‘Blair Witch Project’ Star Heather Donahue Recalls Her Complicated Relationship With The Franchise
“Blair Witch,” the sequel to the 1999 thriller “The Blair Witch Project,” is now out in theaters. For those who enjoyed the horror film that tricked everyone into thinking it was a true story, it’s a great blast from the past. But for others like Heather Donahue, star of the original film, news of the sequel initially brought back some bad memories.
Donahue wrote a piece for The Guardian where she described how the marketing department for the first film faked her death to sell the movie and the emotions that followed as the picture got bigger and she was left in the dark.
“My obituary was published when I was 24. It’s a complicated thing to be dead when you’re still very much alive and eager to make a name for yourself,” she wrote. “ I was the girl. The girl from ‘The Blair Witch Project.’”
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Donahue wrote a piece for The Guardian where she described how the marketing department for the first film faked her death to sell the movie and the emotions that followed as the picture got bigger and she was left in the dark.
“My obituary was published when I was 24. It’s a complicated thing to be dead when you’re still very much alive and eager to make a name for yourself,” she wrote. “ I was the girl. The girl from ‘The Blair Witch Project.’”
Read More: Weekend Box Office Preview: ‘Sully’ Holds,...
- 9/16/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
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