Prime Video has introduced us to a brand-new Carrie White. She’s the same powerful teenage pariah that Stephen King created, but the upcoming TV series, simply titled Carrie, is set in today’s digital era, which threatens a new form of bullying and newfound struggles of adolescence. Breakout star Summer H. Howell is taking on the highly coveted role. So, who exactly is the talented actress?
Hollywood Life has compiled five facts to know about Summer here!
Summer Is 22 Years Old
Summer was born on May 22, 2004. She is currently 22 years old. At the age of 9, Summer landed a role in a Crest toothpaste commercial.
She Is a Canadian Actress
The Prime Video star hails from Manitoba, Canada.
She Has Starred in Horror Projects Before Carrie
Before landing her role in Prime Video’s Carrie, Summer starred in Curse of Chucky, The Midnight Man, Cult of Chucky, Hunter Hunter, All Fun and Games, Time Cut and Night of the Reaper.
Summer Comes From a Showbusiness Family
The rising star isn’t the only actor in her family! Summer’s brother, Chase Howell, is also a part of the film industry. According to The Promotion People, Chase was noticed by scouts through an open casting call in Winnipeg. From there, Summer felt inspired to pursue the craft.
Summer Is Playing the Latest Version of Carrie White
Five decades after the 1976 horror film Carrie premiered, Summer is playing a modern version of the character based on Stephen’s novel.
This iteration of Carrie White has spent her life secluded at home with her overly protective and strict mother, Margaret. After her father’s sudden death forces her into public school and out of the house, Carrie navigates a viral bullying scandal, the pressures of growing up in the age of social media and her newly minted telekinetic powers that she struggles to control.
Showrunner Mike Flanagan has teased that this modernization of Stephen’s character is different than what horror fans are assuming.
“The story of Carrie alone has been told now several times,” Flanagan acknowledged in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “The thing that’s never been delved into is Carrie’s a part of this larger community of women and she never gets to know that. We have a book that fits perfectly into a 90-minute format. We’re talking about a series. Expansion’s essential. So if that’s the mission, how can we earn it? And that was the crux of it. Let’s understand that this is the story about gifted women. Let’s understand that this is a story about young women, in particular, learning their place in the world and coming into their power — and all the pitfalls that come with that.”
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