For years, the movie “The Exorcist” caused a stir for its effects and the story it told. For millions of people, who watched this drama starring Linda Blair, it was a shock to see the horrible scenes of the girl possessed by Lucifer looking so real.
This production, released in 1973 and directed by William Friedkin, will never be forgotten, especially for the 13-year-old girl who played this legendary character in Hollywood history, in a film that was related to fatal events that caused the death of 9 people. involved with the staff.
But the true fatality also reached the main character, because the little girl only got to work in this role, since life saw to it that her career inexplicably ended with that great performance that earned her a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for the Best Supporting Actress.
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Linda Blair’s curse was recorded for posterity
The portal T13 brings to the present the sad reality in which Linda Blair plunged, after the premiere of “The Exorcist”. It was a rumor that spread throughout all the Hollywood sets and that spoke of the little girl who achieved a masterful performance dragging a terrible curse that was synonymous with doom.
Despite this disastrous background, he was able to act in low-cost films such as “Born Innocent” in 1974 and “Sweet Kidnapping” in 1975, “Savage Streets” (1984), and others where he unfortunately wasted his talent. The year 1997 arrived, and in a second sequel, “The Exorcist, The Heretic”, it did not achieve even a third of the undisputed success of the first part.
Those were the same years, when the press reviewed the personal life of the teenager, noting that at her young age she began a life next to the Australian singer Rick Springfield.
Although Linda was lucky enough to be chosen to embody the character of little Regan MacNeil, the girl possessed by the devil, among 600 applicants her age, the twilight of her personal life was affected by the same shadow that covered the behind the scenes of this American production.
Fame was very short-lived, falling into a total abyss that plunged her into a serious depression, due to various events in her life. The first, due to the threats promoted by religious fanatics that forced her to move to three different locations, fleeing from the strong campaign that branded the film as a film that “brought glory to Satan.”
The second event was the separation and subsequent divorce of her parents, which ended up melting her into a complete depressive state, which continued in alcohol and drugs, the forced refuge of many celebrities.
Failing in the second installment of her role and the marked frustration at not achieving a boost in her career, led her to use and traffic cocaine, crimes for which she was sentenced to three years probation.
But the most unfortunate episode in his life occurred at the young age of 23. For 8 long years, she was hospitalized in a psychiatric center where she struggled in a rehabilitation that involved serious behavioral episodes.
In 1989, she managed to leave the institution where she was confined, determined to restart a new life marked by serenity and another style to cope with daily events.
The mettle of Linda Blair at 13 years old
According to Infobae, the screenwriter and producer of the film, William Peter Blatty, over the years made a biographical documentary called “Didn’t you used to be Satan?” And in 1996 he recounted how the strong personality of a young girl who agreed to be the girl with the endomonia was, and the complicated scenes.
The filming of the film was exhausting and added 11 months of long work in which Linda had to be exposed to the stress of the scenes and to live with a macabre doll with her life-size face. Add to that the endless makeup sessions to look so dramatic on tape.
The actress later suffered serious consequences in her column due to the recordings, because she was hung from a harness with which she was lifted to perform the effect when she was possessed in bed. She said that the screams and tears that remained in the film were real, due to the pain she felt at the impact of her body against the furniture. However, no one cut the recording because they thought she was acting.
Some time later, the actress as an adult would talk about her role. “I did my job without asking who the devil was, I was professional. But the movie ended and my story changed, ”she said, remembering everything that her destiny had in store for her.
At 63, Linda Blair dedicates her life to protecting animals
On her Instagram account, the 63-year-old former actress shares posts in which she is seen happy in her philanthropic work at the head of the foundation she created, Linda Blair World Heart Foundation.
For the celebration of International Women’s Day, she posted a collage of photographs in which she sees herself devoted to her work of protecting canines that do not have a home, and being the voice and protector of those beings that can change the lives of any human being.
As part of an extensive text, the foundation team thanked Linda for her work, remembering that her days were different after filming “The Exorcist”, dedicating herself to caring for and helping animals. “She chose this path to ensure that those who have fallen on hard times have love, a stomach full of hearts.”
Linda has no children and her life is focused on living a healthy lifestyle, on a vegetarian diet that keeps her slim and very active. On January 22, she reached a new year and so she shared it with her followers.
A lush mane, with golden reflections, gives her a very youthful appearance at her age, with a face that shows the passing of the years. However, there is no lack of a smile in each of the images that we see on her social networks.
And the photos that one day promoted the success of “The Exorcist” are also not lacking in his account, as well as the graphics that recall his youth. (AND)
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