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Bryan Fuller had certain scenes edited so that it would appear that Carrie didn't blink while using her telekinetic power. Obvious scenes in which Angela Bettis's blinks were edited out include the "practice" scene and the prom rampage.
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Angela Bettis was recruited for the role of Carrie White after people involved in the project saw her work in May. She filmed Carrie after May, but May was not released in theatres until after Carrie aired on television. Many viewers are confused by this and think that Bettis was cast as May after her work in Carrie.
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Bryan Fuller added some more positive dialogue about religion after he was asked to do so by David Keith. One example is the scene in which Carrie makes statements about her own faith as opposed to her mother's views.
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This television remake of Carrie was first aired exactly 26 years and one day after the original first hit theaters.
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The ending was designed to allow a Carrie television series. However, as a result of poor ratings, the TV series was never made.
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Meghan Black wears a dress on the prom that looks the same as the one Julia Roberts wore on the 73rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony in 2001, the year she got her first award as the best actress in a leading role for Erin Brockovich.
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Jasmine Guy was cited as a star in all of the early promotion for the film, but her scenes wound up on the cutting room floor. Guy played a psychic investigator, also on the hunt for Carrie, whom locked horns with Detective Mulchaey.
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To sustain the illusion that she was in a trance, the filmmakers digitally removed Angela Bettis's eye-blinks during the latter portion of the film.
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