Samantha Sloyan Builds the Mother in Prime Video's 'Carrie' Around Love and Fear

Samantha Sloyan, who appeared in "Midnight Mass," spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about her role in Mike Flanagan's new series "Carrie" on Prime Video. The series is adapted from Stephen King's novel, and Sloyan plays the story's devout mother, a character long known as one of the most frightening parents in horror. Sloyan said the series presents the mother as a woman acting out of intense love that is bound up with fear. That reading puts love, rather than cruelty alone, at the center of the character. Readers who know the story only from earlier versions will find that approach is the main point of difference in this one.

With reporting from The Hollywood Reporter.