Ellen Burstyn has revealed in a new interview that she wouldn't agree to return to a new Exorcist sequel series unless future generations of actors were provided for.The 89-year-old Academy Award winner shared with The Hollywood Reporter recently that she initially turned down a 'whole bunch of money' at the start of negotiations to appear in an untitled Exorcist sequel.It was only after she convinced producers to create a scholarship fund for rising actors that she was willing to return to the iconic horror franchise.
Helping others: Ellen Burstyn, 89, revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that she only agreed to star in a new Exorcist sequel after the filmmakers agreed to create a substantial acting scholarship; seen in 2019 in NYCBurstyn clarified that she had 'turned down' a return to the franchise going back to the first sequel, 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic, which was lambasted by critics at the time but has since developed a cult following.'I've said no every time,' she declared. 'This time they offered me a whole bunch of money and I still said no.' The filmmakers were keen on finally getting her back into the fold, though.'And then they surprised me and they came back and said, "We doubled the offer." I said, “OK, let me think about this," Burstyn recounted. 'I thought, "That’s a lot of money.
Let me think about it."' 'I've said no every time [to Exorcist sequels],' she declared. 'This time they offered me a whole bunch of money and I still said no'; Burstyn seen in The Exorcist (1973) Nailed it: 'My price is a scholarship program for talented students at our master’s degree program at Pace University.
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