Prime Video has confirmed its lead cast for Carrie including Summer Howell who will play the titular character, according to a report on Deadline.
The cast includes Samantha Sloyan (The Fall of the House of Usher) as Carrie’s mom, Margaret White, Alison Thornton (Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce) as Chris Hargensen, Thalia Dudek (The Running Man) as Emaline, Siena Agudong (Sidelined: The QB and Me) as Sue Snell, Amber Midthunder (Prey) as Miss Desjardin, Josie Totah (The Buccaneers) as Tina, and Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Billy, Matthew Lillard (Scream) as Principle Grayle, Joel Oulette (Sullivan’s Crossing) as Tommy.
The new series is described as “bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White (Howell), who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother (Sloyan). After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public High School, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”
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