’d be laughing. The whole thing to her was a game.”
All in all, the film received a high rating of 8.1/10 on IMDB and 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and was very well received around the world against a low budget of $12 million.
The Exorcistis available to stream on Max.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
